N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2024

The board’s responsibility extends beyond appointing an executive; it involves setting the strategic direction, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards, and providing ongoing support to the executive.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Badaracco is the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics at Harvard Business School. He has taught courses on business ethics, strategy, and management in the School’s MBA and executive programs. Badaracco is a graduate of St.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 29, 2020

A new study from the University of Michigan explores how they might do this in an ethical and responsible way. “We believe our approach provides an ethical way to advance medical discovery and innovation while also respecting the trust patients and research participants put in the University of Michigan,” the researchers say.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

” Similarly, firms in the auto or medical device sectors have board committees that are focused on both product equality and any recalls that the firm has to make. “In our review of publicly traded consumer product firms, very few had such board committees, ” the authors conclude.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 23, 2014

James O''Toole Joshua Green Judgment Calls Lao Tzu MIT Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing New York University Press book Oscar Wilde Paul Schoemaker Peppercomm Peter Drucker Planning-ness PR News PRWeek Sam Ford: An interview by Bob Morris Social Media Week NYC South by Southwest Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked (..)

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Word of Mouth Marketing PR Committee Wilde 80

Coaching Tip

APRIL 27, 2012

Is Bribery an Ethical Condition of Doing Business in the Global Economy? How ethically vulnerable is your organization? 56 percent ranked ethical behavior as an important characteristic, followed by sound judgment (51%) and being adaptable/flexible (47%). -- Source: American Management Association, New York, NY.

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Welch Ethics Automotive Globalization 117

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

The fastest way to lose respect as a leader is to focus on optics over ethics. Whether in the boardroom, political arena, or on the front lines, leadership is far more than holding press conferences, giving speeches, and presiding over meetings and committees. Not leaders in title, but leaders in action.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In 2018, BlackRock held a meeting of its global executive committee, a group of about 20 of the company’s senior-most executives, which included both Smith and Wiseman, where Fink discussed the conduct of senior management employees and how they would be held to a higher standard of ethics and conduct.

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Wiseman Execution Asset Management Human Resources 69

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Effective leaders set the right tone at the top, which becomes the organization’s ethical standards. Employees trust and want to work for an organization with high ethical standards, and work for a leader who lives by those standards. Trust is built on honesty, ethics and integrity. Tone at the top is critically important.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

First off, a big ‘thank you’ to the entire ICF committee. I was blown away with the attendance of so many powerful peers in the industry, all looking to collaborate and learn how to leverage our craft more effectively in this changing marketplace — it’s nice to present to a group I know I can help. Unported License.

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Workshop Licensing PR Ethics 188

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

Supreme Court, once said , “Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have the right to do and what is right to do.” While the benefits are clearly far-reaching and potentially game changing, there are ethical questions to consider. Ask for guidance from your information governance (IG) committee.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2010

If you’re skeptical, I invite you to take a look at The Connection Culture Manifesto , the Hardwired to Connect report by the Committee for Children at Risk, and The Lonely Society report by the Mental Health Foundation in the UK. why is everyone smiling?

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Social Capital McCarthy Godin Committee 284

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Trust and openness are crucial elements of an ethical organizational culture. Only when employees are able to voice the problems they see can ethical lapses be discussed and resolved. Based on findings from the behavioral sciences, some individual dispositions deserve every screening committee’s attention.

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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. Creating an Ethical Workplace. You and Your Team Series. Mark Chussil.

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Ethics Compliance Policies Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It’s about more than just mitigating bias.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2011

In the fall, I wrote a series of posts on the moral concerns raised by the financial crisis and how a business ethics course might address them. Rather, they should be taught "how to engage, with intelligence and integrity, a real ethics debate about the role of business and the business professional in a free society.".

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Now let’s return to the present economic mess we’re in… Concerning the auto industry debacle, do you understand why Congress had the top executives come to Washington to participate in hearings, but didn’t call in the car companies’ union negotiating committees to hear their side of things?

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Committee Automotive Ethics Productivity 140

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

Bazerman and Tenbrunsel outline five reasons why ethical people allow unethical behavior to thrive. Blatter is likely to argue that such a step is unnecessary, and that he can make the reforms required.

