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Michael Posner on the ethical challenges facing social networks and businesses
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By Trevor N. Cadigan and Sara Silverstein for Business Insider
Business Insider’s Sara Silverstein recently spoke with Michael Posner at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Posner is the director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at NYU Stern and a professor of ethics and finance. Previously, Posner served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Following is a transcript of the video. Read more |
How ethics bring unprecedented value to your organization
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By Barbara White-Sax for PR Week
In today’s digital age, a company’s values, ethics, and commitment to doing good have reached the forefront of consumer consciousness.
A 2017 Cone Communications CSR study found that 87% of consumers will purchase a product because a company advocated for an issue they cared about. Conversely, 76% will refuse to purchase if they feel that organization supported an issue contrary to their beliefs. In other words, an organization’s ethics matter tremendously to a crucial constituency – consumers. Read more |
The case for a deeply embedded ethical culture
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By Jacob Blass for National Defense Magazine
In a highly regulated work environment, leadership rarely makes a distinction between compliance and ethics.
Compliance is typically defined as adhering to a specification, policy and required standards. Ethics identifies right and wrong behavior, and in the work environment reflects the culture, the degree of attention paid to it, and how it is strategized, prioritized and enforced. Read more |
Ban these five words from your corporate values statement
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By Denise Lee Yohn for Harvard Business Review
Practically every organization today has a set of core values that ideally function as the “operating instructions” of the company. The goal of articulating the essential and enduring principles of your organization is to inform, inspire, and instruct the day-to-day behaviors of everyone who works at your company. But this rarely happens, because most core values statements don’t get at what’s unique about the firm. Read more |
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