Friday, March 30, 2007

The Importance of Moral Principle

All the major newspapers have reported how the Dallas law firm of Jenkens and Gilchrist has closed because it sold improper tax shelters. Confucianism holds that moral principle is the root of education. The failure of this major law firm shows that Confucianism is pertinent to American business.

Here are links to the article in the Dallas Morning News and the New York Times.

Here is a link to another article on this topic.

Robert

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Another Example of Failed Leadership

We see too many examples of failed leadership. The scandal at Walter Reed Hopital is an obvious example. Less obvious is the example of college professors who promote worthless solutions. A good example is in a New York Times article, "Knowledge is power only if you know how to use it." In this article, researchers promise to deliver "solutions to problems as predictably as technological know-how does today."

America needs better leadership, honest leadership, and competent leadership. The American version of Confucianism, the Timeless Way, can develop better leadership.