Entries by Joshua Elle

Deming Research Seminar Review

 

The 21st Annual International Deming Research Seminar was recently held at Georgetown University. Business leaders, consultants, teachers, students and many others came together to share stories of the continued research and application of Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s ideas in organizations around the world. Ethical Systems may be considered another one of those stories, for it is in much of the insights featured on our website that the works and teachings of Deming resound.

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#EthSys Insights 7: Michael Posner

#EthSys Insights is a video series where we have experts answer questions about ethical systems design. For our seventh installment, we had the honor of talking with our Human Rights contributor Michael Posner, a professor at the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. Michael answered the following questions for us and we recorded his responses (the […]

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The Habits of a[n Ethical] Systems Thinker

Image of Daniel Goleman via Wikimedia Commons Renowned scholars Daniel Goleman and Peter Senge have teamed up to write a book titled, The Triple Focus:  A New Approach to Education [public library]. Their book is primarily targeted toward the education of school children, but they also intend for it to have a much broader applicability “across all curricula and […]

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Barings Bank

EthicalSystems.org Case Study: Barings Bank A collaborative effort by Jennifer Fang and Joshua Elle  “As my noble friend Lord Hollick argued, trading is all about the control of a collection of   rogues—of strongly motivated, financially entrepreneurial dealers.” –Viscount Chandos, 1995 Overview: Sir Francis Baring (left), with brother John Baring and son-in-law Charles Wall, in […]

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#EthSys Insights 6: Jeffrey Kaplan

#EthSys Insights is a video series where we have experts answer questions about ethical systems design. For our sixth installment, we had the honor of talking with our Compliance & Ethics Programs contributor Jeffrey Kaplan, a partner in Kaplan & Walker LLP. Jeffrey answered the following questions for us and we recorded his responses (the longest […]

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#EthSys Insights 5: Barry Schwartz

#EthSys Insights is a video series where we have experts answer questions about ethical systems design. For our fifth installment, we had the honor of talking with Barry Schwartz, Professor of Social Theory and Social Action, Swarthmore College. Barry answered the following questions for us and we recorded his responses (the longest video is 96 seconds […]

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#EthSys Insights 4: Robert Frank

#EthSys Insights is a video series where we have experts answer questions about ethical systems design. For our fourth installment, we had the pleasure of asking our Cheating & Honesty contributor, Robert Frank, to clear up contemporary misconceptions about the Darwinian view on cheating and honesty in business (the video is 148 seconds long). The video is embedded […]

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#EthSys Insights 3: Amy Wrzesniewski

#EthSys Insights is a video series where we have experts answer questions about ethical systems design. For our third installment, we were fortunate to have a visit from Amy Wrzesniewski,  Associate Professor of Organization Behavior, Yale School of Management. Amy answered the following questions for us and we recorded her responses (the video is 120 seconds long): […]

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#EthSys Insights 2: Marc Hodak

#EthSys Insights is a video series where we have experts answer questions about ethical systems design. For our second installment, we turn to Corporate Governance contributor Marc Hodak, adjunct professor at NYU-Stern. Marc answered the following questions for us and we recorded his responses (the longest video is 169 seconds): What are the central issues of […]

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(Dis)honesty – The Truth About Lies

The film’s director, Yael Melamede, and Dan Ariely, ready for the lies Yesterday, EthicalSystems.org collaborator Dan Ariely, came to New York to participate in the 11th annual Games for Change Festival. In addition to speaking at the festival, he brought along the Truth Box. The Truth Box is a booth containing a single stool, a […]

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