Education 
Learning to Do the Right Thing – Right Here, Right Now(1)
Educating students in corporate responsibility means making sure they think critically and recognize that ethical issues are inherent in all business decisions, says an educator. “Corporate culture must support all employees to think critically about every decision and action, every day,” she writes. “Being motivated simply to avoid prosecution is not the same as behaving ethically—and it’s often not even a good way to avoid sanctions.”
Full Story»‘Water Cooler Ethics’: A New Approach to Business Ethics Education
The way business ethics is taught must change if there is any hope of stemming the continuous abuse by corporate managers and leaders of the public trust, argues a university professor. “Educators must stop lecturing to students,who usually sit passively listening to moralizing professors, and instead encourage ethical dialogue around the ‘water cooler,’” he says.
‘Community of Trust’ Confronts Challenge at University of Virginia
The forced resignation of University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan has generated turmoil and widespread dissent among faculty, students and staff on the Charlottesville campus. And the state’s governor has given the university’s board an ultimatum to resolve the situation. “What UVA is demonstrating, ” writes columnist Gael O’Brien, “is that when values aren’t put into practice, distrust is created.”
Building Confidence in Banks: The Payoff in Jobs
Columnist Gael O’Brien speaks with Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim Clifton about a new book in which he argues that successful entrepreneurship and job creation are the most pressing issues facing the world. A critical part of addressing those challenges: the banking industry and its relationships with small business. “Banks,” says Clifton, “are one degree away from us, not six degrees.”
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