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ETHISPHERE,
December 2007 |
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These days,
sustainability and responsibility are no
small matter. However, ethical action –
whether performed by large corporations
or small, local non-profits – is not
something that just happens; it’s
brought on by inspired individuals. In
honor of the approaching New Year, we
decided to bring together the
forerunners of the business ethics world
from the past year, wrapped together in
a tidy 1 to 100 ranking. Among those
selected were:
Anne Mulcahy,
Business Leadership, Chairman &
CEO, Xerox;
Thomas Donaldson,
Thought Leadership, Director, PhD
Program in Ethics and Law, The Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania; and
R. Edward Freeman,
Thought Leadership, Professor,
The Darden Graduate School of Business
(University of Virginia).
Brian Moriarty
and
Linda Trevino
were among those asked to provide their
knowledge and expertise on business
ethics by serving on the Advisory Panel. |
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'Can
Leadership Be Taught In College?' Darden
School Of Business Addresses That Key
Question For 21st Century Educators
US Newswire,
December 20, 2007 |
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The Darden School of
Business at the University of Virginia
and the Batten Institute for
entrepreneurship and innovation will
present an interactive learning
experience March 26-28, 2008, that will
answer key questions about learning and
leadership, among them - "Can leadership
be taught in college?" and "What
are effective and innovative ways to
teach leadership?" Among the Conference
speakers/discussion leaders are
Ed
Freeman,
Professor of Business Administration,
Darden. (Also released on
KTRE [TX], KLFY-TV 10 [LA], PR Newswire,
and Earth Times.) |
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Office romances can
crush careers
Scripps Howard News Service,
December 19, 2007
By
Paula Burkes Erickson
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Some
observers say it's nobody's business
what goes on inside and outside an
executive's marriage. But most believe
it does matter, that such indiscretions
water down the entire company's code of
conduct.
Linda K. Trevino,
an authority on ethics and leadership at
Penn State University, advises
conducting an ethical culture audit
before joining any firm, and offers
several questions to ask.
(Also appeared in Elkhart Truth,
North Jersey.com, The Journal Gazette,
Youngstown Vindicator, Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman, NewsOK.com, and News
9.) |
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MBAs Acting Out
BusinessWeek,
December 19, 2007
By
Alison Damast
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While acting
is not a class that typically appears on
a business student's schedule of
finance-oriented coursework, a few
business schools are integrating acting
and improvisation work into the MBA
curriculum as a way to boost students'
communication and presentation skills.
Among the schools offering classes are
the University of Virginia's Darden
Graduate School of Business
Administration, which offers an acting
elective where students are asked to
write and perform their own plays...
Students have written plays ranging from
a comedy about a guy who loses his
wedding ring to dramas that deal with
racial tension and religious strife,
said
Ed Freeman,
Olsson Professor of Business
Administration, who designed the class
five years ago with Randy Strawderman, a
theater director. The class helps people
get past their fear of performing in
public, but more important, it leaves
them with a valuable lesson they can
carry with them throughout their
careers, Freeman said. "Leadership is
about performance -- it is about working
together to make sure all the little
things are done by the time the curtain
goes up." (Also appeared on Yahoo!
News and RedOrbit) |
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People: Leaps of Faith
Businessweek,
December 14, 2007
By
Amy S. Choi
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Religion is
surging in American life, and with it
demand for all manner of
religious-themed goods. Entrepreneurs
are answering the call with companies
that are outgrowths of their own faiths.
"Part of the growing mindset of our
society is, `If I am a person of faith
and live a life of faith, I want to
connect my professional life with my
faith,'" says
Andrew Wicks,
associate professor of business
administration at The Darden School of
Business at the University of Virginia. |
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Doping Report a Key Test of Mitchell's
Fixer Skills
npr.org
(All Things Considered),
December 12, 2007
By Tom Goldman |
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Former
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell
on Thursday will release his
long-awaited report on the use of
performance-enhancing drugs in Major
League Baseball.
Tom Donaldson,
an ethics specialist at the University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, says
Mitchell was too much of a Major League
Baseball insider to be a truly
independent investigator. "When a
supposedly independent investigator is a
part of what's being investigated, it's
Conflict of Interest 101," Donaldson
says. (Also appeared on
WAER-FM 88.3 NPR
Syracuse.) |
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NBC drama
features executive's firm
Los Angeles Times,
December 3, 2007
By
Meg James |
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Reveille had
three projects in the works at NBC
before [Ben] Silverman joined the
General Electric Co.-owned network. It
now has more projects there than any
supplier other than NBC Universal's own
TV production studio. "It's a bizarre
and troubling situation," said
Thomas Donaldson,
a professor who specializes in business
ethics at the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania. "The issue
is how much of that enrichment should
actually be going to General Electric
shareholders." NBC is betting that
some of the Reveille shows will take
off. "If the ratings are poor, then the
perception will be that he [Silverman]
wasn't acting on behalf of the best
interest of NBC," said
Dean W. Krehmeyer,
executive director of the Business
Roundtable Institute for Corporate
Ethics at the University of Virginia.
"That's when it will get sticky."
(Also appeared on KCPQ-TV FOX 13
[WA].) |
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