This essay raises an important question. “If you are in a place where a social crisis occurs–an emergency where electrical power, telecommunications, food and water supplies, or gasoline availability, run out and large numbers of people panic–do you have the moral fiber to take a responsible leadership role, to ‘keep your head when others are […]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
In May 2009, the New York Times carried the important story of how some Harvard Business School graduates volunteered to take an “ethics oath” as they exited the MBA program. One year later, HBS appointed as its new Dean the advocate for that pledge. These bits of news became national news for one main reason: […]
In 1978, Sissela Bok wrote a book, Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life (Pantheon, NY). Since Bok’s book, the American people have had to endure regular news of scandals in business and government, all based on misconduct covered over by lies. Many Americans are so accustomed to lying leaders, they are cynical. Lying […]