What Frogs in Hot Water Can Teach Us About Thinking Again
In this Ted talk, Ethical Systems collaborator Adam Grant discusses biases that prevent us from changing course, like doubling down on a commitment to show others, or perhaps ourselves, that we made the right decision....
How Biden Can Boost Human Rights in Egypt
In its first 100 days, the Biden administration renewed its focus on human rights. After years of internal debate, the United States declared Turkish attacks in Armenia a century ago a genocide. Senior officials also strongly condemned the...
Why a Basecamp Founder’s Blog Post Blew the Company Up
In 2018, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of Basecamp, published a book on workplace culture. On the cover, a big red X crosses out a list of ostensibly undesirable traits of job...
The Tricky Role of Loyalty at Work
It’s fair to say that, overall, organizations can benefit from loyal employees. Loyal employees stay with their organizations longer,1 even when there is conflict.2 They form tighter bonds between each other3 and cheat less.4 But,...
Don’t Underestimate the Experience of Doing the Right Thing
Patagonia has long been considered one of the world’s most-admired companies. Apart from their millions of dollars in annual contributions to environmental causes and land conservation, the outdoor apparel company is known for their generous benefits...
Change the Paradigm, Change the System: A Conversation with Denise Hearn
Listen to “#27 – Change the Paradigm, Change the System: A Conversation with Denise Hearn” on Spreaker. In this episode of the Breaking the Fever podcast, we speak with Denise Hearn about the most significant...
How Investors Can Lead the Shift Toward Stakeholder Capitalism
It’s a nightmare right now trying to measure how a company performs on environmental, social, and governance issues. As you may know, doing so involves relying on a dizzying set of intersecting quantitative frameworks, all...
Why Corporate America Should Oppose the National Effort to Suppress Voting
As Republican politicians in states across the country move to restrict voting rights, corporate leaders are faced with an uncomfortable choice. They must decide whether to publicly challenge these cynical measures, which are predicated on the...
A Behavioral Ethics and Compliance Primer
In 1991, when the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations went into effect, Compliance and Ethics (“C&E”) programs became a part of the business landscape in the United States. There was, at the time, a fairly...
How British Bank Employees Feel About Workplace Culture
The Banking Standards Board, an independently led body that promotes high standards of behavior and competence across the United Kingdom’s banking industry, has released results of its fifth annual cultural assessment. It reports on a...