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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. But, according to a study by one of us (Christopher) of C-suite executives from India, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, the U.S., many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. Cross-cultural differences. Wells Fargo.

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7 Strategies to Get Your Employees On Board with GenAI

Harvard Business

Indeed, the human factor — people and culture — will drive the adoption of AI, or lack thereof. As with any aspect of digital transformation, the effective deployment of generative AI will depend less on technological capability than on human adaptability.

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5 Signs Your Organization Might Be Headed for an Ethics Scandal

Harvard Business

Corporations often approach ethics as an individual problem, designing oversight systems to identify the “bad apples” before they can turn the organization into a “rotten barrel.” And our explanations for ethical scandals are incomplete without a focus on group dynamics. Vince Streano/Getty Images.

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The Art of Storytelling in Corporate Training

Clarity Consultants

From childhood fairy tales to business case studies, stories shape our understanding of the world. When instructional design consulting professionals align stories with organizational goals, they foster a learning culture that promotes innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Read the full case study here 2.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

You’ll have to read on to hear our opinion (see Culture section in particular). THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY CULTURE. The firm focuses more on expertise and pedigree than merit, and the firm’s high turnover rate is self-fulfilling – low cultural cohesion leads to more of the same. What does that mean?

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When Competition Between Coworkers Leads to Unethical Behavior

Harvard Business

At the same time, the need to win can blind us to ethical considerations. In one study, we asked 164 MBA students to read a hypothetical scenario (based on a true story) about an investment banker facing an ethical dilemma, and to estimate the likelihood that this banker would indulge in unethical behavior. Our Studies Study 1.

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Are CEOs Less Ethical Than in the Past?

Strategy+Business

This year's CEO Success study shows that boards of directors, institutional investors, governments, and the media are holding chief executive officers to a far higher level of accountability for corporate fraud and ethical lapses than in the past. percent of all successions in 2007-11 to 5.3 percent in 2012-16.

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