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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Wells Fargo. Volkswagen. and the U.K.,

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business

The onus for ethical behavior falls first to the employee. Most companies talk a good ethics game and even make their goals public. The tightly-controlled automotive company fostered a mentality where the lower ranks faced immense pressure to achieve the company’s business objectives.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2016

Harvard Business

We break down empathy into categories: ethics, leadership, company culture, brand perception, and public messaging through social media. Our publicly available metrics including CEO approval ratings from staff, ratio of women on boards, and number of accounting infractions and scandals. This year we added a carbon metric.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

A strong work ethic, multidisciplinary structure, andmeritocratic approach lead to fast development. It is known for strategy, corporate development, and corporate finance consulting in areas including automotive, capital goods, and energy. The emphasis is on teamwork rather than internal competition. Compensation Outlook.