Grappling with the Gray #73: No such thing as a free lunch?

Grappling with the Gray

🥷How to we resolve the tension between outcome and intention?
🥷How much does it mean to mean well if what we mean never materializes?
🥷How much is enough if we know we can't do it all?
These are some of the questions the ethics panel will address when Rashmi Airan, Nick Gallo, and Laura Elizabeth Gray join me to Grapple with the Gray.
Here is our scenario:
You schedule a business lunch with a colleague or prospect. After five minutes of talking business, the conversation drifts into personal chatting and schmoozing. You have a nice time but never get back to business.
Since you intended this to be a business meeting and did discuss some business, is there anything wrong with submitting the cost of lunch as a business expense? Would it make a difference if you spent half the time on business, or 75%, or 99%?
What about the ethics of doing business with companies that outsource to countries without child labor laws or guilty of human rights violations? What about buying products that aren’t ethically sourced?
If we demand 100% ethics from others, are we not effectively cutting ourselves off from doing business? How do we accommodate the need for realistic standards in choosing business partners without compromising our own ethical integrity?
Meet this week’s panelists:
Rashmi Airan is a keynote speaker and consultant determined to create organizational cultures focused on integrity, authenticity, and accountability.
Nick Gallo, aka the Ethics Evangelist, is CEO of Compliance Line, as well as creator and host of The Ethics Experts podcast.
Laura Gray is a Passionate People Connector, Columnist, Author, and Development Director of The ALS Association Northern Ohio Chapter.
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