Who The Heck Is Michael W. Jones?

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Although I have a degree in Business Management, it is long since outdated, although I hope that I am not. ;o) My meaningful business knowledge has come from involvement. I have been a manager at all levels in businesses of all sizes, from the lowest level of middle management to the executive levels of Director and Vice President, plus being President of my own companies.

Strangely though, my healthy regard for the processes of business came during a stint as a safety engineer. I analyzed business operations of all kinds for management and process problems which could lead to personal injury. That gave me an inside view of literally hundreds of business types. Probably because of my education, I gravitated naturally to the management side of things. From there, my inquisitive and philosophically oriented brain led me toward the intersection of business and ethics. In the middle years of my career, I spent a lot of time developing systems for analyzing business processes, both automated and manual. That kept my focus in the area of business tactics and strategy, with a significant concentration in business ethics. Later in my career, I was involved in a number of entrepreneurial endeavors, especially in the computer and Web areas, which further honed my knowledge of and interest in business ethics.

Although I didn’t know it at the time, I may as well have been aiming directly toward the writing of this column. The issues of business ethics have been important to me as a business man, manager, and consumer for over thirty years. I believe that I understand how businesses are supposed to work, and therefore feel able to recognize when they are not working as they should.

I look forward to interacting with all of you on the issues surrounding business ethics in today’s multifaceted and rapidly changing corporate world.

Michael, a very warm welcome to you! I know your experience and business savvy will be of great benefit to the readers of ItsBadBusiness. The topic of this blog is more important than ever in today's world, it seems.

Posted by: Dan Smith | December 11, 2007 12:14 PM | Permalink to Comment

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Thanks for the warm welcome! I am enjoying it immensely so far, and look forward to many, many posts and comments.

Posted by: Michael W. Jones (It's Bad Business) | December 11, 2007 3:35 PM | Permalink to Comment

Glad to hear that you are enjoying your start here at Know More Media. I look forward to many a conversation with you on business ethics. ;-) Again, welcome to the team.

Posted by: Kimberlee Morrison | December 11, 2007 4:07 PM | Permalink to Comment

Thanks to Kimberlee and Yvonne for the welcome! Sorry it took so long to get back to you. The ice finally had some effect ant our power has been up and down. Hopefully that's about over!

Posted by: Michael W. Jones (It's Bad Business) | December 11, 2007 11:30 PM | Permalink to Comment

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