WHAT’S WHAT’S THE PURPOSE THE PURPOSE

OF OF YOUR BUSINESS?YOUR BUSINESS?

WHAT WHAT SORT OF WITNESS SORT OF WITNESS

AM I AM I PORTRAYING?PORTRAYING?

KEY ISSUESKEY ISSUES

To Make Money or to Serve?To Make Money or to Serve?

Am I Serving Self or Consumers?Am I Serving Self or Consumers?

Am I Serving Self or Employees?Am I Serving Self or Employees?

Ethically or Unethically?Ethically or Unethically?

Does it Make any Difference?Does it Make any Difference?

Integrity, EthicsIntegrity, Ethicsandand

Leadership PrinciplesLeadership Principles

IntegrityIntegrity

Living by the BookLiving by the Book

IntegrityIntegrity

Can we expect anything less?Can we expect anything less?

Ethics:Ethics: Doing the Right ThinkDoing the Right ThinkFor the Right ReasonFor the Right Reason

AndAnd

HopefullyHopefully

In the Right WayIn the Right Way

EthicsEthicsisis

based onbased onRational ThoughtRational Thought

notnotEmotional FeelingsEmotional Feelings

Ethics:Ethics:

•Concerned with Actions •Concerned with Decisions•Concerned with Processes•Concerned with Thoughts

•Concerned with Values

EthicsEthics

•What do you Value?•What do you REALLY VALUE?

•What are you willing to die for?

Leadership Leadership PrinciplesPrinciples

How do you treat your How do you treat your people?people?

KEY ISSUESKEY ISSUES•Select the Right Person for the

job.•Train that person to excel.•Seek ways to enlarge, enhance

and instill vitality in the person.

•Treat that person well.

KEY RULEKEY RULE

• FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE !

Treat your people as you would

want to be treated if you were

in their position.

PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE

YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE AND THEY WILL TAKE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL TAKE

CARE OF THE JOB.CARE OF THE JOB.

PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE

LOOK OUT FOR THE LOOK OUT FOR THE WELFARE OF YOUR WELFARE OF YOUR

PEOPLEPEOPLE

PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE

KEEP YOUR PEOPLE KEEP YOUR PEOPLE INFORMEDINFORMED

TRAIN YOUR PEOPLE AS TRAIN YOUR PEOPLE AS A TEAMA TEAM

PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE

PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE

USE YOUR PEOPLE USE YOUR PEOPLE WISELYWISELY

PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE

SET THE EXAMPLESET THE EXAMPLE

PRINCIPLEPRINCIPLE

REMEMBER:REMEMBER:

YOU SERVE THEM !YOU SERVE THEM !

Ethics: Ethics: Doing the Right ThingDoing the Right ThingFor the Right ReasonFor the Right Reason

AndAnd

HopefullyHopefully

In the Right WayIn the Right Way

EthicsEthicsisis

based onbased onRational ThoughtRational Thought

ΕΘΟΣΕΘΟΣ(Greek Word)(Greek Word)

MoralsMoralsis is

based onbased onEmotional ResponseEmotional Response

MORÉMORÉ(Latin Word)(Latin Word)

Ethics:Ethics:

•Concerned with Actions •Concerned with Decisions•Concerned with Processes•Concerned with Thoughts

•Concerned with Values

EthicsEthics

•What do you Value?•What do you REALLY VALUE?•What are you willing to die for?

– CRITICAL ISSUE !!!

ETHICSETHICS My Values

FourForceModel

Org

Values

Societal

Values

The Task

ETHICAL TESTSETHICAL TESTS

• Make Common Sense• Show Me in Best Light• Willing to Ventilate• Make Public / Share Rationale

• Make Me Sick

Biblical Decision Biblical Decision MakingMaking

• Acknowledge your methods may fail.• Acknowledge need of Christ’s power.• Pray for God’s direction. • Strive for Christ’s pre-eminence. • Identify biblical principles to follow.• Check for Commandments to obey.

Biblical Decision MakingBiblical Decision Making

• Seek counsel of godly men.• Look for indications of God’s will.• Don’t do it if conscience is bothered.• Don’t base decision on other’s

experience.• REMEMBER: GOD may over-rule

even when you have sought Him and obey His Word.

BUSINESS ETHICSBUSINESS ETHICS

IS IS NOTNOT AN AN

OXYMORONOXYMORON

Business EthicsBusiness Ethicsisis

Doing the Doing the Right Right Thing,Thing,for the for the Right Right Reason,Reason,

andandHopefully in the Hopefully in the Right Right

Way.Way.

Business EthicsBusiness Ethicsisis

Doing ThingsDoing Things

God’s WayGod’s Way&&

For His Glory !!!For His Glory !!!

AND…

NEVER FORGET. . .

PEOPLE ARE YOUR PEOPLE ARE YOUR

MOST IMPORTANT MOST IMPORTANT

ASSETASSETEEmploy them wisely.mploy them wisely.