It All Goes Back to Our Hearts

Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?"

Expediency asked the question, "Is it politic?"

Vanity asked the question, "Is it popular?"

Conscience asked the question, "Is it right?"

And there comes a time when one must take a position

that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular,

but one must take it because

one's conscience tells one that it is right.

--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.--

A friend asked me to teach Business Ethics at his college. This is a new subject for me. What a challenge. Without thinking twice, I said yes. 

Then I applied, attended the interview and presented a teaching demo. To my surprise I was accepted. Since then on I prepared myself with everything related to 'Business Ethics'. I browsed here and there and did book hunting, too (my favorite part). The subject turned out to be interesting. If in the old days people thought that business and ethics were two different things but now looking at several financial scandals such as: Enron, WorldCom,Tyco, Arthur Andersen, etc, people begin to consider that business ethics is definitely important. Ehm ...do I sound too serious now? Okay, let me stop here :D     

Although most business' objective is making big profit but doing the ethical business will never hurt you. Whenever you are placed in a confusing condition to choose which one is right or wrong, just listen to your conscience.  And last but not least, follow your heart. 

To put the world right in order,

we must first put the nation in order,

to put the nation in order,

we must first put the family in order,

to put the family in order,

we must first cultivate our personal life,

we must first set our hearts right.

--Confucius--