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Leadership

Insolvency, Bankruptcy, and the Board

Practical suggestions for corporate board members on the ethical aspects of insolvency and bankruptcy
Tim Marris, partner, Morrison & Foerster

Building a High Performance Team: Creating an Ethical Culture (ppt)

Founder and CEO of Ariba uses that company as a case study for defining key principles in building an organization
Keith Krach

The Roles and Responsibilities of the General Counsel in the Organizations Ethical Culture

Panel discussion among general counsels of large and small cap companies
Tom McCoy, Craig Nordlund, Martin Collins, Fred Go

Executive Compensation: Are Outsize Pay Packages Contributing to Corporate Malfeasance?

From the 2005-06 National Ethics Agenda, an examination of the wide gaps between executive and line worker pay and their impact on public trust and corporate bad behavior.
Ethics Center Emerging Issues Group

Ethical Challenges in Human Resources

A talk given to the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at the Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership
James O'Toole

Perspectives on the Roles and Responsibilities of the Board of Directors for Corporate Culture

A report on the best board practices delivered at the April 6-7, 2005 Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership Meeting
Vail Leadership Institute

CEOs: Setting the Ethical Tone

The role of the CEO in setting a company's ethical culture was the focus of a panel at the April 6 meeting of the Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership, a program of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and 13 corporations.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Silicon Valley Executives Discuss Building an Ethical Organization

These comments are excerpts from presentations at the Ethics Center's third biennial global business Ethics Conference, "The Accountable Corporation," held February 18-19, 2005, on the Santa Clara University campus.
Ned Barnholt, Dan Warmenhoven

Advice from Aristotle

Aristotle was a practical and business-oriented philosopher who defined principles in terms of the ethics of leadership.
James O'Toole

Reputation and Venture Funding

The importance venture capital firms place on the founders track record in terms of their values
an interview with Floyd Kvamme

Guilt (and Reliability) by Association

An angel investor talks about reputation.
an interview with Audrey MacLean

When Good People Do Bad Things at Work

Rote behavior, distractions, and moral exclusion stymie ethical behavior on the job. Discusses Ford Pinto case.
Dennis J. Moberg

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

In desperate need of a tax break for his company, a CEO contemplates a questionable campaign contribution.
Leon Panetta & Paul Locatelli, S.J.

Only the Ethical Survive

A CEO discusses ethical business leadership.
Michael Hackworth