Julie C. Lellis and Melissa Eggleston Zombies have no motive other than sustaining themselves. On reckless missions to find food at all costs, they alienate and repel others. Businesses can act like zombies, and they are often easy to spot! They may make decisions that don’t prioritize others and pay the price. They can’t move […]
There are many ideas about the factors that contribute to the ethics of an organization. These ideas range from ethical leadership to a concern for stakeholders to having a mission beyond economic success. While these ideas seem plausible, there is little evidence to support them. More importantly, there is often little you can do to
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John G. Taft, CEO, RBC Wealth Management As Chief Executive Officers, we each have a responsibility to set the tone not just for our individual companies but for our industries and society at large. I believe this is so in every industry, but in no sector is more so today than in financial services, where
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Santiago Rivera, Author, Doing Business God’s Way Have you ever been in a position of leadership when an ethical question arose? Kris, a friend of mine, found himself amidst a white-collar crime in one of the top healthcare systems in the world two years ago. After joining their team, he discovered the corporation was hiring new
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This past week we picked up a new client that had an immediate need for several videos. On less than a day’s notice two of my employees were on a plane on a Thursday to the client’s location. Others back at the office started working on elements of the project. When the field team returned
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One day, he was sitting on top of the world with a $1-million salary and $5.5 million in stock options. The next day, his board asked him to resign in shame and embarrassment after being caught in a lie about a degree he said he had earned in the early 1980s from Stonehill College in
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