Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

It can seem like a conflict of interest. At the end of the day, no one should feel guilty for profits that are earned legally and ethically. Obviously marketing campaigns and revenue targets matter. Make Money. It’s easy to be suspicious when we talk about altruism and profit in the same conversation. Meet a Need.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

Companies can take a wide variety of approaches to how to discuss ethics. At one end of the spectrum are companies that rely on their code of ethics or on the exemplary behavior of people at the top. Still, this leaves open the question of what actually works in guiding employees' ethical behavior. Setting the right example.

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Rajesh Setty

MARCH 19, 2013

For example: • Charles Schwab disrupted the brokerage industry in the 1970-80s using a business model driven by Principles of high ethics, no conflicts of interest, being trustworthy, and helping everyone become financially fit. Any one or two of these factors can be the driving force(s) for the business model.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2014

If your company puts you in charge of developing a foreign market or a new line of business, your challenges are in many ways similar to those facing a startup. And it requires a constant vigilance to make sure that you don’t get into legal or ethical grey areas or lose sight of the company’s interests. An HBR Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The study assembles considerable evidence about the hidden business model of major pharmaceutical companies: to devote most of their research budget to developing hundreds of drugs that provide few if any advantages over existing drugs and then market them heavily to doctors and patients. Negative results are usually not published at all.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

This logic and the institutions that reinforce it, like competitive markets and the rule of law, have transformed the world and lifted billions of people from poverty. In addition, 30 states have passed laws that explicitly authorize companies to consider the interests of parties other than shareholders.

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