Radical Decency Radical Decency: A Values-Based Approach to a Better Life and World - a timely conversation with Jeff Garson. If we can practice decency to ourselves, to others, and to the world we will encourage a happier journey for everyone involved. In a culture driven by values like, compete, win, dominate and control, Jeff encourages perhaps we try the opposite and live into values of respect, understanding, empathy, acceptance, appreciation, fairness, and justice. Guest Bio. An attorney for 25 years, Jeff represented banks, investors, and business of all sizes. Since leaving the law 2000, he has been a psychotherapist supporting countless clients as they've struggled to find their way in our pressure-packed world, He is also the co-founder of the Decency Foundation; dedicated to bringing Radical Decency to business. Jeff's experience as a community activist is equally rich and varied, including co-founding the National Constitution Center, Common Cause/Philadelphia and Delaware Valley Habitat for Humanity, and leading service trips to Haiti, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. With his rich and varied experience, Jeff is uniquely able to speak with authority about the overriding issue of our time: How to create a better life and world when, year by year, the culture's fiercely competitive, me-first values seem to reach, ever more deeply, into our lives.