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Thu, 31 May 2012 04:09:40 +0000

[...] the conclusion that some of you were raised without an ethical foundation. – Pamela Wright on SpinSucks We had contempt for our parents believing that “Father Knows Best” and “Leave It [...]

By: missmims1

missmims1 — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:59:51 +0000

This blog post was awesome! It’s about time that someone has realized that Generation X and Y are not the only ones to makes mistakes in this day and age. And that, yes, even those in the baby boomer generation are guilty of ethical mistakes.

By: MichaelBesson

MichaelBesson — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:30:10 +0000

@Damien_1870 Haha! Well the fact that you can recognize something like that means you probably don’t owe any! How are you today?

By: Damien_1870

Damien_1870 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:06:19 +0000

@MichaelBesson No my generation owes apologies

By: FocusedWords

FocusedWords — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:33:54 +0000

@JessiEllerbe It’s not just the younger generation that finds a PR scandal in everything. Take a look at politics as far back as you can and you will see PR scandals about the smallest things. Staying calm would help and so would using your brain to think things through before you jump to conclusions.

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Profession Blog Comments « Jessi Ellerbe — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:52:31 +0000

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By: JessiEllerbe

JessiEllerbe — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:51:18 +0000

I really enjoyed this! Fortunately for the generation of baby boomers, it’s not just the fact that ethical foundations have been lessened over the years. Times change. Even if you tried to teach us younger generations the ways to thrive ethically through marketing and other outlets, that doesn’t mean we’re going to take your advice. However, I think what you’re saying rings true. It seems like the younger generations find a PR scandal in everything. If a cluster of people’s iPads stopped working for five minutes, Apple’s got a PR stunt on its hands. We’re too skiddish. And we need to learn to stay calm!

By: FocusedWords

FocusedWords — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:08:37 +0000

@JNewellMedia You are quite welcome. Responding in a positive way to an discussion is another one of those things that I learned early and find that it helps me understand what the other person is thinking.

I do have to disagree with you once again. I believe that we can start preventing others from repeating unethical behaviors by “peer pressure.” If the culture at large expects the best from everyone, then we limit the bad behaviors. If, on the other hand, we say that behavior is unethical and I don’t approve but I can’t have any impact on how things are done, we end up where we are.

As I said in an earlier post, this seems to happen in every decade at a minimum. In the seventies it was Watergate, in the 80′s it was the Savings and Loan debacle, in the 90′s the dot com bubble, etc. We seem to need these kinds of screw ups in order to bring us back to the middle.

The problem of being attacked and/or berated for a differing opinion is part of the same problem. The culture has said that it is OK and as long as we (the culture) says it is OK it will continue. Hopefully, we are getting our fill of it through politics, bloggers, talk show hosts, etc and will soon say enough.

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profitblogcom — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:45:40 +0000

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By: JNewellMedia

JNewellMedia — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:59:40 +0000

@FocusedWords Unfortunately, we cannot prevent others from repeating unethical behaviors. We can only chose to act justly ourselves or not. All of us have allowed ourselves to act unethically at one point or another.

After all the stories are spoken and shared, its up to the decide whether to listen to that wisdom or act in ways that only benefit themselves.

Thank you for your positive to my argument. Much appreciated. You are actually the first blogger that I’ve said a statement of disagreement with that didn’t either ignore me or berate me for having a different opinion.

So thank you for your apology and more than that – thank your for being genuine in your response.

(I think many of us could learn how to make arguments that didn’t turn into a vicious mess. You were right about that boy who cried wolf