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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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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. Metrics emphasized speed. We asked the management team if we could eliminate the narrow metrics and bonuses, which rewarded only tactical performance, and focus more on the adaptive. Implement metrics without myopia.

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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

Porter argues that companies that focus on creating value will be more successful in the long run, as they will be able to attract more customers, retain talented employees, and build strong relationships with suppliers. Investment banks made huge profits along the way, and often knew that these securities were overvalued and going to fail.

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Three Reasons Not to Measure Ethics

Henman Performance Executive

Ethics forms the foundation for everything that needs to happen in any organization, but it should not be on the list. Ethics should never appear to be a performance issues. Rather, ethical behavior should be a condition of employment. You can’t mentor ethics and shouldn’t try. You either are or you aren’t ethical.

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

Harvard Business

Preparing for the Future of Talent Acquisition. Such organizations do so by prioritizing the things that drive the most value—customers and talent, data, and products—and then they are disciplined in their execution. But for traditional firms, they’re a whole new world.

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CSR: Collaborating with NPOs for Positive Social Impact

Tom Spencer

By demonstrating a commitment to social and environmental causes, companies can increase customer trust and loyalty, attract top talent, and ultimately boost their financial performance. Measurable Impact Partnering with a non-profit that has measurable metrics for success is crucial to ensuring that the partnership has a meaningful impact.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Because of this, CEOs are leaving a tremendous amount of employee potential talent and contributions on the table. 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. This list goes on, but you get the picture.

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