What's the single most effective way to avoid ethical pitfalls?
Why are so many people afraid to talk about ethics?
Has the world gotten less ethical?

These and other critical questions for success are answered when ethics auditor Amanda "Jo" Erven joins The Rabbi and the Shrink.

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#27 Amanda “Jo” Erven

1:30 Changing one person’s mind contributes to a better world

It’s hard to sell ethics because people don’t have a definition and are scared by the word

Have an ethics icebreaker 

Ethics may not be simple, but don't  have to be complicated

6:00 Three ethical character types

The Big Me

The Ethical Rationalizer

The Everyday Ethicist

People who call themselves ethicists tend to be less ethical

10:00 Unethical behavior encourages others to behave unethically

Create your own ethical value statement or mantra

We can’t change our circumstances except by changing ourselves

14:30  Be ethically pro-active which is pro-self

Too many people don’t know their own values

16:00 Where do we start to put ethics into action?

We don’t have to be experts

Sometimes we’re scared to do what’s right

18:00 Individual, leadership, and organizational ethics

The seven deadly ethical sins

“Move fast and break things” mentality

Disingenuous leaders -- always speak the truth, even if your voice shakes

20:30 Have things really gotten worse?

We are definitely more self-absorbed today

We don’t feel shame, but we rush to shame others

The contradiction of AirBNB

24:15 Beware of conflicts of your own interest

Ethics is threatened by fear and entitlement

The ethics of COVID

Dan Ariely’s research: thinking of the 10 commandments makes us more honest

28:30 Find your trusted advisor

Facing and embrace your adversity

Teaching surly students in Budapest, Hungary

When we have to defend our behavior, we think more about our choices

33:00 Doing the right thing feels really good

Ethical discipline protects others and ourselves

38:00 The word of the day:  miscreate -- to produce in a way that is defective

Good intentions without disciplined execution can have disastrous results

40:00 Everyone deserves a better-than-good life