ARTICLES ABOUT ETHICS AND REGULATORY

An Industry in Crisis: Are consumers getting what they deserve? (PDF, 311k)
The dietary-supplement industry has come a long way from its humble beginnings, and, some say, from its ethical and moral foundation. Industry expert Lindsay Moore, PhD, explores some of the most pressing ethical and least understood legal issues confronting suppliers, marketers and manufacturers.

Published in Functional Ingredients, September 2007, pages 12-14

"The Ethics of Intellectual Asset Management" (PDF, 332k)
The shift from the familiar corporate asset base centered upon traditional physical and financial asset to an asset base centered upon intangible intellectual assets brings with it subtle new ethical challenges and problems.

Published in Intellectual Asset Management, London, England, April-May 2007, pages 65-70

"The Ethical Crisis in America" - A Status Report
In America, the bursting of the so-called “dot-com bubble,” led to an unfolding ethical crisis that has expanded to become multi-national, and now, global in its occurrence.

Corporate Governance in Private Organizations
(including "Guidelines for Private Company Boards")
In the wake of corporate scandal, widespread unethical behavior, and illegal activity in some of our most respected organizations, corporate governance in both public and private organizations is undergoing possibly the greatest change since the original creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission during the 1930s.

The New Market State and Corporate Social Responsibility
(including "The Theory of the Modern State")
Modern technology, globalization, the multinational corporation, and large amounts of unengaged, surplus capital¹ are heralding a new era that is changing the traditional boundaries between government and business and that underlies the new concern about corporate social responsibility in the world of business.

Ethical-Regulatory Compliance
Recent ethical, regulatory, and legal responses to enterprise wrong-doing is driving a sea change throughout organizations in the United States. There are many new regulatory guidelines in place, evidencing the imperative to drive ethical behavior and establish integrity across both public and private organizations.

Social Responsibility and the Commercialization of Society
While the pursuit of growth and profits continues to rule daily life within the corporate world, a growing number of businesses are also measuring their success against one of the most fundamental ethical principles of business – that of “social responsibility.” Businesses across sectors are taking stock of their social responsibility and placing ethical limits on their actions to ensure that the legitimate pursuit of financial success does not undermine the common good.

Strategy for an Ethical Organization
Until recently, few organizations seriously considered ethics to be a legitimate topic for enterprise planning and strategic thinking. Those at the top of an enterprise regularly spent time developing their organizational and functional strategic plans, their growth strategy, possibly even their brand strategy, but ethics and regulatory compliance was merely an issue for the finance department, legal counsel, and possibly human resources.