N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. Reward talent, innovation, loyalty, attitude, creativity, work ethic, contribution, and leadership ability…not tenure.

Loyalty 419

Loyalty Blog Brand Follow-up 419

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely. As a result of this fraud, the bank is now being investigated by Federal prosecutors and Congressional overseers. But the fallout is far from over. A blind spot among senior leaders.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2011

First, because I saw Harvard as such a privilege, it fundamentally changed the way my brain processed my experience. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a Masters from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. I tell you this for two reasons.

Bottom-up 56

Bottom-up Stress Case Study Newsletter 56

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The settlement stems from the bank’s employees allegedly opening more than 2 million bank and credit card accounts without customers’ permission. Beyond the fines, Wells Fargo has fired at least 5,300 employees for “inappropriate sales conduct,” and the bank is making changes to its quota system.

Incentives 8

Incentives Banking Ethics Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Instead, the regulatory filing simply listed, in summary fashion, “factors” supporting the raise, without any analysis elsewhere: JPM’s long-term performance; gains in market share and customer satisfaction; resolution of regulatory issues; improved control structures and processes; and leadership improvements.

Banking 8

Banking Fashion CEO Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Here are some examples of common workplace systems and processes that can get tainted by class-based bias: Hiring, Onboarding, and Culture Fit. Class is expressed through cultural differences , not just how much money is in your bank account. A common way that class-based bias plays out is in hiring. What is culture fit?

Class 12

Class Diversity Company Sports 12

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

How much further should we extend ethics? Sadly, many of the perpetrators did not see lapses in ethics… it was legal and just business to them. By maintaining an awareness of further changing environments, there are further opportunities to be successful, ethical and move ahead of the competition.

Ethics 59

Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59