A good reputation can be lost in a minute. If something is not done, accountants and auditors may find themselves perceived by the public the way lobbyists and used car sales persons are. The accounting profession is not examining itself and taking responsibility for many of the problems that...

There is a leadership crisis in the United States and much of the world. The United States currently trails 19 other countries in stability as measured by the Fragile States Index. Psalm 72 was written by King David as he approached death. David's great accomplishment was establishing a powerful...

It is becoming quite obvious that there has been a serious erosion of moral values in this country which has affected the corporate, academic, and political worlds. Something has to be done or we will continue to face crisis after crisis, possibly even worse than the Great Recession of 2008....

This paper examines the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah to derive important lessons dealing with moral and spiritual leadership. Ezra and Nehemiah had different leadership styles but understood the importance of ethical leadership. Corporate and governmental organizations would benefit from...

The authors posit that one should not take a binary approach to business ethics because there are gradations. They propose that firms may be classified according to the following metric: Level I: The Totally Unethical Organization; Level II: The Legalistic Unethical Organization; Level III: The...