Ethical Leadership Trumped: Leaders Fall at U. of Illinois
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Ethical Leadership Trumped: Leaders Fall at U. of Illinois
The University of Illinois (U. of I.) had a breakdown of integrity. For years, legislators, wealthy outsiders, trustees, and administrators were allowed to influence the admissions process, resulting in less qualified students being admitted over the more qualified, until it exploded this spring. The casualties are still being counted. Most recent is B. Joseph White […]
read more »Beached by Bad Judgment: Another Challenge for Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo has an important question to figure out: was their recent public relations crisis caused by a renegade employee who ignored the rules, and operated outside the culture, to get what she wanted, and if so, what are the gaps that allowed that to happen? Or, could she do what she did precisely because […]
read more »Spanky and Our Lobbyists: How Reputation takes a Beating,
In the spectrum of avoiding conflicts of interest and safeguarding reputation and trust, a particularly bruising episode in the last several days involves a Sempra Energy lobbyist and a California Assemblyman. More than just a story of real or perceived bad behavior, it gets to the heart of what ethical standards are – beyond the […]
read more »Ethical Behavior and Tumbling Toyotas
January 6, 2011 update on Dimitrios Biller: Arbitrator Gary L. Taylor sided with Toyota, in its suit against Dimitrios Biller, ruling Biller must pay Toyota $2.5 million in damages and $100,000 in punitive damages for violating attorney- client privilege and a confidentiality agreement when Biller accepted his $3.7 million severance agreement from Toyota in 2007. […]
read more »The Ethics of Salt
Lawsuits and advocacy groups’ attacks on the food industry are nothing new. They involve a battle of words, PR strategy, research and ultimately responsibility. We’ve been through the sugar wars, pesticide protests, cancer risks, claims on lowering cholesterol, trans fat bans and fighting obesity, to name a few. Recently the first sodium-related law suit was […]
read more »U.S. Rep. Richardson’s Dance with Default
The adage that “it isn’t what happens to you that counts but how you handle it” has a new face in U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA). It is a cautionary tale, applicable to leaders in any industry as well as public officials. When one’s reputation is under attack explaining what happened, clarifying misperceptions, admitting errors […]
read more »Palin’s Power Outage
You have to wonder if it is becoming more fashionable to be a quitter. We’ve seen CEOs hired as change agents declaring victory after several months moving on while the company stays in intensive care. This week Los Angeles Police Chief Bill Bratton resigned with three years remaining on his contract and U.S. Senator Martinez […]
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