The Psychology of Shifting to Stakeholder Capitalism
Blog, Corporate Culture, Corporate Governance, Ethics Pays
The key driver for a shift toward stakeholder capitalism is unlikely to be a presentation on the metrics, and far more likely to be the conversation an executive is having with his teenage children at the dinner table.
As a result of COVID-19’s…
The Real Test for McKinsey After Rejecting CEO Kevin Sneader
Blog, Corporate Culture, Corporate Governance, Corruption, Human Rights, Leadership
McKinsey’s pitch is that it helps clients compete at the leading edge of business innovation. It should apply this model to its own operations.
Last month, McKinsey’s 650 global partners turned down CEO Kevin Sneader’s bid…
It’s Time the U.S. Linked Egypt’s Military Aid to Real Reform on Human Rights
Blog, Corruption, Human Rights
It is time to alter the formula that grants the Egyptian government an almost-automatic yearly extension of funding without conditioning aid on tangible progress on human rights.
Ten years ago, Hosni Mubarak was forced to relinquish power…
What Leaders Signal to Workers When They Compensate Victims
Blog, Corporate Culture, Trust
Compensators, in an economic game, were seen as more trustworthy, moral, generous, and friendlier than punishers.
Of all the levers at the disposal of a manager, an invaluable one for promoting cooperation is punishment. Teams that effectively…
Do Compliance Professionals Have a Maginot Line Problem?
Blog, Compliance & Ethics Programs
One of the most powerful episodes in risk-assessment history is the story of the Maginot Line, which the French military had deployed after WWI to prevail in any future trench warfare against the Germans. The latter, however, had other…
Uber Becomes an Unlikely Icon in the Rise of ESG in Corporate Governance
Blog, Corporate Governance, Law
The law is increasingly being used to get justice long after the damage done, which suggests there are holes in the values-governance-regulation-enforcement net.
Wrestling with the concept of better corporate governance in a world where…
Regulating Finance to Avert Climate Disaster
Blog, Corporate Governance, Law, Podcast
Listen to "#26 - Regulating Finance to Avert Climate Disaster" on Spreaker.
In this episode of the Breaking the Fever podcast, the third (and final) in our miniseries on climate finance, we speak with Colleen Orr and Graham Steele about…
Let’s Make 2021 a Year for Self-Honesty
Blog, Cheating & Honesty, Corporate Culture
What if instead of fueling our instincts to be heroic, intensifying our dopamine-drenched feeling of being indispensable that comes from finishing that report at 2 am, we acknowledged that we have limits?
2020’s tumultuous story exhausted,…
Why Do We Always Think We’re Right? A Conversation with Jon Haidt
Blog, Contextual Influences, Decision Making, Leadership, Podcast, Trust
In this episode of The Good Fight podcast, host Yascha Mounk speaks with Ethical Systems Founding Director Jonathan Haidt about the psychological differences between the political left and right, the human tendency to discriminate in…
Insurance Companies Can Help Phase Out the Fossil-Fuel Industry
Blog, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Podcast
Listen to "#25 - Insurance Companies Can Help Phase Out the Fossil-Fuel Industry" on Spreaker.
In this episode of the Breaking the Fever podcast, the second in our miniseries on climate finance, we speak with Peter Bosshard and Elana Sulakshana…