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On Ethics and Ethical Behavior

"Ethos," the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-332 BCE) taught the world some 24 centuries ago, is very important for leaders to have and to demonstrate if they want to succeed in shaping public opinion. Individual and collective ethos is at the heart of who we are and what we stand for.  Aristotle perfected his principles of rhetoric " effective political speech -- and taught his students the power of rhetoric, which he explained was one of the foundation stones of [then] emerging western democracy (in Ancient Greece). 

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News & Updates

December 13, 2018 New York Times: Chinese hackers behind massive Marriott breach

Source: CNN

New York - A massive data breach at a hotel group owned by Marriott has been traced to Chinese hackers working for the Ministry of State Security, the country's civilian spy agency, according to The New York Times.

December 12, 2018 BUSINESS ETHICS – CHALLENGES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Source: Inventiva

ETHICS – refers to a set of core principles and practices one adopts in all facets of life that is just, right and lawful. In the context of a business, it encompasses a set of operating principles which are based on the three...

December 11, 2018 House panel issues scathing report on 'entirely preventable' Equifax data breach

Source: The Hill

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, following a 14-month probe, released a scathing report Monday saying the consumer credit reporting agency aggressively collected data on millions of consumers and businesses...

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Research & Insights

September 27, 2018 Global Sustainability Performance in Business Ethics Picking Up, According to EcoVadis' Second Annual CSR Risk and Performance Index

Source: Markets Insider

PARIS/NYC-- EcoVadis, the world's most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, has published the second annual edition of its Global CSR Risk and Performance Index. The report provides an updated look at the...

July 20, 2018 People of all ages define the American Dream the same way — but millennials take it one step further

Source: Yahoo Finance

The American Dream is alive and well.Nearly 60% of respondents surveyed in Bank of the West's 2018 Millennial Study believe they have attained the American Dream or believe that it's still attainable today.

July 18, 2018 Deloitte’s 2018 Millennial Survey: Industry 4.0, Employer Loyalty and Business Ethics

Source: Spend Matters

Young professionals across the globe are unsure about their ability to adapt to Industry 4.0 technologies and increasingly critical of business ethics, Deloitte’s 2018 Millennial Survey finds

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Commentary & Opinion

November 5, 2018 How Google CEO Sundar Pichai Should Have Responded To The Massive Employee Walkout

Source: Forbes

What do you do when an estimated 17,000 employees worldwide walk out of the job to protest the treatment of women in your company? Those 17,000 “Googlers,” as the company likes to call them, represent an astonishing 18% of...

October 25, 2018 Volkswagen and the moral business behaviour lessons

Source: Financial Times

When it was revealed in 2015 that Volkswagen had used software to make the emissions of its diesel cars perform better under formal testing than they actually did on the road, many experts agreed this could not have been done by...

October 14, 2018 The stark reality of sustaining your ethics

Source: Gulf News

And asset managers offering SRI can voluntarily disclose their method of screening applied in their SRI retail funds via the eurosif [European Social Investment Forum] Transparency Guidelines." SRI research is simply a case of...

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