Two quick, concise points that leaders like you can make to benefit your organization and yourself in difficult, challenging, stressful times.

Understanding the necessity and value of ethical mitigation willingness and practice goes a long ways towards determining: how people perceive us, the level of trust we are granted, what our reputation becomes and subsequently, the health of our personal and professional relationships.

False accusations of sexual crimes do happen. It's a dirty secret. Anger and revenge are often two drivers to badly harm an unsuspecting person and do great damage on multiple fronts. That's the intent. Rarely do people overcome the punishments. Sometimes, they sort of do.

Blogging can be dangerous business, especially if you call yourself a journalist and assert your opinion as fact when that opinion is not factual and it defames someone.

You may legally beat repeated claims of wrongdoing, you may still have severe reputation problems with the court of public opinion and critics. The byproduct can be painful “opportunity loss” in your career.

There's zero shame in asking for a help with the heavy, scary weights we are carrying in our lives right now. We don't sufficiently trust decent people in safe environments.

Michael Toebe of Reputation Quality briefly writes about when the police and courts badly and wrongfully damage your reputation and you don't receive the help you need and want.