Ethics by Design: How to Manage Organizations in an Era of Anxiety, Polarization, and Disruption
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Our second biennial Ethics by Design conference brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss present-day challenges for running ethical organizations.
Through a combination of keynote presentations, panels, and research roundups, our participants discussed individual behavior, group norms, and legal/regulatory systems and how these relate to designing ethical systems in organizations.
We explored, among other topics, whether the law (and defensive legal practices) can risk loss of integrity in organizations; how industry-led approaches to managing ethical culture can benefit internal business practice; how to create organizational structures and guidelines for employees to voice opinions (about the right things); and using evidence-based tools to better assess internal reporting systems (and how such strategies themselves can introduce ethics risk). There were also multiple talks on contemporary challenges for companies managing ethical cultures in difficult times (e.g., integrating Gen-Z, improving diversity and inclusion, etc).
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Welcome Remarks & Introductory TalkExecutive Director of Ethical Systems Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern School of Business
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Morning Keynote: Tone at the Very TopProfessor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Presentation: Tone at the Very Top |
Panel 1: Designing Wise & Ethical Limits to SpeechIntroductory Lecturer and Panel ModeratorProfessor in the Cornell SC Johnson Graduate School of Management PanelistsConsultant, Ethics and Compliance Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy Managing Editor, Thomson Reuters
Presentation: Designing Wise & Ethical Limits to Speech |
Research Round-Up 1“Social Contagion and Trust” Professor of Management and Economics at Johnson School of Management, Cornell University
“Dishonest Behavior Isn’t Random” Consultant; Strategy, Organization, and Leadership Development
Presentation: Dishonest Behavior Isn’t Random |
Panel 2: Fusing Ethics & Compliance*Panel ModeratorDeputy Ethics Counselor, US Government Accountability Office PanelistsGeneral Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Partner and Chair, Financial Services Regulatory Practice, DLA Piper Professor of Law, New York University School of Law Managing Director in Global Compliance at Goldman Sachs * This panel was off the record. |
Afternoon Keynote: Engineering Integrity*Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School * This talk was off the record. |
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Panel 3: The Ethics of Workplace Surveillance and MonitoringPanel ModeratorProfessor at Fordham University, President of Hurley Associates, and the Executive Director of the Consortium for Trustworthy Organizations. PanelistsAssociate Professor of Law (Business Ethics) at Villanova Law School Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Informed360 Ropes & Gray, Specialist in UK financial regulatory matters, with a particular focus on regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings |
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Research Round-Up 2“Culture Assessment: An industry-wide approach to managing ethics” Manages the Assessment at the Banking Standards Board “Integrity Analytics: Data meets social science”* Associate Partner, Forensic and Integrity Services, Ernst & Young “What Type of Man Improves Gender Equality in Organizations?” Professor, Management and Organizations, Stephen M. Ross School of Business (University of Michigan) “Doing Good Feels Surprisingly Good” John Templeton Keller Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business
What Type of Man Improves Gender Equality in Organizations? * This research talk was off the record. |
Panel 4: Managing Ethics and CulturePanel ModeratorNorth American Regulatory Intelligence Editor, Thomson Reuters PanelistsHead of Audit for Behavioral Risk, Royal Bank of Scotland Chief Culture and Conduct Officer for the Americas, Societe Generale – Americas Vice President of Internal Audit & Chief Ethics Officer, Day & Zimmermann * Read the Ethical Systems interview with Henry Engler here. |
Closing Remarks: Risks and opportunities on the horizonAzish Filabi Jonathan Haidt |
