The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 1, 2024

AI companies have faced public scrutiny in recent times for developing machine learning algorithms that exhibit bias against historically marginalized groups. However, critics often dismiss these promises as mere “ethics washing.”

Ethics 90

Ethics Bureaucracy Incentives How To 90

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic. The biggest cause of “quiet quitting” or on-the-job-retirement is a dysfunctional culture rooted in poor leadership. “No one wants to work anymore,” they’ll say.

Energy 52

Energy Crisis Absenteeism Leadership 52

Strategy Driven

JULY 6, 2018

Strategy : planning, tactics, organizational development. Philosophy : purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. Appointed agency heads in a government bureaucracy. Systems and Processes : structure, hiring, control, work design, supervision, decisions. 7 Levels of Authority Figure. Self Appointed.

Advice 57

Advice Strategy Company Bureaucracy 57

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

Like TD Bank, make busting customer-restricting bureaucracy more valued than protecting those “sacred cows” long in need of slaughtering. Clearly there are circumstances where rules are crucial to safety, ethics and fairness. A Board of Customers might provide keen insight into stupid rules that employees take for granted.

Policies 150

Policies Follow-up Banking Bureaucracy 150

CEO Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This is where it's tough because governments like to bring in quotas and introduce bureaucracy. They developed a core mantra that fused their diversity goals and ethical principles with their business strategy. Managers' pay was partly determined by how they were rated and how they developed diverse employees.

Diversity 100

Diversity Review Bureaucracy Open-book 100

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

When you have disciplined thought, you don’t need bureaucracy. When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you create a powerful mixture that correlates with great performance. When you have a disciplined people, you don’t need hierarchy.

Collins 260

Collins Bureaucracy Sports Ethics 260

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

But as business became more global, spreading to emerging and developing markets in pursuit of cheap resources and labor, corporate leaders entered countries with weak institutions, bureaucracy and corruption. That would be ethical imperialism. Some corporate leaders even argued that it was a question of values.

Globalization 13

Globalization Bureaucracy Efficiency Ethics 13