Category Archives: Ethics

Are you an ethical leader? Can an architect be unethical? How about a sausage maker? 8 questions to ask

It feels like social values are crumbling. South of the border, we see more division than vision. The melting pot is bubbling over and threatening to crack. Locally, hateful messages were spray-painted on the roof of a local church. There is a new meanness in the air. My stomach turns every time I watch theContinue reading “Are you an ethical leader? Can an architect be unethical? How about a sausage maker? 8 questions to ask”

10 leadership lessons from my Dad

My Dad, Robert J. O’Rourke, passed away on April 20. In his last days, more than 60 people came to the hospital to express their love and to say goodbye. A dozen more sent email, video or voicemail to let him know what he meant to them. Over the course of those final days andContinue reading “10 leadership lessons from my Dad”

10 ethical decision rules to bullet-proof business

Many years ago I was shocked to learn that ethics is not a mandatory class in most business schools. Surely, if they quantified the cost of ethical lapses like mortgage bundling, Enron, sexual harassment suits, etc. they would see that ethics are about the bottom line? Surely, they could see that a proactive ethical practiceContinue reading “10 ethical decision rules to bullet-proof business”