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Being an Ethical Business in a Corrupt Environment

Harvard Business

Our research in Egypt , Zimbabwe , and India shows that organizations should view the prospect of building a strong ethical reputation in such environments as an opportunity, and consider the costs of resisting corruption as an investment in building such a reputation. Ethics Can Be a Differentiator.

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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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Talking About Ethics Across Cultures

Harvard Business

A few years ago, I was teaching a two-day program about ethics in India for entrepreneurs and business faculty who taught entrepreneurship. The program in Delhi started as many of these programs do: A group of cordial but skeptical participants sat with arms crossed and gentle smirks, leaning back in their chairs. Mark Chussil.

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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.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Oliver Wyman came on the scene in New York in 1984 when a group of entrepreneurs got together to form a 6-person start up. In 2007, Mercer Oliver Wyman joined with Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta to become Oliver Wyman groups (also includes Lippincott and NERA Economic Consulting). Oliver Wyman became own firm again.

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Capgemini Consulting Interviews – Tech, Business or Both?

Management Consulted

As a result, in 1975, the Cap Gemini Sogeti group was formed, which became the leading European IT services company with 2,000 employees and revenue of 226M FR. In 1981 , the Cap Gemini Sogeti group entered the US market. The Gemini Consulting group merged with Ernst & Young to become Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.

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Mastering AI: A Strategic Guide for Business Leaders in the Digital Age

Chad Barr

Think of AI like a calculator for business operations. For business leaders, this requires a balanced approach: leverage AI insights, but apply human oversight to ensure content, strategies, and decisions are fair, inclusive, and ethical. But here’s the key: AI isn’t meant to replace human intuition or decision-making.

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