From leadership at the executive level, to biases on the individual level, organizational culture, and corporate incentive structures, ethics plays an integral role in the way any given business operates, particularly those in the finance industry.
By discharging existing government departments and agencies to oversee AI and developing new tools and organizations to aid in that effort, the Biden administration is addressing the question of whether AI regulation will be distributed among a number of entities, or concentrated in a single, new agency.
Despite the concerns that religious participation is fading, enough people still consider it vital to their life. In the face of this new moment, what are key ethical guideposts for executives to keep in mind?
Leading tech companies collaborate with White House to create voluntary guardrails on artificial intelligence. While reactions are mixed, the effort should nevertheless be celebrated for providing the leadership that elected officials, industry leaders, and private citizens have been asking for.
This wave of ethical convergence, driven by a desire to develop responsible technology, might just be strong enough to accomplish what centuries of discussion have not yet done—arrive at a global ethic.
The risk that unethical employees pose to a corporation justify the inclusion of a few good questions related to ethics in the interview process.
ESG investing is impacting how businesses operate, however, critics argue that ESG funds financially underperform and do not seem to deliver better ESG performance.
The FTC cited Drizly CEO James (Cory) Rellas for data breaches affecting his company’s customers.
Can ESG move past ingrained notions of property and capitalism and aid in the movement toward a more equitable, ethical, and sustainable future?
- Defining Positive Environmental Behaviors in Business
ESG provides businesses with an opportunity to emphasize accountability and shift from a shareholder to a stakeholder model of business ownership.
Ten important steps for companies pursuing ESG and a sustainable approach to business.
The story of the stock-trading app, Robinhood, presents an opportunity to reflect on the many tensions that exist within business activities.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Kahn accused by Facebook and Amazon CEOs of showing bias in her efforts to highlight the firms’ anticompetitive practices.
Rises in the gap between c-suite executive and frontline worker pay have grown exponentially, while the rest of the world is suffering through a pandemic.
Businesses that serve consumers and other businesses simultaneously often involve conflicted interests, and require regulation to reconcile these conflicts.
The Partnership on AI, in collaboration with Markkula Center for Applied Ethics staff, has published a paper offering a framework for workforce well-being in the age of artificial intelligence.
The decision to send children back in classrooms is a particularly challenging one for school superintendents, and they need our support.
‘How will you measure your life?’ famed educator Clayton Christensen asked. That is the question for this moment.
If we don’t get schools open in a format that works for everyone we will not get Silicon Valley open for business.
- Lessons learned from a dialogue series bringing together business leaders and academics
Insights on developing a diverse and inclusive workplace from the Diversity Dialogues series at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.
Nonprofit and corporate boards need to guide their organizations through the process of coming out of the current covid-19 pandemic.
Leadership from all of us can move us forward now when traditional leadership is failing us.
As companies are considering how to move forward, business leaders have an opportunity to put human welfare first.
10 ways companies can be more attentive and responsive to people’s needs
Ethical leadership is required from all of us during times of crisis.
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