Andrew Leigh meets Rohit Malik, Aon Hewitt’s HR Leader in India Aon employs over 72000 people worldwide. As we’re looking at ethical leadership, does anyone in the company actually talk about ethics? Rohit Malik, Aon HR Director: We have a clear focus on operating with ethics and maintaining zero tolerance […]
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5 Essentials for surviving the impact of Artificial Intelligence
In Eye in the Sky, the film starring Helen Mirren, we see an ethical dilemma up close. Should the British forces use a drone to kill people preparing right now to be suicide bombers? Taking out the house with a Hellfire missile should be simple enough. Action may save scores, […]
“Ethical fading”: not just a convenient label
It’s not immediately obvious what VW, The Labour Party and the South Yorkshire police have in common. Up close though, the similarities are only too clear. All three are currently experiencing serious cases of ethical fading. The latter, described in more detail in a recent post here, occurs when people […]
Ethical fading: is it happening right under your nose?
Martin Shkreli, has been called the most hated man in America. CEO of a tiny company Turing Pharmaceuticals, he had bought the lifesaving prescription drug Daraprim from its owner Impax Laboratories. He promptly hiked the price 5,455% from $13.50 a pill to $750. He has since resigned from his job […]
Shell’s dirty secret–missing leadership integrity?
Suspended right in the centre of an oil-devastated landscape, surmounted on a pool of escaped oil, hovers Shell’s bemused CEO. All around lies evidence of black pollution. He can hardly escape the conclusion Shell has probably not been a force for good in this area—for decades. The CEO walks gingerly […]
Tone at the top: a handy guide for non-executive directors [PART 2]
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What non-executive directors should know about tone [PART 1]
What is tone at the top and what does it mean for the role of non-executive directors? A survey by one leading consultancy has shown: “A resounding agreement from our respondents that Tone at the Top is vital in developing and maintaining the ethical integrity of the business. Without it […]
Business in search of an ethical compass
Oscar Wilde saying: “I can resist anything, except temptation”, or the unlikely phrase “Great Depression”, or even “Act Naturally” are all what wordsmiths call oxymorons. For many people “Business and ethics” is almost certainly an Oxymoron—an incompatible mix. For them, ethics inhibits or prevent the profit-making drive, through for example, […]