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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

More often the dilemmas were the result of competing interests, misaligned incentives, clashing cultures. Some of these activities included inherent conflicts of interest; others simply caused leaders to have to act counter to their values (loyalty, for example). Incentives and pressure to inflate achievement of targets.

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Ten Essential Tips for Hiring Your Next CEO

Harvard Business Review

When we asked the chief human resources officers at a number of major companies whether they had a coherent system in place to evaluate and compensate the CEO’s succession performance, most reported that their firm had none. Review outside consultants carefully to prevent conflicts of interest.

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When Transparency Backfires, and How to Prevent It

Harvard Business Review

Though that may sound like perverse logic, or perhaps a reaction to a poorly thought-out incentive system, research has found they’re not alone. The idea is that giving the other party complete information about your interests makes that other party responsible for policing your behavior.

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