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5 Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Advantage

Skip Prichard

On that score, the company’s Code of Ethics claimed that “gaming” (the manipulation and / or misrepresentation of sales or referrals) was against the rules and grounds for dismissal. CEO John Stumpf set the tone. All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. But that’s not the only thing rotten about that culture.

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The 6 Ways Business Leaders Talk About Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

This point was underscored by Unilever CEO Paul Polman when he courageously told short-term investors who did not support sustainability efforts not to buy his company’s shares. Time is fundamental to all sustainability frames, with capitalism seen as myopic at a moment when key challenges demand much longer time frames.

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