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Sustainability: The Growing Importance of ESG Metrics

Tom Spencer

Governance Metrics: These assess the quality of a company’s leadership, executive compensation, and adherence to ethical standards. Starbucks, with its commitment to ethical sourcing and community engagement, has cultivated a loyal customer base that values sustainability.

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Gen AI in Banking: Recognizing the challenges

Tom Spencer

These include managing data security, integrating legacy technology, navigating ethical issues, addressing skills gaps, and balancing benefits with regulatory risks. Ethical Challenges Among the biggest concerns for the banking sector is the potential for AI-based systems to generate outcomes or advice which are biased or unfair.

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Simple Ethics Rules for Better Risk Management

Harvard Business

But as more organizations fall prey to complex intangible risks, from unwanted disclosure due to rampant cyber threats to breaches of conduct driven by skewed incentive systems, the aperture of risk management is expanding from protecting the balance sheet to promoting ethical leadership and values-based decision making.

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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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What CEOs Need to Know About the Costs of Adopting GenAI

Harvard Business

Additionally, CEOs need to be vigilant about often overlooked expenses, including infrastructure overhaul, data security, and ethical considerations. Integrating cost control into decision-making processes, utilizing comprehensive monitoring dashboards, and empowering teams through strategic talent management are indispensable strategies.

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. But it’s also the responsibility of the company to cultivate a culture that shuns corner-cutting and prevents it from accumulating into major scandals, ones that damage the credibility of the business, endanger jobs, and threaten the entire enterprise.

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5 Entrepreneurship Skills You’ll Get from an MBA

Tom Spencer

The school environment helped them develop networks that played a key role in launching their enterprises. Appreciating the importance of ethics and reputation. Through analyzing case studies and taking the ethics classes during the MBA, one gets to see the value of building a reputable company and acting ethically.

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