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February 23rd, 2009 |
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| America’s Everyday Ethics Guy: The Two Conditions for Liars, Cheats, and Thieves to Succeed |
NAPLES, FL – America’s Everyday Ethics Guy and FOX Radio News Ethics Analyst, Vince Crew notes, “Over the years we have seen incredible scandals in the midst of two very distinct situations: prosperity and crisis.”
“Consider Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, and others that built their complex and successfully deceptive accounting shenanigans during the boom years and under the veil of the Internet boom years of prosperity.”
Crew talks about more recent scandals during times of crisis. “Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, Wall Street Brokerage Houses, and of course Bernie Madoff, mastermind of the $50 B Ponzi scheme, and the latest – international banker Sir R. Allen Stanford's $8 billion CD fraud all happened all happened during times of fiscal and societal hardship. Whether the urgencies of low-income minority housing, management/union self-dealings, or the plight of Jewish concerns, actions were taken in the name of dealing with pending doom and disparities.”
Crew’s book, Everyday Ethics, Everlasting Consequences (available at www.REACHdevelopment.com January, 2008) addresses the foundations of personal and professional ethics, the warning signs and ways to prevent and deal with misconduct.
Crew notes The 3 Situations for Bad Things to Happen to Good People:- 1. When lots of money is being made, this is when people can hide behind a boom trend, regardless of the soundness of their tactics. When times are good, no one asks questions.
- 2. When there is a perceived or real crisis, people are willing to look to any one as a savior or any thing as a solution. When times are tough, no one questions someone who seems to have the answers.
- 3. When someone held in high esteem, learned, and credentialed is given a platform of celebrity to espouse his/her plan, few will question the resulting power-dependency relationship that results if it seems to mitigate the discomfort of the situation.
Crew says, “Every criminal mastermind, dictator, and cult leader has risen to power and every new tax and failed government program has been created under circumstances of prosperity or crisis.” Crew’s advice: “Regardless of good times or bad, beware of turning over monies, independence, or power to individuals or groups.” |
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Vince Crew is a U.S. conference speaker, author, executive adviser, and media commentator on strategic growth through leadership, staffing, and ethics initiatives.
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