“He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency.” FirstsTermResponsibilityEconomySuccessfulEconomicCustomersCorporationsBeing SuccessfulEthicalFrameworkShareholders Author:Lee R. Raymond
“The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.” WantFirstsKindPersonsPurposePrinciplesEthical Author:Ken Blanchard
“Socrates ... is the first philosopher of life [Lebensphilosoph], ... Thinking serves life, while among all previous philosophers life had served thought and knowledge. ... Thus Socratic philosophy is absolutely practical: it is hostile to all knowledge unconnected to ethical implications.” ThinkingFirstsPhilosophyPhilosopherPracticalsEthicalHostileImplicationsSocratic Author:Friedrich Nietzsche