Morning Briefings

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

– Abraham Lincoln

I would like to challenge you to begin reflecting upon the awesome responsibility you signed up for when you chose to be the leader. That’s right, each of you voluntarily signed up to be mom, dad, boss, coach, whatever. Nobody forced you into any of these roles and you are free to leave at any time.

– James C. Hunter
The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership

The Community Reinvestment Act was passed into law by the 95th United States Congress in 1977 as a result of national grassroots pressure for affordable housing, and despite considerable opposition from the mainstream banking community. The purpose of the CRA is to provide credit, including home ownership opportunities to underserved populations and commercial loans to small businesses.

– Wikipedia, Community Reinvestment Act, as cited in the YouTube video
Burning Down the House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?

Taxman was when I first realised that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes. Are we being punished for something we have forgotten to do?

– George Harrison on the lyrics for Taxman from
I, Me, Mine

I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an ‘honest man.’

– George Washington

Great moral responsibility is inherent in the existence of corporations. They are properly subjected to constant criticism and reform.

– Scott B. Rae and Kenman L. Wong
Beyond Integrity: A Judeo-Christian Approach to Business Ethics