Time and time again, I hear stories of friends, clients, acquaintances and strangers all being taken for a ride simply because they possess ethics and manage their businesses accordingly.
Be it someone purchasing a domain and arguing with international trademark lawyers about it, saying that the international trademark doesn’t apply in Australia or someone purchasing the graphics and designs for websites and passing those websites off as their own, all these people have something in common. A severe lack of conscience and ethics.
This is really bad for the Internet in general on so many levels. As a service provider who comes in AFTER an experience such as the ones above, it makes my task so much harder. I have to go all out to convince them that not all online businesses are like that. That there are actually people making an honest living from the Internet. These business owners are scarred in a way and never approach dealing on/through the Internet the same.
I’m not saying that I’m perfect and that I never make mistakes with my clients. I do. The difference is that when I do make a mistake, I own up to it and try to do my damnest to appease that client.
Many of the Virtual Assistant organisations that I belong to have a code of ethics. I’m proud to say that I abide by them to the fullest and that I also have my own code of ethics.
So for those of you that have been taken for a ride by unscrupulous Internet business owners, contact me today!! I’d love to show you what working with an ethical Virtual Assistant is like.
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Karma is the best test for all.
I’m afraid I can’t understand the people behind such actions – mistakes are human and acceptable, but repeated unethical behaviour is just beyond my comprehension.
Half the time I feel stressed it is because I have such high standards of what I should be providing to clients – if I was happy with ‘good enough’ my work would be done faster, but that’s not the way I work.
Well done for having ethics and sticking to them Kylie.