In 2022, auditing firm Ernst & Young (now EY) agreed to pay a $100 million penalty imposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after a significant number of its audit professionals were caught cheating on their CPA exams. Two years later, the Netherlands division of one of the other “Big Four” U.S. auditing firms, … Read More 
ethical leadership
The following items are tagged ethical leadership:
Learning from Ethical Leadership Failures at Boeing
Ethical leadership has proven to be elusive at Boeing, but why? Recent analyses have uncovered common psychological biases that can keep leaders—and all of us—from meeting our own high moral standards.
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Ethical Leadership: Create More Value in Negotiation
In our negotiations and beyond, all of us engage in behaviors that create value—as well as actions that destroy it. Ethical leadership requires us to become more aware of the harm we cause in the world, work to reduce it, and to encourage those we lead to do the same.
Consider the Sackler family, which owns … Read More 
A Global Leadership Vacuum During the Covid-19 Crisis
As the coronavirus outbreak in China exploded into an international pandemic, nations have largely struggled to confront Covid-19 in isolation rather than teaming up on global solutions. That “go it alone” approach has bred dysfunctional competition for scarce resources, a shortage of creative solutions, and enormous inefficiencies. Greater collaboration and coordination are needed to improve … Read More 



