Ethical Culture

Trump’s Attack on Harvard University Has Created a Chilling Effect

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Federal Funding of Universities and DEI Programs Under Attack Last week I blogged about the accomplishments and questionable actions by President Donald Trump during his first 100 days in office. I did not tackle the question of the fairness of cutting federal funding to the elite and other universities because of the way they oversaw student behavior […]

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Is Your Organization Practicing Ethics Washing?

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Do What We Say, Not What We Do No, it is not about washing your clothes in a responsible way. Ethics Washing refers to the practice of ethical window dressing. It is where an organization gives lip service to ethics to make it seem as though it acts responsibly but does not do anything to make sure

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Boeing: Putting Profits Ahead of Safety

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How Corporate Culture Drove Decision-Making The story of Boeing is it placed profits ahead of safety and the result has been a series of crashes/mechanical problems that have led to inspections by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and litigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In this blog I will address the culture

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Ethical Risks of AI in the Workplace

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Creating an Ethical Framework to Mitigate Risk Today’s blog is an update to one previously posted about ethical risks of AI. I’ve added to it a discussion in the Harvard Business Review (HBR). A brief summary follows. Concerns About Ethical Risks According to the HBR article, for companies that use AI, risk aversion is a top

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Does the Trickle-down Company Culture Work?

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Communicating Organizational Values and Goals From time to time, I read about a new theory that broadens the concept of company culture. The trickle-down culture is one such example. What is Company Culture? A company culture can be defined as a shared set of values, goals, attitudes and practices that make up an organization. It

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Problems Persist Even Though Colleges Claim to Be Sensitized to the Issues

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Sexual assaults on college campuses persist and create problems that have been dealt with in varying degrees of success. It seems the problem is two-fold: (1) an environment on campus that does not treat sexual assault and rape as the important problem that it is, and (2) failing to enforce the ‘no means no’ standard

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Equity, Equality, and DEI

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How to Judge Justice and Fairness in Life  Many people conflate the idea of equality with equity, but there are distinct differences. The purpose of this blog is to explain these two concepts and why they should be kept separate. It’s important because attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has been increasing, although it’s

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