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Good Goverance: The institution not the personality.
Famous advice on Ethics
"We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practise, and another which we practise but seldom preach." Bertrand Russell 1872-1970, British philosopher and mathematician
"To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage." Confucius 551BC - 479BC, Chinese philosopher, The Analects, Book II, Chapter XXIV
"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business." Henry Ford 1863 – 1947, American industrialist
"If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization." Robert Noyce, inventor of the silicon chip
"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty." John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1839-1937, American entrepreneur
"There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind - you have to adhere to the highest standards." Marvin Bower, former managing partner of McKinsey & Company
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." Isaac Asimow 1920 - 1992, Russian writer and scientist
"Corporation, n., An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility." Ambrose Bierce 1842-1914, American columnist, The Devils Dictionary 1906
"The higher the buildings, the lower the morals." Noel Coward 1899-1973, English actor, dramatist, & songwriter
"Relativity applies to physics, not ethics." Albert Einstein 1879-1955; German-born American theoretical physicist
"We may pretend that we are basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise." Terry Hands 1941-, British theatre and opera director
"You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can't get any of the things money won't buy-happiness, joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc. -- without character." Zig Ziglar
