Gone are the days when annual general meeting season – the time of year when executives and directors of publicly traded companies gather to report on their...
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, standing in a conference room in France full of institutional investors from around the world – representing pension,...
“Deeds, not words!” Britain’s suffragettes shouted, as they fought for – and won – the right to vote 100 years ago. Today, that call to arms seems more apt...
Nobody wants to discuss politics. When I give a talk or my writing touches on politics, I am frequently asked to avoid the topic altogether and focus only on...
It has been a bumper year for making the invisible visible. The last 12 months have overflowed with leaks, allegations, and other disclosures, not just of...
Business ethics are again making headlines. This time, the focus is on the rapidly escalating opioid crisis that is destroying lives across the United States....
Every time a major corporate cybersecurity breach occurs, the response looks pretty much the same: Cry “havoc!” and call in the cyber first responders to...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions, the country’s largest labor organization, recently held what were billed as the largest popular protests since the...
In mid-August, alt-right, neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a demonstration that...
Suppose that a company’s board is seeking a new CEO. After an agonizingly long search, its members decide to go with a newcomer to the industry, claiming that...
The car-hailing app Uber’s board members and investors have received an outpouring of praise in recent days for forcing CEO Travis Kalanick to resign. They...
“When someone tells you who they are,” counsels the novelist Maya Angelou, “believe them the first time.” The same advice applies to companies. Yet, though...
With all the skill of an experienced arsonist, U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing America for a firestorm. His actions have heightened insecurity,...
From the moment Donald Trump entered the U.S. presidential race, the potential for an unprecedented array of ethics violations, stemming from his global...
The late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” That may be true. But,...
The Summer Olympic Games are in full swing in Rio. Every time the world’s top athletes gather for the Games, people everywhere have the opportunity not just...
Ethical political leadership is in short supply worldwide, from the United States to Turkey to the Philippines. But perhaps the most striking instance of...
It’s annual general meeting (AGM) season for public companies around the world and, as in previous years, one issue has been moving company news from the...
What do the recently released Panama papers, ExxonMobil, and a Canadian mining company operating in Guatemala have in common? They are all cases in which...
Corruption is a global scourge, sometimes becoming so deeply ingrained in countries that combating it seems impossible. In January, Transparency International...
When Michael Horn, the president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, recently testified before a committee of the U.S. Congress about the software that...
Around the world, the corporate governance landscape is shifting, as efforts to improve business practices and policies gain support and momentum. The wave of...
The arrest of FIFA executives on a raft of fraud and corruption charges has been front-page news in recent days. But the charges brought by the Swiss and...
Apple’s new watch keeps track of your health. Google Now gathers the information needed to compute the ideal time for you to leave for the airport. Amazon...
The World Cup has concluded with its usual flourish, and much of the world couldn’t help but get caught up in the excitement – which is exactly what Sepp...