FTC. Testimonials. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is the consumer watchdog that engages in consumer protection. In the 1970s, the FTC enacted the Guides Concerning Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. They were first amended in 1980, and then...
Scandal. Ethics. Values. Scandal ABC. I am always amazed at how folks hold themselves out as living one way (living with ethics), but in truth, live very different lives. There are people who do horrible things and proclaim themselves to be the good guys--the wearers...
Data Breach. Privacy. Anyone who closely follows the news has heard the term “data breach” all too often in recent months. A violation of ones privacy rights. There is little doubt that these “breaches” of consumer’s personally identifiable information (PII) via the...
Feedback. Constructive Criticism. Yesterday I had dinner with a trusted friend. During the course of the conversation the topic of constructive criticism, honest sharing between friends came up. I expressed my desire to know when something isn’t working in my...
Security Breach. Target. During the holiday shopping season of 2013, giant retailer, Target, suffered a security breach that exposed the private information of 110 million Target shoppers via a data theft of credit and debit card information. A class-action lawsuit...
Barbara Walters interviews Mary Kay Letourneau. This past Friday I tuned into ABC’s 20/20 program to watch Barbara Walters interview Mary Kay Letourneau. If you recall, this is the former schoolteacher who made national headlines back in 1996 when she was caught...
Life Choices. Recently, I was in a taxi headed to La Guardia Airport. It was 4am and except for one car driving ahead of us, Second Avenue was almost bare. That is perhaps the only time of day when the streets of New York are not bustling with throngs of people and...
Chris Borland. 49ers. Self esteem. Self Esteem Comes from DOING Esteemable Acts, and it’s an Esteemable Acts to have the courage to make tough choices. How many people, yet alone a 24-year-old, would walk away from a multi-million dollar NFL contract and the...
Daily Meditation. Daily Devotional. Daily Reflections. We’ve all heard the popular quote “stop and smell the roses.” Well this also applies to things like your daily meditation, daily devotional readings, daily reflections. It is one thing to do these things and...