Recent news about Whole Foods’ CEO, John Mackey, indicates that he used a pseudonym (“Rahodeb”) to post commentary on Yahoo’s financial site. Nothing new in that. However, the articles further indicate that his comments included negative remarks about his smaller competitor, Wild Oats (an acquisition target of Whole Foods). Mackey’s response when questioned focused not […]
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Comments Off on Media ethics: Advice vs. reality: Not So “Smart”
…hard-nosed personal virtues…count more than “softer strengths like teamwork and flexibility. ” — George Anders in “Tough CEOs Often Most Successful,” WSJ November 19. When misleading advice is published in a major daily newspaper, it gets me upset. Reporting on personality profiles of CEOs of private equity owned firms, the article leaves the distinct impression […]
Monday, December 31, 2007
Comments Off on Business Ethics: Conrad’s Black Eye: Bloodied But Unbowed (Doesn’t Get It)
In July of 2007, I posted a blog about media mogul Conrad Black’s self-dealing (among other deeds, paying himself via sham companies). Since Black had stolen exams and sold them to his prep school classmates, I asked how his character could never have been questioned by those who put him in charge and those who […]
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Comments Off on Conrad’s Black Eye (CEO Self-dealing)
So, famous, powerful, jet-setting news magnate Conrad Black has been convicted of fraud. Notwithstanding that his expected appeal may further reduce the sentence for his crime which can include incarceration, many CEOs shudder at what looms in his future – years of further litigation, a possible tell-all book by his wife, the loss of a […]
Countless more ordinary people of equal talent never developed the leadership core required to run the show. Why not?
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Comments Off on Ethics of a “Mask:” Whole Foods But Not the Whole Truth (CEO Deception) Posted: Huffington Post