Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

Being good is good business

It's time for our business and political leaders to help redefine morality beyond sex, drugs, and rock and roll to include lying, hypocrisy, and callous indifference to those in need.

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

Business ethics has always had problems that are distinct from those of other professions, such as medicine, law, engineering, dentistry, or nursing.

All politics is an extension of ethics ... We cannot leave out conscience at the caucus room door.

To inject morality into politics, is, I have said, and I repeat, the watchword of all our efforts.

A free enterprise system that is not underlaid with values is bankrupt.

We're coming down to an extremely unethical society. Very few colleges offer courses in ethics, and very few companies have a code of conduct or code of ethics.

We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.

The developers and entrepreneurs must somehow be taught a new vocabulary of values.

It turns out that doing the right thing, treating people right, is also the right thing for the company.

If you pretend that business is beyond morality, that's the kind of morality you get.

Being a good human being is good business.

Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world.

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies.

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.

I'm a businessman, and I think there's nothing wrong with being a businessman provided you have the right headspace and do good things with the money you make.

Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.

Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.

Do business managers have a commitment to anything more than the success of their company and to making money? It would be hard to say that they do. Indeed, many business leaders deny that there is any conflict between self-interest and the interests of all.

History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.

You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.