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JUNE 8, 2022

This timely report includes an article I wrote for the EDUCAUSE Review titled "Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Accountability.". By Linda Fisher Thornton Managing the ethics of artificial intelligence is only becoming more complex over time, and the stakes are high for finding a path forward. published by EDUCAUSE.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

I wrote an article for the Non-Violent Change Journal about creating a better world through values. Here is an excerpt from that article: By Linda Fisher Thornton We have become a divided society that seems to have lost its collective center in values. But we have worked globally for many years to define that center.

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JUNE 8, 2011

This graphic is a wordle of the article "Ethical Leadership Training: Why is it So Hard to Get it Right?" which was published in the September 2009 issue of Training and Development by the American Society of Training and Development and then was reprinted in its Best of Leadership 2009: Leadership Development issue.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Article 1 of the The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Honoring Human Rights As business leaders, it is our responsibility to honor human rights in all that we do.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

By Linda Fisher Thornton Today I'm sharing an article from Virginia Business called Future Shock that includes my recent interview with John Blackwell.

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JULY 1, 2020

In this article I share practical advice on protecting ethical brands and five top leadership trends I see unfolding in 2020. By Linda Fisher Thornton Connect Magazine invited me to weigh in on why ethical brand reputation is so important and how brands can build and foster stronger images.­

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Here are some insights about World Values Day from worldvaluesday.com, as well as a new article I wrote for World Values Day on the theme of Reconnecting Through Values. By Linda Fisher Thornton Tomorrow is World Values Day, an annual campaign to increase the awareness and practice of values around the world.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This article will focus on the benefits of perspective shifting and how to practice it so that you can more quickly see beyond the disagreement to the bigger picture. By Linda Fisher Thornton Perspective shifting is a hot topic now for a very good reason.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

By Linda Fisher Thornton This week I am sharing 5 interesting articles that tackle the challenge of leading the process of returning to in-person work. They each share a slightly different perspective.

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MARCH 21, 2012

It is being talked about as a factor in our DNA being able to naturally repair itself (see the details in the articles and links below).

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JUNE 17, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton I was asked to weigh in on several important questions about the economy and job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic for an article about unemployment that appeared at WalletHub.com. Leaders may feel that they are somewhat powerless to help when people are laid off.

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JANUARY 1, 2014

These timely articles published in Fox Business, The CEO Magazine, the Management Excellence Blog and the LeadBig Blog, detail the mindset for ethical leadership success and the specific action steps that leaders can take to be intentional and proactive about ethical leadership.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

We've seen many articles about ethical consumerism, conscious capitalism and the responsible consumer. The bottom line is that consumers continue to expect much more from brands than an honest and perfectly executed transaction.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This article includes an overview of those ethical implications and steps organizations can take to build ethics into current and future AI projects. I was recently invited to answer those questions in a guest blog post published on the EDUCAUSE Professional Development Commons and EDUCAUSE Review.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Gallup’s article “The Worldwide Employee Engagement Crisis” explains that “when companies focus exclusively on measuring engagement rather […]. Using surveys, levels of participation in programs, and satisfaction reports, companies measure how well they engage those they lead.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

In their article The Moral Foundations of Ethical Leadership in the Values Based Leadership Journal, Hester and Killian remind us that “morality is inclusive, emphasizing human rights and dignity, respectful of diversity.” ” Addressing Human Rights Risks [.].

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

By Linda Fisher ThorntonMSJ-160130-08 This week Leaderonomics.com published "Understanding and Preventing Ethical Leadership Failures" as its Hard Talk Leadership Pick of the Week. This article explores ethical failures and their individual and organizational causes.

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MARCH 6, 2013

By Linda Fisher Thornton Sustainability has become an expected part of good business leadership. Lynnette McIntire notes in her article 7 Sustainability Trends to Watch for in 2013 that "marketplace expectations have moved sustainability into the category of 'business as usual.'"

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Part 3 of this series Grey Areas: Our Choices Define Us includes cases to get you talking about interpersonal grey areas, and related articles for learning. In grey areas, leaders "paint the boundary" of ethical choices others will make by how they navigate the ethical complexity when the boundaries are not clear.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

It is a timely topic, and as I shared in the article, "many leaders I talk with have a feeling that there is a more meaningful way of thinking and leading than what they’ve been seeing. " . Thinking on autopilot won't guide us through the grey areas. Michael McKinney published a guest post I wrote that digs into how to understand complexity.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

This updated Harvard Business review article connects trust with ROI and risk management: By Linda Fisher Thornton Trust is powerful. It is being recognized as a pivot point in business and a powerful catalyst for financial success.

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MARCH 16, 2016

By Linda Fisher Thornton Sarah Hood included some of my advice to HR Managers about CSR in her feature article about Corporate Social Responsibility in the March/April 2016 Edition of HR Professional Magazine. In it she explores the role of the HR professional in supporting and advancing an organization's CSR efforts.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

In her article "Ethical Consumerism and Conservatism: Hand in Glove" in the Heinz Journal, Jacqueline Payne describes the ethical consumer this way: What is Ethical Consumerism? Ethical consumerism means that more customers are choosing to purchase goods that are ethically sourced, ethically made and ethically distributed.

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JULY 15, 2015

I was reading an article that ranked food products, and I began to think about how many different variables define “good” or “best” when we’re talking about food products. By Linda Fisher Thornton What is “Good” Food? One variable is how good the food tastes. But there are many more.

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JUNE 15, 2011

Here is an index for leaders of current research, articles and predictions about learning: We have learned a great deal about how people learn.

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