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Featured Collaborator for October: Dolly Chugh
Interview with Dr. Dolly Chugh, Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Organizations, NYU Stern School of Business. [Find Dolly on Twitter]What are your main areas of research? How can...
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Bad Apples, Bad Barrels or Bad Barrel Makers?
The prominence of compliance in organizations continues to rise. Recently, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) named Ms. Hui Chen as its Compliance Counsel- a much anticipated new role which many have...
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Very Worrying: VW, Leadership and Ethical Culture
Guest post from Dennis Gentilin of the National Australia Bank and author of the forthcoming book, “The Origins of Ethical Failures” As we all know, last week the car manufacturer Volkswagen admitted...
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Professionalism and Ethics: A missed connection?
What does professionalism mean to you? Often, people who identify as a professional think of themselves not only as knowledgeable in their discipline, but also rational, objective and serving a higher...
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Biases and Decision Making
From the things we say to the actions we take each day, our world- and that of business- is comprised of thousands of decisions, both big and small. How we come to make those decisions is the result of...
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Ethics and the City: Regional programs for success
Ethical systems design is rooted in a systems-approach. We at Ethical Systems generally look at these at 3 levels: 1) personal ethics; 2) organizational ethics; and 3) the national culture and...
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Featured Collaborator for November: David Hirshleifer
Interview with David Hirshleifer, Professor of Finance and Merage Chair in Business Growth, University of California-IrvineWhat are your main areas of research?I do research in behavioral finance,...
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Buddha Makes the Business Case for Business Ethics
For thousands of years the ancients have made the “business case” for ethics. They have told us that in the long run, virtue brings rewards that exceed whatever short-term gains it deprives you of. I...
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Ethical Systems Design is the Red Pill for Reducing Inequality
Part 2 of Jonathan Haidt's post on his recent talk at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Read Part 1 here.A friend of Mark Twain once said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about...
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Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry Conference
The Reforming Culture and Behavior in the Financial Services Industry Conference last week at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York* demonstrated that today’s financial industry understands the need for...
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Featured Collaborator for December: Ann Tenbrunsel
Interview with Ann Tenbrunsel, the David E. Gallo Professor of Business Ethics at the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame, and co-author of BlindspotsWhat are your main areas of...
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Point-of-Risk Compliance
This piece is cross posted from ES collaborator Jeffrey Kaplan's "Conflicts of Interest" blog with permission.Marketers have long known that “point-of-sale” display of products can be a powerful...
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Earthquakes and Shaky Ethics: The Perils of Construction Corruption
A study in Nature shows that our planet has a lot to teach us about business ethics. While we know that ethics pays, what is also now clear is that the absence of ethics can kill.Nicholas Ambraseys of...
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2015 Collaborators in the News: A Year of Many Achievements
Dan Ariely published new installments in his Wall Street Journal ethics column. His new book, "Irationally Yours" was released May 18 while Ariely's new documentary "(Dis)Honesty – The Truth About...
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Ethical Systems Year End Letter from Jon Haidt
Dear Friends, Ethical Systems reflects on a year marked by tragedy and triumph, major ethics news and new research. We began 2015 by receiving IRS recognition of our organization as a 501c3 non-profit,...
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Taking the Pulse of Employee Satisfaction to Predict Future Earnings
Do miserable employees serve as harbingers of a drop in their company’s stock price? What is the true value of an employee’s smile?Researchers Andy Moniz from the Rotterdam School of Management and...
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Your Permanent Record: Blacklist for ethics gaining steam
Bad ethics should not be forgotten in the new year- or any other- as bankers and regulators discussed creating an ethical blacklist for individuals working at regulated financial institutions, at the...
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Featured Collaborator for January: Robert Frank
Interview with Robert Frank, the H. J. Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, author and New York Times columnist What...
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Feeling All The Feels: The value of emotional culture at work
You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar, says an old adage. In today’s economy, companies would be wise to continuously tend to their hives in order to maximize and motivate their...
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Ethical Systems Lands 8 of the Top 100 Most Influential in Business Ethics
Each year, Ethisphere recognizes 100 individuals that have made a material impact in the world of business ethics through their annual 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics list.Ethical...
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