Who you look to for wisdom when leading your small business (or large organization) determines – well, everything.
Business ethics adheres to the underlying principle that there is bedrock truth upon which you must build your thought life and behavior. Solomon of old never assumed that truth was relative and that morality was a function of personal choice: his worldview drove this writing of the verse below.
The predicate of this principle drives two actions: first, that your view of others will not be self-serving (maintain discretion); two, what you say actually builds the continuity of useful knowledge.
Leadership that honors others and builds a legacy begins at the source. Do you pay more attention to what God teaches (duties we owe that support our “inalienable rights”) or the situational, shifting ethics of man?
Proverbs 5:1-2 (NIV) My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
Copyright © 2009 P. Griffith Lindell
