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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Building an Ethical Culture: The Role of DEI. Today’s businesses are held to a higher ethical standard than ever before. The meteoric rise of social media means that brands across the world are finally being held accountable for their actions by the general public. This includes programs on diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, recent events
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Ethical Issues Examined I have previously blogged about whether college athletes should receive monetary compensation for their athletic services. Now comes a new case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving whether the National Collegiate Athletic Association may impose restraints on compensation related to education and educational benefits like paid internships. Both cases have some things
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Do They Have a Right to Speak Out on Political and Social Justice Issues? Watching the NBA All-Star game yesterday, I was reminded of the recent controversy over whether athletes should speak out on issues that concern all Americans or stay silent and do what they do best. Fox News correspondent, Laura Ingraham, famously said
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The Pathway to Principle-Based Decision Making I recently wrote a blog on my Workplace Ethics Advice site on Principle Centered Leadership. Basic principles of ethics can help us lead a more fulfilling life whether on a personal or professional level. However, our commitment to act in accordance with ethical principles is often challenged because of pressures
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Message From John Stumpf, CEO of Wells: Do What I Say, Not What I Do Wells Fargo is the poster child of an unethical company. We now know that its employees opened more than two million unauthorized bank and credit card accounts to meet sales projections. It cost customers almost $2.5 million in fees. The
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Virtues Underlie Workplace Behavior Writer Robert McKee famously said, “True character is revealed in the choices a human makes under pressure — the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character’s essential nature.” This is a profound statement that I use to teach ethics to my accounting students, many
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