On Journalism And Professional Ethics
This week, a fair amount of debate has arisen over The Economist‘s recent “Obama vs BP” cover. A photo of the U.S. President standing on a gulf shore was edited to make it appear that he was standing...
View ArticleA Hurd Mentality … Small Lapses = Big Consequences?
Writing in HBR, Rosabeth Moss Kanter warns again the big traps in small lapses. “What were they thinking!?” turns out to have a number of explanations. Jefferey Pfeffer suggets that it’s another...
View ArticleIs Management Itself Becoming Obsolete?
The Wall Street Journal suggests that the whole concept of management may have reached a peak in the 20th century and may soon be headed for extinction. From scribes to typists to piling machine...
View ArticleBusiness Ethics and Value Creation: The HP-Oracle Case
Writing in The Atlantic, Daniel Indiviglio asks tough questions regarding former HP CEO Mark Hurd’s apparent move to Oracle. He was forced to step down from his post due to a sexual harassment suit...
View ArticleNudges, reminders, and the Oath
Previously, we have mentioned Dan Ariely’s findings that morality reminders reduce cheating. Other studies are now beginning to support this notion, as researchers find that seemingly subtle “nudges”...
View ArticleCongratulations to the University of Iowa signers!
The Tippie School of Management at the University of Iowa saw its first oath-signing ceremony, hosted by Net Impact. Throughout the fall semester, the social responsibility-minded non-profit held...
View ArticleDoing The Right Thing: Practice Makes Perfect?
“How could they let that happen?” That’s a sentence we’ve said a lot in the wake of the financial crisis. And it’s something we seem to be saying yet again in the wake of the Penn State scandal. In...
View ArticleTaking Environmental Ethics Out of the Classroom at Pepperdine
At Pepperdine University, the Graziadio School of Business and Management offers a course that takes the idea of environmental ethics very literally. The course takes students out of mere classroom...
View ArticleLeading With a Purpose
It’s no surprise that only 21% of Americans believe our leaders are doing “a good and effective job.” Yet people seem to be maintaining faith in the military and medical profession. Why? John Baldoni...
View ArticleGalvanizing Future Leaders
It’s exciting to see that the MBA Oath’s partnership with the Net Impact conference is having such motivating and inspiring effects, as evidenced by recent conference attendee Chris Dorrow. A student...
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