Bruce Weinstein

Bruce Weinstein, “The Ethics Guy,” has a simple purpose in life: he wants to enrich your appreciation of ethics in everyday life and to help you make the best decisions possible.  He writes the column, “Ask the Ethics Guy,” for BusinessWeek.com and appears regularly as an ethics analyst on CNN.  Highly-sought-after for his sage advice and ethical guidance, Dr. Weinstein has also appeared on several popular programs and networks including the Today Show, Good Morning America, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX News, FOX Business, NPR, and Bloomberg Television. 

His latest book, Is It Still Cheating If I Don’t Get Caught?, shows teens how to make the right decisions using five simple ethical principles as a foundation.  Rich with powerful stories drawn from real-life situations, Dr. Weinstein energizes audiences with his interactive, inspirational presentations that translate difficult concepts into accessible, intelligent solutions.

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Helping Others Prosper through a Principled Life

Dr. Bruce Weinstein is the author or editor of six bestselling books on ethics.  His most recent book, Is It Cheating If I Don’t Get Caught, guides teens through the difficult dilemmas they face in today’s media-intensive, age-compressed world.  Other popular books include Life Principles: Feeling Good by Doing Good, What Should I Do? 4 Simple Steps to Making Better Decisions in Everyday Life, Dental Ethics, Ethical Issues in Pharmacy, and Ethics in the Hospital Setting.  USA Today, The New York Observer, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Investor’s Business Daily, Family Circle, Real Simple, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the in-flight magazines of American Airlines, Delta Airlines, USAirways, and United Airlines, as well as Newsweek.com, CNN.com, and FoxNews.com have all featured his writing or written about him.

Successfully Guiding Leaders to Do the Right Thing

A professional ethicist and an expert in leadership, Dr. Weinstein has a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Bioethics from Georgetown University and is a graduate from one of the country’s most prestigious leadership programs, the W.K. Kellogg National Fellowship.  He has been engaged by many of the world’s leading corporations and associations, including the National Football League, National Guard, Johnson & Johnson and over 300 groups, all of whom seek his principled insight and practical solutions to help grow and build their business for the future.

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Winning at All Costs is for Losers

A 5-Point Plan for Making the Right Decisions Every Time

Have we lost our bearings?  It often seems that way.  Here’s the solution: BusinessWeek.com’s Ethics Guy, Dr. Bruce Weinstein, will show your group that the secret to making the right decisions lies in five simple principles that have stood the test of time: Do No Harm, Make Things Better, Respect Others, Be Fair, and Be Compassionate.  Using examples specific to your group, Dr. Weinstein shows how these principles help you through any tough situation and arrive at the right solution.  This is an ethics presentation your group won’t soon forget; its upbeat message will leave your group inspired to bring out the best in themselves and others.

Lie, Cheat, and Steal Your Way to Success! 

Ethics for the Modern Age

To get ahead today, you have to put ethics aside, right?  Actually, you’re more likely to prosper, even in these uncertain times, when you put ethics front and center in all that you do.  This interactive session shows why taking the low road isn’t just the wrong thing to do, but it’s also bad for business—and bad for you.  Dr. Weinstein shows how to apply the traditional principles of ethics at work and beyond by using examples specific to your group.  He also tells short but powerful stories and uses clips from movies and TV shows. Not a boring ethics talk but a motivational, “rally-the-troops” engagement, this timely and inspirational session will be the highlight of your meeting.

 

Are You a Good Leader?

 A Timeless Framework for Successful Leadership from BusinessWeek Online’s Ethics Guy

At the heart of every crisis we face is a lack of leadership.  What does it mean to be a good leader, and how can you be the best leader possible?  Dr. Weinstein reveals that the secret of good leadership lies in five basic principles: Do No Harm, Make Things Better, Respect Others, Be Fair, and Be Compassionate.  He shows how to apply these principles in a wide range of circumstances that your members face at work and beyond.  He ends with a call to action that will get everyone in the room inspired to tackle even the toughest challenges—and equipped with the tools for doing so.

 

How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep

Finding Peace of Mind Through Honor, Integrity, and Compassion

“Why should we be ethical?”  This is the question Dr. Weinstein has asked audiences across the country for the past 20 years.  What do you think the most common response has been?  “So I can get a good night’s sleep!”  This timely—and interactive—presentation shows that doing the right thing is the surest way to minimize internal conflict and ultimately lead to a peaceful night’s sleep, night after night. 

 

Is It Still Cheating If I Don’t Get Caught? (For Children and Teens)

For many kids, adolescence is a rocky period.  As they develop autonomy from their parents, they find themselves navigating a world full of big questions: Is it okay to download music from the Internet?  What about “cutting corners” on my homework?  Why should I care about doing the right thing—and who determines what the “right thing” is, anyway?

Bruce Weinstein, Ph.D., answers these questions and more with his five life principles—simple rules that can be applied to any situation.  With a good dose of common sense, this interactive and fun presentation proves that, while no one can give you all of the answers, Bruce Weinstein can give you the tools to come up with your own.

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