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This article was first published in Susan’s Liautaud Huffington Post blog Predicting the future of women in business is not my core business. I advise companies and non-profit organizations and their leaders on ethics matters ranging from one-off challenges to ethical leadership, strategy, and organizational culture. As we approach International Women's Day on 8 March, the prospects for women in business look outstanding. Many experts have covered targets for women and the training, regulation, and support needed to get there. Through my forward-looking ethics lens, here are a few thoughts on how we as women will behave along the way and...
May 22nd, 2013
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This article was first published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (Summer 2013). A wave of ethics transgressions underlines the importance of comprehensive ethics oversight for organizational success. Last year, 2012, was in many regards a step forward for proponents of ethical action. Roger Gifford, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, one of the world’s financial capitals, declared business ethics a priority and critical to the City’s economic success. François Hollande published a Code of Ethics within 11 days of becoming president of France. And the new Chinese premier, Xi Jinping, highlighted the ongoing danger of corruption to economic and social development as a central part...
(Initialement paru dans la Stanford Social Innovation Review le 23 Octobre 2012) Les dangers du scandale du dopage de Lance Armstrong vont bien plus loin que le dopage. Quand parurent les allégations de dopage contre Lance Armstrong, et que nous pensions à cette occasion avoir touché le fond tant au point de vue médiatique que juridique, le fils d’un de mes amis, intègre, informé, sur le point d’intégrer l’Université, fit ce commentaire, qu’il ne voyait pas à quoi « tout cela » pouvait bien rimer. Si tout le monde agit ainsi – et tout le monde, d’après lui, agit en effet ainsi – pourquoi...