Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

Michael Lewis: Prioritise playing the game ethically Similarly, Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short , exposed the unethical and reckless behaviour of some players in the financial industry leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. One example of Buffett’s approach is his investment in Coca-Cola.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

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? Volkswagen. and the U.K., Cross-cultural differences.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 26, 2023

With a network of food banks and partnerships with local organisations, Feeding America has been able to distribute billions of meals to families in need. Measurable Impact Partnering with a non-profit that has measurable metrics for success is crucial to ensuring that the partnership has a meaningful impact.

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2017

On November 9, 2016, the shareholders of Australia’s largest company, and the world’s tenth-largest bank , revolted. ” Take, as an example, the world’s largest mining company by market capitalization, BHP Billiton. The Commonwealth Bank appeared to shareholders as simply putting out a fire.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 1, 2016

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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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. In an experiment, we approached the call center of a bank’s consumer loans business. (We’ve Metrics emphasized speed. We rebuilt performance metrics to track impact, not to apply pressure. Building Balanced Cultures.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2016

But what makes Columbia an attractive school specifically for consulting firms, and not just investment banks? In 2015, 168 students of the 748-person class went in to consulting, despite the strong interest in investment banking at Columbia as well its culture of encouraging entrepreneurship. Median signing bonus: $25,000.

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