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Business Ethics Pledge

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Glenn Simon Inc.

 

  Have you heard of the Business Ethics Pledge?  I took it last year.  Shel Horowitz, " a self employed guy working from a farmhouse"(his words not mine),  is trying to make a difference. He has started the Business Ethics Pledge in hopes of getting 25,000 business leaders and influencers to take the pledge and create a business world where an "Enron" could never happen. 

I heard him on a marketing tape and researched his site  Business Ethics Pledge . We know we have ethics, integrity and we try never to work in the gray area but maybe we assume our clients know that, but maybe they don`t.  Perhaps if we clearly state "Look this is where I am and what I believe", then perhaps from the beginning our clients will have that much more faith in us.  Naive? I don`t know. It`s worth a shot. 

 The other reason I really like it is because what we pledge to do is clearly laid out.  My ethics could be based on something completely different from another guys.  The pledge just lets everyone - clients, coworkers and competitiors know what page we are on.

 

 

  

Comments (8)

Peggy Edwards
Future Home Realty - Westchase, FL
REALTOR - Green Designation, e-PRO, Tampa Bay, FL
Hi Todd,  I read your post with a great deal of interest.  I do believe that one person CAN make a difference.  I've seen it happen throughout my life.  Yes, it's naive to believe the Business Ethics Pledge will make a difference in the business world (will we ever reach the tipping point?) but it's one small step to get yourself out there and let people know...this is how I do business.  Naivity doesn't mean stupid - to me it means going in with your eyes wide open and daring and hoping against all odds to think you can make a change.  Think David and Goliath.  I think you should expound on the Pledge in your blog and submit it to your local publications and see what happens.  Thanks for the very interesting post.  You've got me thinking...
Mar 29, 2007 01:52 AM
Larry H Morris
Mortgage Solutions Financial - Portland, OR
Larry Morris, NMLS 150073
Good Post. I've committed to the Pledge.
Mar 29, 2007 02:33 AM
Todd and Danielle Millar
Glenn Simon Inc. - Edmonton, AB
Nineteen years of excellence!

 

 Hi Peggy,

  Thank you for your kind comments.  I also believe one person CAN make a difference.  Who knows what we can do?  There are 22,000 members on this site if everyone took the pledge well it would be  a pretty good start.  As you say taking the step out  and letting people know is the starting line.  Thanks for your encouragement!  D and T

Mar 29, 2007 12:16 PM
Todd and Danielle Millar
Glenn Simon Inc. - Edmonton, AB
Nineteen years of excellence!

 

  Larry glad to hear it!  So if you tell two friends and they tell two friends then who knows what we could do!  As a side too if you link to the Business Ethics page they will post you on their site.  Thanks for taking the time to read my post! D and T 

Mar 29, 2007 12:21 PM
Anonymous
Shel Horowitz, founder of the Pledge

Todd, thanks for publicizing the Pledge here. As to Peggy's comment that the campaign may be "naive," all I can tell you is that I've achieved "impossible" things in the past, and that we won't know if this works until we've done it. but I'd sure feel stupid if I didn't try.

My belief that I can make a difference is why I wrote Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First, and why I started the Pledge. 

 

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Shel Horowitz, shel (AT) principledprofit.com, 800-683-WORD/413-586-2388

Marketing & publishing consultant/copywriter, award-winning author of

* Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts
People First  http://www.principledprofit.com

* Grassroots Marketing for Authors and Publishers
http://www.grassrootsmarketingforauthors.com

* Grassroots Marketing: Getting Noticed in a Noisy World
http://www.frugalmarketing.com /

-->Join the Business Ethics Pledge - Ten Years to Change the World,
One Signature at a Time  (please tell your friends)
<http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org>
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Mar 30, 2007 03:00 AM
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Todd and Danielle Millar
Glenn Simon Inc. - Edmonton, AB
Nineteen years of excellence!

 

 Shel! Thank you very much!  I read about you in a marketing book and I have visited your website. I like what you do and I hope we can work together one day.

 Thanks!

Todd and Danielle Millar

Mar 30, 2007 07:25 PM
D B
Quakertown, PA
e-PRO, Realtor - Bucks County PA - 610-952-3578

I enjoyed reading your article on ethics.  It was very interesting.

Don Bradbury

Oct 10, 2007 02:48 AM
Todd and Danielle Millar
Glenn Simon Inc. - Edmonton, AB
Nineteen years of excellence!

Donald,

Thanks for your comment! I am happy to here that you enjoyed it.

 

Danielle 

Oct 10, 2007 02:13 PM