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Loyalty to a Leader Is Overrated, Even Dangerous

Harvard Business Review

I teach a course on ethics at the McCombs School of Business and have run the McCombs Speaker Series on Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility for the last seven years. For example, take the experience of one of my most popular guest speakers, Egil “Bud” Krogh, one of the Watergate co-conspirators.

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Why Organizations Forget What They Learn from Failures

Harvard Business Review

For example, it increased both the number and status of safety personnel, and it strengthened safety operating procedures. However, their views were not taken into account in the decision to launch the shuttle. Following the Challenger explosion, NASA did take concrete steps to correct flawed organizational processes.