Business ethics

Growing Pains: A Story of Building a Business on Ethics, Quality, and Smarter Growth

Leave a Comment / Business, Business Growth, Entrepreneur Lessons, Workplace Ethics. / Abigail Garrovillas / September 24, 2025 / Business ethics, direct clients, entrepreneur story, growing pains, working smarter

Starting a business is never simple. For many entrepreneurs, the early years come with tough choices—balancing quality, profitability, and personal time. This was exactly the case for the founder of Archway Safety Consulting & Language Services, whose journey through those growing pains offers valuable lessons for business owners everywhere. Laying the Groundwork: Ethics and Quality Above […]

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Social media and antisocial behavior

Business, Ethics, Experience / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 24, 2020 / Business ethics, interpreter ethics, Medical interpretation, Workers compensation

No doubt you are familiar with this scenario. You walk into a room and say hello to everyone. No one responds, because they all seem to be zombies with their mouths slightly open and their complete attention on the television. In fact you can just about say anything like “I quit my job” or “I

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What I learned from chronic illness

2 Comments / Ethics, Experience / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 23, 2020 / Business ethics, interpreter ethics

Shortly after September 11, 2001 I found myself with a very bad cold. (Click here for my experience on 911.) I was coughing and short of breath. The cold became bronchitis, and seemed to go on forever. My doctor referred me to an allergist. My allergist referred me to a pulmonologist, noticing something in the

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Being watched by another interpreter!

Ethics, Experience, Medical Interpreting / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 22, 2020 / Business ethics, ethics, interpreter ethics, interpreting, Medical interpretation, Workers compensation

From time to time, I find myself interpreting at an assignment and another interpreter observes. It is not the most comfortable feeling to have someone listen to everything you say, ready to point out any mistake that is made. This is the case sometimes when I have been assigned to interpret by the insurance company,

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When the interpreter has to deal with someone flirting

3 Comments / Ethics, Experience, Medical Interpreting, Workers' Comp / Jeffrey Alfonso / April 21, 2020 / Business ethics, interpreter ethics, interpreting, Medical interpretation, workers comp., Workers compensation

I originally wrote this in 2012. I find it funny because it still happens from time to time. Sometimes the interpreter finds himself in very unusual circumstances. I have talked about the uncomfortable feeling of interpreting vulgar language. How about interpreting for someone inappropriately flirting? A while back, I was assigned to interpret for a

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Alfonso Interpreting Logo on NASCAR #DSC500

Business, Experience, Interpreting, Interpreting for company meetings, Legal Interpreting, Liaison Interpreting, Medical Interpreting, Safety, Sales/Marketing, Translation / Jeffrey Alfonso / March 30, 2018 / Business, Business ethics, ethics, interpreters, language services

Many of you know the Dollar Shave Club. I order shaving supplies along with shampoo, soaps, and other items! I like their products, they are value-priced, and they arrive conveniently at my home. This year, DSC ran a promotion to put 500 business logos from its loyal customers on Matt Tifft’s @NASCAR_Xfinity race car. My

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Schedule Ahead for Conference Interpreters!

Conference Interpreting / Jeffrey Alfonso / February 23, 2018 / Business ethics, conference, Conference Interpreting, interpreting, simultaneous, simultaneous interpreting

We provided a conference interpreting proposal for a large conference in a large United States city. The proposal also had an expiration date. The reason for the expiration date is because we prefer to work with top-notch conference interpreters who already have preferred team partners with whom they choose to work. Conference interpreters are often

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When Good People Are Unethical: ADVOCACY

Medical Interpreting / Jeffrey Alfonso / December 4, 2017 / Business ethics, Healthcare interpreting, Hospital Interpreter, interpreting, Legal Interpreting, Medical interpretation, medical interpreter, workers comp., Workers compensation

Imagine this. Instead of hiring a professional interpreter who is familiar with and cognizant of the code of ethics, an untrained bilingual person is hired to simply cover the assignment. Without proper knowledge and training, the bilingual person serving as an “interpreter” will most likely unconsciously commit serious ethical violations while at the same

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Sexual Harassment & Interpreting

Conference Interpreting, Interpreting for company meetings, Legal Interpreting / Jeffrey Alfonso / November 28, 2017 / Assuring accuracy for your peace of mind, Business ethics, Conference Interpreting, ethics, interpreters, interpreting, language services, Legal Interpreting, Sexual harassment training, simultaneous

Sexual harassment is a very big issue on the minds of most people this year. The list of Hollywood power players accused of harassment or abuse is immense, perhaps only outdone by the list of politicians. What makes the story all the more interesting is that fact that more and more women have mustered the

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Alfonso Interpreting Partners with Peak Safety Performance

Business, CPR and First Aid, OSHA, Safety, Workers' Comp / EOAlfonso / June 15, 2017 / Business, Business ethics, OSHA, Safety, Safety Culture, Safety tips, Safety training, Workers compensation, workers' comp

Peak Safety Performance is a leading full-service safety consulting company in South Carolina. Its mission is to build a high-performance contractor safety culture in the South Carolina Upstate. Alfonso Interpreting has a special focus in providing Spanish-language safety training. Jeff Alfonso is an authorized OSHA® construction and industry outreach trainer and is fluent in both

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Growing Pains: A Story of Building a Business on Ethics, Quality, and Smarter Growth

Social media and antisocial behavior

What I learned from chronic illness

Being watched by another interpreter!

When the interpreter has to deal with someone flirting

Alfonso Interpreting Logo on NASCAR #DSC500

Schedule Ahead for Conference Interpreters!

When Good People Are Unethical: ADVOCACY

Sexual Harassment & Interpreting

Alfonso Interpreting Partners with Peak Safety Performance

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