Personal ethics

Stars are using their influencer status to launch their own products and capture more profits for themselves.

People expect leaders to be the moral voice of the organization.

Virtue matters too.

[For more, visit the Communication Insight Center.] How we communicate about values and good conduct is a challenging task in the best of circumstances....

When times get tough, many companies reflexively play everything close to the vest. Executives often stop sharing information with anyone, fearing that any tidbit of data that shows weakness may cause employees to leave, customers to flee, and investors to sell. These fears distort thinking, damage relationships, and lead some managers down the slippery slope […]

Start by having an honest conversation with yourself.

New research on honesty.

These four mindsets can help you transform the culture.

When researchers from Cass Business School compared data on board diversity with fines levied for misconduct, they found that banks with more female directors...

Don’t reserve your best business thinking for your career.

Beware the “not here” bias.

Five ways to help people act on their values, no matter the context.

Answer true or false: "I am an ethical manager." If you answered "true," here's an uncomfortable fact: You're probably wrong. Most of us believe we can...

Is it the responsibility of schools to teach ethics? I think it is – but only if it’s done the right way. MBA Students don’t necessarily care about Kant’s third formulation of the categorical imperative — they need a simple values toolkit that they can understand and have at the ready, not an impression that […]

Business, like poker, is often a game of strategic bluffs. The worlds of private and business life are separate and demand separate codes of ethics. The...

First, decide whether you should say something at all.

When does a group have responsibility for the well-being of an individual? And what are the differences between the ethics of the individual and the ethics...

As the 1990s overtake us, public interest in ethics is at a historic high. While the press calls attention to blatant derelictions on Wall Street, in the defense industry, and in the Pentagon, and to questionable activities in the White House, in the attorney general’s office, and in Congress, observers wonder whether our society is […]

Just as people can develop skills and abilities over time, they can learn to be more or less ethical. Yet many organizations limit ethics training to...

You are an up and coming leader and have just found the perfect stretch job opportunity. How much can you “dress up” your resume to make yourself as strong a candidate as possible without crossing the ethical line of deception? Consider a few conflicting thoughts: Over 50% of people lie on their resume. A Monster.com […]