Here is a website (called appropriately EthicsCrisis.com) where readers can confess their ethical misdeeds and have them rated by level from 1 to 10. Guess what? The ethical misdeed "We totally fabricated our numbers" is only rated a 6 out…
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Global Ethics and Integrity Benchmarks
The link for the Caux Roundtable Principles for Responsible Business appeared in a previous post. Here are more global ethics benchmarks that may be useful to you in your journey toward responsible business leadership: Global Ethics and Integrity Benchmarks article by Dubinski and…
Leadership and Filters: Consumer Shopping Filters Have Changed
This is the first post in a new category called "Leadership and ..." which will include research, trends and new ways of thinking that impact organizational leadership. One of the interesting things in our sector, if you look at media and technology and…
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Business Ethics Trends
The Business Ethics Report 2009, published by the Ethics Resource Center at Ethicspoint.com, shows that while business ethics improved during the recession, there is concern about sustaining that improvement when the economy improves. 2009 Business Ethics Study by the St. James Ethics…
Collaborative Leadership is the New App
Collaborative leadership includes such broad skills as trust building and using systems thinking in solving problems. While it has been discussed primarily in public policy settings and science classes in the past, leadership programs around the world are now offering entire courses in collaborative leadership. The idea of collaborative leadership as essential in today's complex business world is catching on. It is being seen as a source of competitive advantage for those organizations who are embracing it and using it well.
C-Suite Leaders: Are You Using the Global Principles for Responsible Business?
Beyond complying with laws and regulations, what should C-Suite leaders be doing about ethical leadership and responsible business practices? CEOs, CLOs, CHROs and other C-Suite leaders should be working together to ensure that every leader is doing business responsibly and ethically. But what does "doing business responsibly and ethically" look…
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Leadership Resolutions for 2010
There are many forces making it difficult for good leaders to succeed. Increasing Pace of Work, Volatile Economic Times, Constant Change, Employees Seeking Meaningful Work, Leaner Staffing... Which leaders will successfully work through these problems in the new year? The ones that: Work Smarter,…
Top Resources for Implementing Leadership Ethics Training
After my article about leadership ethics training (Full-Text Article) ran in the September issue of Training and Development magazine, I learned that readers were having trouble finding resources for implementing ethics programs for leaders that incorporated the broader definition of "ethical leadership." …
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Best Leadership Books & Blogs
Andrea Useem's Washington Post article The Leadership Playlist: What You Need to Read highlights "the ten best leadership books of all time" and recommends Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten's website The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. If you like…
What Makes a Successful Leader?
This is a working paper by Richmond, Rollin and Brown on leadership, emotional intelligence and personality type. It includes findings on what makes a succesful leader, and how your view on that question may vary depending on your MBTI type.…
Employee Engagement: The Importance of Management
This article called "Employee-Engagement-The-Key-to-Improving-Performance" highlights the importance of management in organizational success. It provides good information for human resource managers about what employees need from management in order to feel engaged in their work. For New Blog Posts, visit LeadinginContext.com/Blog For more, see…
Research Ties Ethics to Business Success
Research Ties Ethics to Business Success   This article provides highlights of the research by Dr. Michael McCuddy, who was honored as having written the best ethics or business law paper of 2007 by the International Journal of Business and Economics. For New Blog…
Great Article About What Went Wrong Ethically in the Economic Collapse
Take a look at this article at ethisphere.com. It is a compelling read for those who are interested in the link between business ethics and the economic collapse. For New Blog Posts, visit LeadinginContext.com/Blog For more, see new book 7 Lenses and the 21 Question…
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Leadership Ethics and Creating Organizational Value
As choices and challenges become more complex, it is increasingly difficult for leaders to know how to "do the right thing." Is doing the right thing completely defined by the organization's stated values? What if those values end up causing…
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Leading in Context 