Dr. Anthony Fauci’s numerous and extended trials by fire over the past 38 years provide corporate executives with important lessons about leadership in a crisis.
Article from Communications Intelligence magazine on addressing unethical behavior in companies.
Should CEOs be personally held accountable for their company’s data security breaches? According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in their proposed order against Drizly and CEO James (Cory) Rellas, the answer is “yes.”
“Workplace bullies who get promoted usually have a high degree of social and political skill, such that they can charm those above them and manipulate coworkers to assist them in achieving measurable goals. In regards to assessments, it is difficult to come up with a test for ethical behavior, because most tests can be gamed."
“In part, this phenomenon is due to a cognitive bias called obedience to authority. Obedience to authority causes people to accept or even encourage the unethical behavior of their supervisors, which is why people granted authority and power are often more vulnerable to behaving poorly.”
"Moral actions are those that do not violate an individual's ability to make free and rational choices. At first glance, Musk appears to be giving employees a choice, but it is one that is neither free nor rational,” Sarah Cabral, a senior scholar in business ethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (from Forbes)