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Corporate Ethics Can’t Be Reduced to Compliance

Harvard Business

However, one of the more unsettling and unintended consequences of a singular focus on ethics-as-compliance is a checkbox mentality that gives the illusion of reducing risk without really doing so. So what can a company do to excel ethically? Plato emphasized a virtue-based system of ethics 2,400 years ago in his Academy.

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From Expert to Trusted Advisor: The Role of ISO 20700 in Management Consulting

Effective Managers

Focusing on Ethical Practices Ethics are at the core of the ISO 20700 guidelines. This focus on ethical consulting practices reassures clients that they are engaging with a professional who values integrity and ethical decision-making.

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The ISO 20700 Checklist: A Game-Changer for Management Consultants

Effective Managers

This checklist, an integral part of the ISO 20700 standard, has been developed by the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI) to guide consultants in delivering top-tier services. Encouraging Ethical Practices Ethical conduct is at the heart of the ISO 20700 standard, and the checklist reinforces this.

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A Simple Exercise Can Help Women Overcome Self-Doubt to Succeed

Harvard Business

Although efforts to recruit and develop women, ensure fair practices, and eliminate bias are as important as ever, are there any new ideas to help companies striving for gender parity? Other participants were prompted to do a similar writing exercise, but about other values (including institutional ones).

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Under-Management Is the Flip Side of Micromanagement — and It’s a Problem Too

Harvard Business

” Take Jamie, a product development manager (he’s not a real person, but a composite of numerous people I’ve known). He praised my abilities (my knowledge of our business and my work ethic), but added, “Frankly, I don’t know if you want to handle conflict. I still remember his exact words.

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History of Organization Development (Part 3 of 6) ? A Timeline of.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. History of Organization Development (Part 3 of 6) — A Timeline of Who Did What and When By Carter McNamara on April 13, 2012. Barbara Bunker and myself (Billie Alban) developed the Time Line concept, and Sara Shea did the graphics.

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Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work

Harvard Business

Our research and analysis has revealed a complicated relationship between mindfulness and executive performance—one that is important for leaders to understand as they seek to develop in their careers. But the improvements themselves were in the realm of emotional intelligence.