Personal 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 […]

If business schools are to consistently produce outstanding ethical leaders, they should not only focus on teaching ethics in the right way and living up to the right honor code, as Aine Donovan writes. They also need to do a much better job of filtering the people they invite into their exclusive cadres. I say […]

Chicanery is common in the start-up world: With so much at stake, founders are apt to exaggerate, obfuscate, and otherwise stretch the truth when courting...

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. • […]

These four mindsets can help you transform the culture.

First, decide whether you should say something at all.

The former top editor of the Boston Globe and the Washington Post talks about the Globe's investigation of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, attacks...

The process of self-discovery is creative and ever-changing.

Beware the "not here" bias.

When you know what's important to you, work is easier to navigate.

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 hard copy makes a decision feel more real.

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

Over the past 20 years the social media influencer industry has completely rearranged the way information and culture are conceived, produced, marketed,...

When was the last time you said sorry?

Money, material items, and likes.

They're all hard to improve because they run counter to our instincts.

“Like some Triassic reptile, the theoretical view of ethics lumbers along in the far past of Sunday School and Philosophy I, while the reality of practical business concerns is constantly measuring a wide range of competing claims on time and resources against the unrelenting and objective marketplace.” So writes the author of this article as […]

Moral judgments rest on both intent and control.

New research on honesty.