Mon, 5 May 2008 Leadership and Ethics in a Global Economy As businesses grow across borders, questions of ethics and culture challenge business leaders. To what extent is ethical leadership based on universal values and to what extent is it based on cultural considerations? How do leaders determine the values that should apply across their global operations, and those they should leave at home? How do business leaders make good decisions that strike the balance between their core values and the core values of the societies where they do business? Direct download: 20080423_Hotchkiss.mp3 Category: Leadership and Ethics (Spring 2008) -- posted at: 5:29 PM Comments[0] |
Mon, 10 March 2008 Leading as If Your Life Depended on It Most approaches to crisis leadership focus on ordinary people who are forced to cope with extraordinary circumstances. But there are different lessons to be learned about crisis leadership through research with crisis professionals, like climbing guides, SWAT team chiefs, soldiers, and extreme sport coaches. What do people look for in leaders when their business risk or personal risk is so extreme that there may be no second chances? What are the moral obligations of leaders who, along with others, face extreme risk or crisis? Comments[0] |
Tue, 4 March 2008 Leadership and Ethics: Reflections on 45 Years in the Workforce Today’s business environment is characterized by widespread uncertainty about some of our biggest financial institutions and trepidation about the near term economic outlook. How has business arrived at this point? What is the link between leadership and ethics and how can new entrants to the workforce have faith in business leadership? It's often not the macro level ethical issues that recent graduates will face, but the smaller day-to-day challenges to operate and exist in an ethical environment. Direct download: Carter_Talk_MP3.mp3 Category: Leadership and Ethics (Spring 2008) -- posted at: 1:45 PM Comments[0] |
