
Why Corporate America Should Oppose the National Effort to Suppress Voting
Blog, Corporate Culture, Human Rights, Leadership
American corporations have been great beneficiaries of our two-century-old democratic experiment.
As Republican politicians in states across the country move to restrict voting rights, corporate leaders are faced with an uncomfortable choice.…

Survey: Business Leaders See Ethics as a Competitive Advantage
Blog, Corporate Culture, Corporate Governance, Ethics Pays, Leadership
Business leaders, according to the study, “feel a growing responsibility to exert their influence on broader societal challenges, from climate change to deforestation to racial and gender equality.”
ESG is turning out to be an abbreviation…

Why Promotion Is a Moral Hazard
Blog, Compliance & Ethics Programs, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, Fairness, Leadership, Personality & Personnel
"When leaders very publicly fail due to ethical lapses, some people are inclined to say, 'See, that’s just how business is,' instead of learning a more inspiring lesson."
Jessica Kennedy gets frustrated when people—often academics—try…

The Real Test for McKinsey After Rejecting CEO Kevin Sneader
Blog, Corporate Culture, Corporate Governance, Corruption, Human Rights, Leadership
McKinsey’s pitch is that it helps clients compete at the leading edge of business innovation. It should apply this model to its own operations.
Last month, McKinsey’s 650 global partners turned down CEO Kevin Sneader’s bid…

Why Do We Always Think We’re Right? A Conversation with Jon Haidt
Blog, Contextual Influences, Decision Making, Leadership, Podcast, Trust
In this episode of The Good Fight podcast, host Yascha Mounk speaks with Ethical Systems Founding Director Jonathan Haidt about the psychological differences between the political left and right, the human tendency to discriminate in…

Insurance Companies Can Help Phase Out the Fossil-Fuel Industry
Blog, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Podcast
Listen to "#25 - Insurance Companies Can Help Phase Out the Fossil-Fuel Industry" on Spreaker.
In this episode of the Breaking the Fever podcast, the second in our miniseries on climate finance, we speak with Peter Bosshard and Elana Sulakshana…

The Moral Identity of an Organization Hinges on Leadership and Affects Everyone
Blog, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Personality & Personnel, Teaching Ethics
Our offices—or our Slack channels and Zoom meetings—are increasingly a forum for contentious discussions about political and social issues, and what a company’s stance should be.
One of the more interesting media shake-ups recently…

New Evidence Shows How Gender Diversity Improves Banking Culture
Blog, Corporate Culture, Corporate Governance, Ethics Pays, Leadership
A larger presence of women on a bank's board of directors helps to foster a better corporate culture.
In the past decade, a larger-than-ever number of scandals and fraud episodes led to the world's largest banks being hit with an unprecedented…

Watch Us Discuss Our New Era of Organizational Culture
Blog, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Personality & Personnel, Workplace Surveillance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmOPRQMKzw
The first webinar in a series called "Navigating a New Order: Business Responsibility and Opportunity in the Post-Trump Era," hosted by the Business & Society Program at NYU.
Three forces—the…

American Unity Starts with the Truth
Blog, Cheating & Honesty, Leadership, Trust
We now must find the right balance between seeking meaningful accountability for past abuses and building a more inclusive democratic future.
President Biden made a passionate appeal for unity in his inaugural address Wednesday, saying,…