Quotes About Ethics

I love Russell Crowe's line to Oliver Reed in 'Gladiator' where he asks him, 'Are you in danger of becoming a good man?' It's one of my favorite lines ever.

I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak.

I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

You can't applaud a referee.

If you ask any referee before the game - they ask me if I have anything to say, I tell them 'I'm going straight up.' Every time. Every game. And they know that and they say I'm one of the best at it.

Just like it would be wrong to have a player referee a game, it's wrong for election officials to participate in federal campaigns.

You can't put your arm around the referee! That's ungentlemanly conduct.

It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.

I don't necessarily believe that 'The Cosby Show' should disappear as a cultural reference, but it is. That's sad to me. I understand why. He was a man who possibly did some really bad things, and he should be punished beyond a doubt. But that show, and the impact it had not just on black culture, but culture, was amazing.

In general, I believe it's fine to have impassioned conversations about Gwyneth Paltrow, but those of us who do so should admit it's a recreational activity and not a moral referendum.

Personal philanthropy must be separated from corporate philanthropy. Personal philanthropy is more about giving back to society, or giving forward, as it is now referred to.

Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as 'consumers.' OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their fellow human beings.

Even though Cambridge Analytica has dissolved, the capabilities are still there, the platforms are still there, the people are still there. What happens when China becomes the next Cambridge Analytica? Like anything, the second, third, fourth time you do something, you start to refine and perfect it.

There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.

There is a good and a bad way to handle everything.

When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.

I have no contracts with my clients; just a handshake is enough.

I don't hang with polluters; I prosecute them.

I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.

I could be a lot happier. I could be the senator from Aerospace taking bribes, and be quite happy.

I deplore sexual harassment.

When women are told that sexual harassment is 'part of the job' or when assistants of both sexes enable harassing behavior, they have bought into the culture that says such behavior is not just permissible, it is a desirable expression of power.