Tips for leading from within
I wrote up some nitty-gritty tactics for how to “Lead Good” for the website of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) — the leading trade association for in-house lawyers. My article, “Top Ten Practical Ways to Enrich and Empower Your Compliance Program,” is the ACC’s featured “Top Ten” article of the month. The sub-text for […]
The Ethical Taint of Post-It Notes — and the Power of a Company Policy
News yesterday (5/27) from the pharmaceutical industry that may prove the insidious power of promotional materials, and how little it may take to taint what is supposed to be impartial, objective decision-making. But what’s really interesting in this news, and less ambiguous, is evidence of the power of organizational policies to set ethical norms. The […]
Behavioral Econ Part II: Managing like you like it (and like them)
More thoughts on my April 25 post on behavioral economics and behavior change. This gets to the nub of what I want this blog to be (mostly) about. Randy Cohen‘s anecdote made me think of another that appears in my no-question favorite management book: “It’s Your Ship,” by D. Michael Abrashoff. The story is about […]
Behavioral Economics and behavior change in the company
I have long advocated that behavior change is the New Frontier of company ethics programs. I’ve described it to my clients as the heart of “Compliance 3.0” (if the heart of v1.0 was the employee handbook and v2.0 was the code of conduct). It’s a hard nut to crack, but not rock hard. Just needs […]