TIME magazine would label the summer of 2002 as the “Summer of Mistrust” and would report that “Most Americans  ̶ 72% in the Time/CNN poll  ̶  fear that they were not a few isolated cases but a pattern of deception by a large number of companies (Nancy Gibbs, “Summer of Mistrust,” ​Time, July 22, 2002).  

In the year 2009, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates held a dinner in New York City to plan out how they and others could give more of their wealth to make a difference in the world. A year later, in 2010, they announced the Giving Pledge, a campaign that would promote philanthropy.  

Coming Clean in the Workplace: Mindful of Moral Principles and Business Ethics.Coming Clean in the Workplace: Mindful of Moral Principles and Business Ethics.

October 1, 2019   October 1, 2019 "Is there such a thing as Business Ethics any Longer." Jorge L. Valdes, Ph.D. As I look back on my life and compare the world when I was in my twentieth, to the world of today where I am in my sixtieths, I have seen a tremendous difference from a world where your word was supposed to be your bond, to a world where we no longer believe that there is an absolute truth, that truth is ever-changing and is relative to the moment. We look at companies profiting from the hard work of Americans who no longer…