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Is There Hope for Leaders?

Persuasive Powerhouse

August 15th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Yet another Fortune CEO has fallen due to ethics violations. Is there hope for ethical, moral power to prevail? they don’t directly report to you; you cannot count on your staff to be completely open). Am I acting ethically in this situation?” Certainly. Ask for feedback.

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Are We Responsible for Bad Leadership?

Persuasive Powerhouse

Complacency has it’s price, up to and including some morally and ethically reprehensible leaders who have been elected to public office. The tyrant boss reported directly to this VP. It took a lot of courage (some may call this stupidity) to report the transgressions of my boss to his boss. Worse yet, we may not vote for anyone.

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The Guru's Guide to Creating Thought Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Read widely and systematically scan sources, from new consulting reports to business headlines, to discern the zeitgeist. During difficult economic times, organizations often seek ideas on how to cut costs or perform operations more efficiently. It's a perspective that has gone universal and is embedded in the way a company operates.

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How Merck Is Trying to Keep Disrupters at Bay

Harvard Business Review

But “reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” as Mark Twain said. With its Emerging Businesses (EB) group (where one of us serves as President), Merck started a journey about three years ago with a core investment thesis: there are areas of growing unmet need in health care that intersect with its established competencies.

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Meet Your New R&D Team: Social Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

This framework has the potential to reverse the typical role of CSR, currently viewed as a way to "give back" to communities that a business operates in. There are significant ethical issues with applying this model to HIV in the USA. We worked with a diverse network of partners as part of PopTech's Innovation Accelerator program.

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To Reform Capitalism, CEOs Should Champion Structural Reforms

Harvard Business Review

They go by names like corporate social responsibility, sustainability, shareholder advocacy, social assessment and auditing, consumer action, government regulation, leadership development, ethics, realignment of incentives , attracting long-term investors , creating shared value , and more. Here are a few suggestions: Lead by Example.

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Being Wrong is Good

Persuasive Powerhouse

Yet it is always the moral and ethical thing to do. he wasn’t the person responsible, but someone who reported to him was). Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.