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How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively

Harvard Business

These issues include legislation, regulation, litigation, enforcement, investigations, geopolitical risk, demands for ethical actions, and public criticism, affecting all the functions of the corporation in their interaction with all levels of global governments (central, regional, local).

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When Is It Important for an Algorithm to Explain Itself?

Harvard Business

Who should be involved in decisions regarding business impact, regulatory compliance, technical approach, and even ethical values when companies integrate machine learning into business operations? Often, the reason given is to protect intellectual property or prevent a security breach.

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Leading in a World Without Secrets

Harvard Business

And you can opt for strategies going forward that depend less on keeping information secret — that depend, perhaps, on difficult-to-imitate operational or sales capabilities, rather than trade secrets. But also it is about developing a capability for reacting publicly, quickly and rapidly.

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Your Company Needs a More-Radical Board of Directors

Harvard Business

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? But a relatively unknown, unbranded intellectual property company – with far less to lose – might be much more aggressive in minimizing taxes.