Tag Archive for: In the News

Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 3/31/14-4/6/14

The Morning Risk Report: Investment Experts Can’t Spot Liars, And Worse, Think They Can, in The Wall Street Journal A recent study on lies in the financial industry found that although investment professionals "are just a little better…

Distance, Dehumanization, and Ethical Disengagement

Being mindful of the variety of ways we humans misunderstand each other is instrumental in promoting ethical systems. Salon.com recently featured an article titled The Psychology of Hate: How We Deny Human Beings Their Humanity from Ethical…

Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 3/24/14-3/30/14

Conflicts of Interest Disclosures, Waivers, Recusals … and Fig Leaves, in The Conflict of Interest Blog Ethical Systems contributor Jeff Kaplan writes about two stories involving conflict of interest disclosures, waivers, and recusals.…

Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 3/16/14-3/23/14

The Most Ethical Companies In The World, in Business Insider The Ethisphere Institute has released its eighth annual list of the World's Most Ethical Companies. A total of 144 companies were selected, representing 41 industries in 22 countries.…

Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 3/3-3/9

The Morning Risk Report: DOJ Kleptocracy Initiative Roars With Record Haul, in The Wall Street Journal "The U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday a record-breaking asset forfeiture action, moving to seize more than…

Exemplary Ethical Recoveries

[This essay was originally posted on The Conflict of Interest Blog.] F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, “There are no second acts in American lives,” but in the C&E world the second act may count for more than the first – for better…

CEOs’ Ethical Standards and the Limits of Compliance

[This essay was originally posted on The Conflict of Interest Blog.] I’m not one who sees ethics and compliance as operating in wholly distinct spheres, and have long felt that they closely complement each other. (For more on the general…

Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 2/24-3/2

The Morning Risk Report: Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be CCOs, in The Wall Street Journal Chief Compliance Officers are in high demand but short supply, and they often leave their positions within a year or two of taking them.…

Smart Businesses Noticing Return on Investment in Ethics

Ethical Systems had another mention in the press earlier this week, courtesy of contributor David Mayer, who was interviewed for an article regarding the latest report from the Ethics Resource Center on the decline of workplace misconduct. The…

Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 2/17-2/23

The Morning Risk Report: Importance of Internal Ears, in The Wall Street Journal "A report Target Corp. failed to heed warnings from some of its employees about payment systems two months before they were hacked shows the importance of listening…