|  |
 |
I can’t tell you how many articles I have read, news reports that I have seen, recent research, all referring the need for ethical leadership, ethical oversight, ethics education, etc. What is going on here? With all this focus, why aren’t these people/companies, doing anything about it? If a need for this is reported, that…
1. Making clear the differences and likenesses between compliance and ethics, including the different approaches to training/education of each. 2. Compliance training needs to be ongoing, so must the approach, financial investment and how ethics compliments the compliance training initiative. 3. The understanding and the reality that compliance experts, have their…
Values, Virtues, and Leadership In these challenging times for many businesses, leaders need to periodically take a step back and spend time in reflection as to what their real influence is in their respective workplaces. Take time in the beginning and the end of each day to ponder on how well you’ve done in staying…
To all my followers on Twitter! I am offering a live webinar on my new book, The Trust Puzzle for my followers on Twitter! This webinar is for up to 200 people and can be recorded for your future use. Attached is the promo flyer with a courtesy savings on your investment. any question or…
What are specific ethical behaviors that are required of all levels of leadership? What are the consequences if leaders don’t behave ethically? If none, why not? What are the situations that leaders encounter at work that could lead them into a grey area? Is training provided to deal with those situations? How should grey…
Wells Fargo was last week’s example of failed leadership and the lack of a moral compass. $185 million in fines and 5300 people fired. Whose responsibility was the oversight? This type of behavior will continue to happen unless companies stop “putting a bandaid approach to an artery problem.” Should companies work on finding ways…
In a recent article by Roy Snell titled: I’ll take 10,000 Shares of Compliance and Ethics Officers Please.” He reports that “Compliance professionals are being hired in droves now to prevent, find and fix ethical and regulatory problems.” We know that training in compliance is a rigorous, detailed process. However is ethics approached in…
Why is it that this phrase is the modus operandi for so many people when making serious and important decisions? Why is it that people settle for the lesser of two evils? Is the lesser of two evils an ethical decision? It seems that we have been conditioned to choose based on who or what…
I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes this week speaking to and answering ethics questions for a select group of Interns working for the summer at a prestigious financial firm in New York. I was asked by the Director of Learning and Development if I would share some of my thoughts on…
Let’s look at this unique and important difference a little deeper. Keeping in mind the definition of transformation being Transformation is the complete change into something with an improved usefulness how does this happen and is it something you want your people to embrace. To transfer is to teach knowledge and leave it at that.…
