by Dwayne Phillips I can do something wrong. I can do something right, but be mistaken in how I tell the story of the doing. There is a difference. Is one mistake better? I can do something wrong. For example, not tighten the lug nuts properly when I change a tire on a car. I […]
Entries Tagged as 'Ethics'
Doing It Wrong or Recounting It Wrong
July 7th, 2025 · No Comments
Tags: Communication · Ethics · Government · History · Leadership · Learning · Thinking
Good, Smart People
April 7th, 2025 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Want more efficient and more productive government? The solution is simple, but probably won’t be used. Once every now and then, someone comes along and tries to make government more efficient and more productive. Note: this means more efficient and more productive than it is now. This does not mean truly efficient […]
Tags: Accountability · America · Change · Competence · Ethics · Government · Improvement · Simple
Obligations
February 20th, 2025 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Other persons are not obligated to do things for me (as much as I wish). I am not obligated to do things for other persons (as much as they wish). I wish people would fulfill their obligations to me. I mean, look at what I have done for them. Surely, they will […]
Tags: Adults · Commitment · Conversation · Error · Ethics · Expectations · Technical Debt
The Event and the Reaction
November 4th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Tomorrow is our national election day. As with almost everything, it is not the event, it is the reaction. A little research shows that I have written on this topic several times. I do so again as I think it is important. Tomorrow is our national election day in America. Millions of […]
Tags: America · Choose · Ethics · Event · Reaction · Thinking
Apology and Behavior
March 25th, 2024 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips I stumble on something that everyone else in the world has already heard. It is still brilliant. The only apology is changed behavior. I heard that on TV the other day. It seems that in various forms, it goes back to ancient times. It was new to me. Still, it is brilliant. […]
Tags: Authentic · Change · Communication · Ethics · Reaction · Word
Two Essentials for Employees
November 20th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips There are two essentials for an employee. Given the job market, it appears that the great majority of employers don’t understand these essentials. I have been on both sides of the hiring and being hired world. I find two and only two essentials: Okay, that’s it. Next? The trouble is, it is […]
Tags: Ethics · Jobs · Judgment · Multitasking · Remote Work · Testing · Work
Liars (Mean and Otherwise)
November 9th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Once again, the world swings into yet another crisis. Many persons with good intentions intend to reduce the crisis by limiting what other persons can say and write about it. Nothing new here. We used to have silly liars. The National Enquirer is one great example. Hillary Clinton had an alien baby […]
Tags: Ethics · History · Thinking · Trust · Word · Writing
Apology
July 31st, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips An apology is just that—an apology. It is neither an explanation nor a justification. Rats! An apology is simple: I did this wrong. I am sorry for that. I ask your forgiveness. An apology does not contain an explanation: I was trying to do such-and-such and … An apology does not contain […]
Tags: Accountability · Adults · Authentic · Change · Communication · Conversation · Error · Ethics · Excuses · Honesty
What About the Teachers?
February 9th, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips In the past month or two, many have bemoaned the appearance of software that can write essays for students. I have yet to read concerns about software that teachers can use to write essay assignments. ChatGPT is ruining the world. Well, at least some folks think it is ruining their world. The […]
Tags: Computing · Ethics · Machine Learning · Teaching · Technology · Writing
Omission
January 2nd, 2023 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips No one lied, they just omitted some information. There are ways to find the omissions and those things are some of the more important pieces of information we need. No one lied, they just omitted a few bits and pieces of information. And, oh, if we had those bits and pieces of […]
Tags: Appearances · Communication · Ethics · Fear · Honesty · Information · Questions · Talk