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Ethics Is Serious Business

Great Leadership By Dan

The field that provides this kind of know-how is called ethics. This means that ethics is serious business. Ethical dilemmas are at least as hard to resolve as engineering problems, and at least as urgent, particularly in our complex and fast-moving world. But how does one recognize ethical competence?

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First Look: Leadership Books for February 2024

Leading Blog

We've traveled far and fast from the old world of business ethics, where black-and-white concerns about bribery and fraud could be addressed via rules and processes. Supercommunicators : How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus.

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Public And Private Sectors Differ In Their Approach To AI Governance

The Horizons Tracker

A survey was conducted of 280 global organizations and 71 policymakers to understand the relative importance they placed on various ethical principles in relation to 12 different AI use cases. Among the private sector, however, no real consensus emerged, with several options equally popular.

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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

A Transpersonal Leader operates beyond their own ego and personal drivers and balances the needs of all the organization’s stakeholders. This means they are making decisions in full consciousness of their sense of purpose, ethics, and values. This approach self-evidently enables a mindset that offers a long-term perspective.

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Annual Board Evaluations: A Gateway to Sustained Board Effectiveness

N2Growth Blog

This includes evaluating whether the board composition is diverse and well-aligned with the organization’s goals, whether there are clear roles and responsibilities defined for board members, and whether the board operates with transparency and integrity.

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Leading in a World of Change: Lessons from Downton Abbey

Great Leadership By Dan

At the same time, the advent of new ground breaking technologies such as electricity and motorization – today we would call them disruptive – allowed the estates to operate with significantly less staff. As a result, rural families who had looked to their wealthy patrons to provide a secure means of living were also being displaced.

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Why Mission Statements Fail

LDRLB

Consider a few examples: “The company’s primary objective is to maximize long-term shareholder value while adhering to the laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates and at all times observing the highest ethical standard.” ” You probably got bored right at the phase “long-term shareholder value.”