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Female Bosses Are Fairer In How They Pay Staff

The Horizons Tracker

During the financial crisis of 2008, it was widely cited that a greater presence of female managers in the financial industry would have resulted in more ethical behaviors.

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The Pride Paradox

Michael Lee Stallard

Values such as work ethic, excellence and open-mindedness can be cultivated with practice. Some leaders who do this fail to develop what is arguably the most important character value: humility. Humility is not easily developed when you have wealth, power and/or status. It’s especially difficult to develop humility without the help of others.

Collins 299
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13 Things that Make Organizations Extraordinary

Mark Sanborn

Adaptability and Agility The 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have tested organizations’ resilience. Social Responsibility and Ethics As global awareness of social and environmental issues grows, corporate responsibility and ethical practices have become more important than ever.

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How Should Change Leadership and Common Good Intersect?

Thin Difference

Common Good: Dignity and Ethics. Price (2008) argues how rule-breaking behavior should meet a higher standard, meaning the ends are morally better than what exists. Price (2008) argues how rule-breaking behavior should meet a higher standard, meaning the ends are morally better than what exists. Dignity plays a key role, too.

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At Times, Trust = Connection + Contract

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve also noticed that the more a company stresses its ethical policies…the more ethical problems it seems to have. Connection + Contract has the benefit of building trust that comes from developing a connection while also bringing greater clarity of terms that will maximize a meeting of the minds and expectations.

Ethics 199
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Ethical Dilemmas: Free Choice or Corporate Memes

Coaching Tip

Gentile has spent a great deal of her life in the classrooms of Harvard Business School and Babson College and from reading her book it seems that she thinks if her students know what ethical decision-making is, they will take action on what they think is right. However, in the Ask-Know-Do progression there is a huge gap between Know and Do.

Ethics 102
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Darden's Leadership Sage

Michael Lee Stallard

No doubt the business school’s culture benefits from Alec Horniman’s wisdom as a thought leader in the fields of leadership, organizations, change and ethics. Take a look at the excellent video of Dr. Horniman discussing the importance of ethics in business and you’ll see what I mean. why is everyone smiling?