Ethics Examples Intellectual Property Management 
The Consultants Peer Group
DECEMBER 2, 2023
Ethics is a crucial aspect of management consulting, as it affects the trust, reputation, and value of the profession. Management consultants are expected to adhere to high ethical standards and principles, such as those set forth by the Institute of Management Consultants USA (IMC USA) in its Code of Ethics1.
The Consultants Peer Group
DECEMBER 18, 2023
The consultant, subsequently, spent hours of (unpaid) time writing the proposal, which they emailed, and, in the process of creating ‘credibility’ gave away their time and their intellectual property with no expectation of reciprocity, i.e., paying consulting engagement, from the possible client. Let’s explore possible ways.
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Tom Spencer
MARCH 16, 2014
Anticipating Change: Understanding the macro environment can help a business anticipate change, take advantage of opportunities and manage potential threats. STEEPLED: Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Legal, Ethical, and Demographic. Prohibitions, taboos, and ethical issues. Industry regulation.
Harvard Business
JULY 25, 2016
Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. Also, the GC now often leads units beyond the legal department, such as public affairs, taxes, and environment.
Harvard Business
JUNE 21, 2017
Kalanick and other top executives signal by example what is and is not acceptable behavior, and they are clearly responsible for the company’s ethically and legally questionable decisions and practices. At normal companies, managers look to their attorneys to advise them on how to keep their business within the law.
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 2, 2016
It can’t just be left to the PR department — the necessary messaging is too likely to be entangled with technical, legal, and ethical issues to compartmentalize it to any one department. Many of these details can be worked out in advance. You’ll have to walk a fine line in a tense situation.
Harvard Business
JUNE 20, 2016
Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? If your strategy relies heavily on aggressive M&A, for example, do you really want a CFO who doesn’t command a salary higher than the norm? It’s not surprising.
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