Abstract
This chapter explains how adherence to the highest ethical standards contributes to business success by highlighting the case of the Trappist monks of Mepkin Abbey. A reputation for honesty and integrity is one the “intangible assets” that pays off in ways we can never fully anticipate. It is Mepkin's commitment to its core principles that makes ethical decisions easy even when the pressure is on. At Mepkin, the monks are rooted in a tradition that transcends the kind of everyman-for-himself mentality that so often leads to unethical behavior under pressure. In addition to the obvious role that religious morality plays, this chapter discusses three additional monastic secrets to ethical behavior that we can all learn to emulate: a long-term attitude, detachment, and aiming past the target. It argues that ethical behavior, like all the Trappist virtues, is one of the things that taking the Hero's Journey of personal transformation from selfishness to selflessness brings about.
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