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CSR: Collaborating with NPOs for Positive Social Impact

Tom Spencer

Large companies now recognise that the environment and communities in which they operate can contribute significantly to their bottom line. This realisation has led to an increasing focus on CSR, which involves operating in a way that benefits society over the long term.

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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. many of us face an endless stream of ethical dilemmas at work. We were surprised that 30 leaders in the study recalled a total of 87 “major” ethical dilemmas from their career histories. Wells Fargo. Volkswagen.

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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

But every function has some work that needs to mandated, such as what financial reporting system will we use, what IT infrastructure will run our networks, what ethics and values will guide our behaviors. The network is connected through lateral integrators such as communities of practice, shared metrics, or formal integrator roles.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. CEOs focus on data, facts, figures, and metrics. Covey, demonstrates that the lack of integrity and ethics causes problems for managers and companies all day long. They cannot dance with employees because they think they are too busy to engage employees.

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Should a CEO’s Bonus Be Based on Financial Performance Alone?

Harvard Business

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. Corporations are now taking a further step beyond objective metrics, which can be financial and nonfinancial, to include subjective measures — tagged as “soft.”

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How Organizations Can Thrive in the Digital Economy - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM KORN FERRY

Harvard Business

Organizations can now engage with customers and employees like never before, and the virtual environment holds the potential to drive operational efficiencies, save time and money, and open the exploration of new commercial avenues. Ideas and input come from all sides and segments and across all stakeholder groups.

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When Is It Important for an Algorithm to Explain Itself?

Harvard Business

Who should be involved in decisions regarding business impact, regulatory compliance, technical approach, and even ethical values when companies integrate machine learning into business operations? These cross-functional design groups should consider questions like: What type of accountability matters for the use case?

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