Nevada Development Authority speaker says business people have lost their values
Maybe you don’t connect the licentiousness of Paris Hilton or Britney Spears to the construction bust on the Strip, but former U.S. Rep. John Kasich does.
For Kasich, a Republican who left Congress in 2001 and is running for Ohio governor, both phenomena speak to America’s sliding character. And it behooves businesspeople to help reverse that trend, Kasich told more than 500 attendees at the Nevada Development Authority’s annual luncheon Wednesday inside Bellagio.
Too many Americans — including businesspeople — ignore the values that made America a global beacon of opportunity, and Kasich said the country won’t offer those opportunities for much longer if its citizens continue to eschew old-school norms, including honesty, integrity, teamwork, humility and personal responsibility. Read more:
