Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Most companies have ethics and compliance policies that get reviewed and signed annually by all employees. “Employees are charged with conducting their business affairs in accordance with the highest ethical standards,” reads one such example. ” Of course, that policy comes directly from Enron. .”

Ethics 8

Ethics Compliance Policies Supply Chain 8

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  If I remember correctly they had spent an orientation week in Washington and them came up to Cambridge for a week of policy briefings.       Learn the rules behind committee assignments. I would add to your suggestion that these new leaders place ethics at the top of the their list of values.

Executive Coaching 141

Executive Coaching Blog Open-book Letter 141

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2014

I was on the committee that wrote that legislation. Every professional must embrace a set of ethics: Things for which each professional holds himself/herself accountable. “ Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy.” I have conducted many diversity audits of companies.

Diversity 88

Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 88

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

External standards can also be a powerful tool in support of those efforts, helping companies strengthen ethics and compliance practices by offering a clear framework for action. It spells out the responsibilities of the board and top management, including ensuring that the organization’s strategy and anti-bribery policy are aligned.

Company 8

Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

Legitimate concerns over conflict of interest that have resulted in overly extreme preventative policies are a central cause. It is time for all parties to revisit those policies and replace them with rules that recognize both true conflicts and true confluences of interest. But the interface between the two has never been more tense.

Conflict of Interest 10

Conflict of Interest Pharmaceuticals Policies Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

CEO 8

CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Hearings last month before the Senate’s banking committee and the House’s Financial Services Committee point to further dangerous cultural dynamics inside Wells Fargo. According to Stumpf’s testimony, a board committee became aware of the fraud “at a high level” back in 2011.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

We have developed a framework to help boards make decisions concerning corporate political spending — decisions that are informed; consistent with company strategies, policies, and values; and that mitigate risks as much as possible. As the director of an energy company told us: “A lot depends on the expertise of the board.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

After Kozlowski was convicted in 2005, I began including case studies about the Tyco corporate scandal in the business ethics classes I taught. The bonuses were calculated correctly, per a written compensation policy. The board’s audit committee did not keep minutes at all until the problems began at Tyco in 2002.

Golden Parachute 8

Golden Parachute Committee Ethics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

Set clear policies. For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. Appropriate risk, compensation, and financial policies will set the incentives and boundaries for employee behavior. Create a risk culture. Fix the broken windows.

Management 12

Management Banking Committee Risk Management 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

All the best strategies, policies, and plans start with a vision — that is, being clear on how you intend for your company to benefit from behavioral science. Whatever these may be, we strongly recommended two things: Have an ethics committee. Get the Vision Right. Engage functional representatives.

Company 8

Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Coming at a time of renewed populism during continued economic hardship, the broad arguments articulated in the report may affect upcoming elections or legislative and regulatory policy on both sides of the Atlantic. customer satisfaction, risk audits, adherence to company ethics).

Politics 14

Politics Execution Report Risk Management 14

Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

In a business enterprise, leaders must take care of employees who, in turn, are responsible for taking care of customers, stakeholders, and related outside parties, such as the government and the community, in an ethical manner. Is “ethical leadership” an oxymoron? They realize that business involves human beings and that pro?table

Leadership 418

Leadership Ethics Course Learning-by-Doing 418

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

For CEOs and their communications teams, deciding when, whether, and how to speak out against a policy they object to can be a challenge — and less than two weeks into the Trump administration, it appears companies will face these dilemmas more frequently. Other CEOs have gone much further, attacking the policy in moral terms.

CEO 8

CEO Attrition Travel Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In some cases they are appointed by labor unions, sometimes they are elected directly by the employees, in other cases they are selected by other employee committees. In some of the countries just mentioned, workers sit on the board of directors, in others they sit on a supervisory board.

Participative 8

Participative Crisis Consensus Constraint 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. The only way to work networking in is to schedule attendance to an event and go. If that is all you have time for, at least do that, and seek to exchange a few business cards when there. This leads to furthering your credentials and friendships.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

These changes have been attributed to the rise of the third-wheel in the workplace, i.e. anti-harassment policies. Everyone will naturally think that the person sleeping with the boss will have the inside scoop on promotions, pay and information, and that undermines trust in leadership, cautions Robert Chestnut, Airbnb’s Chief Ethics Officer.

Long-term 83

Long-term Policies Committee Human Resources 83

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

To reduce that risk, Zoe Loffgren , a Democrat representing Silicon Valley, is drafting a bill titled "Aaron's Law" for the House Judiciary Committee. According to a Carnegie Mellon report , it would take the average college educated person about 76 work days to read all of the privacy policies an average Internet user encounters in a year.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Short-term Long-term Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

He cites John Stennis in 1982, balking at appearing at a fund-raiser at which defense contractors would be present (Stennis was then Chairman of the Armed Services Committee.) Stennis asked, “Would that be proper? I hold life and death over those companies. I don’t think it would be proper for me to take money from them. “

Power 8

Power Politics Influence Committee 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

How diverse is the planning committee? Processes, policies and procedures to make better widgets and a better organization. Walking the Talk: ethics, values, quality, vision. Does your strategic plan adequately describe what you do? Does the strategic plan provide necessary guidance to the activities you will measure?

Strategic Planning 68

Strategic Planning Budgeting Planning Competitive Advantage 68

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2011

They staff committees and events, hoping to generate more leads. Just because you once spoke to their business club, attended a workshop with them or served on a volunteer committee, they keep coming back to you for free work. These people may have started with the shotgun effect but have narrowed down. Social Networkers. Now I Want _.

Committee 52

Committee Learning-by-Doing Consultative Budgeting 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

I further made recommendations that future charitable requests would go through committee and that the client’s partners and key executives were better suited by serving on community boards, thus polishing their own luster. The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making.

Strategic Planning 57

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57