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Ethics Committee Incentives Loyalty 14

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

    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. .    Set strategic goals and use them to guide critical early decisions such as budgeting and staffing.

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Executive Coaching Blog Open-book Letter 141

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

Team Based Hiring : While I’m not generally in favor of management by committee, hiring based upon a team approach works very well. People, their traits, attitudes, and work ethic (or lack thereof) are contagions. Outsourced recruiting is very effective and affordable if managed properly.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

I served on boards of directors, search committees, awards panels, review boards and task forces for many. Amplify discussions on community standards and ethics. Exemplifying ethical behavior. I have worked with more than 1,500 non-profit, public sector, and non-governmental entities over many decades. Helping others.

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Strategic Planning Planning Ethics Learning-by-Doing 51

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. Campaigners, enlightened firms, and savvy politicians should focus all their energy on one — and only one — area of supply-chain ethics: freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining.

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Supply Chain Ethics Telecommunications Politics 8

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. This year is the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Diversity is most important for business, the economy and quality of life.

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Diversity Budgeting Open-book Risk Management 90

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Some employees even claimed that they were fired for calling the internal ethics hotline. These claims raise important questions that every major company needs to ask: Are employees aware of our ethical standards and the laws surrounding our business? Is there a specific time frame for investigating ethics complaints from employees?

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Management Ethics Banking Tips 8

Coaching Tip

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Gentile has spent a great deal of her life in the classrooms of Harvard Business School and Babson College and from reading her book it seems that she thinks if her students know what ethical decision-making is, they will take action on what they think is right. However, in the Ask-Know-Do progression there is a huge gap between Know and Do.

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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.

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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. And consumers are placing a higher and higher value on whether a company has ethical practices, too.

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Company Compliance Ethics Globalization 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Denise Pirrotti Hummel – An expert on the connection between inclusion and business performance, an author, consultant, Ted Talk finalist, HBA Board member and the Chair of Athena’s Life Sciences Committee.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Whatever these may be, we strongly recommended two things: Have an ethics committee. At its heart behavioral science is about understanding, predicting, and influencing behaviors, so the ethics of these efforts will be an important consideration. Engage functional representatives.

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Company Committee Ethics Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Its Remuneration Committee employs several key performance indicators (KPIs) to guide the compensation of senior executives. CEO incentives have traditionally been evaluated against objective data — also labelled “hard.” ” What has emerged more recently is the use of nonfinancial, but still objective, KPIs.

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TSR Banking Committee Incentives 9

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.

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CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

The report describes the company’s governance response and changed compliance framework — from holding 20 audit committee meetings in 2014, to substantial organizational restructuring, to enhanced education and training. The Audit Committee on behalf of the board sets key compliance objectives for the next calendar year.

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Compliance Committee Globalization CEO 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. There was no record that the bonuses were approved in the Tyco board’s meeting minutes or in the compensation committee’s meeting minutes. Boards Ethics Transparency'

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Golden Parachute Committee Ethics Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

a survey indicated that fewer than 60% of the Secret Service personnel said they would report ethical misconduct. Critics have pointed out that the risk committee of JP Morgan's board consists of three directors with no significant banking or risk experience. Maine Senator Susan Collins countered by pointing out that (1.)

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Management Banking Committee Risk Management 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2011

Many love to boast when their revenues soar, or publicize the strategic restructuring of their organizational response committees (whatever that means). Rock outlines three common approaches to how business schools teach corporate values: values as ethics; identifying a set of universal values; and the recognition of values.

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Mission Statement Restructuring Committee Ethics 15

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

In order to complete the chain, organizations must insist that suppliers, professional services counselors and vendors show demonstrated quality programs, as well as ethics statements. Together with outside counsel, this committee will pursue its objectives, per the written agenda. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2017

For example, overly restrictive rules that force advisory or review committees to staff themselves with people whose primary asset is they are “conflict free” can deprive them of the input of true experts. However, when policies are created to prevent any outlier event, the results are often undesired unintended consequences.

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