"Most of us dramatically
underestimate the degree to which our behavior is affected by
incentives and other situational factors." This is one of the most
important sentences in Blind
Spots:
Why
We
Fail
to
Do
What's Right and What to Do about It, a new book by
Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Princeton University Press).
How important is ethics training? According to Justice Ginsburg's
dissent in Connick
v. Thompson, a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on
March 29, it is the difference between life and death.
Despite the many differences between corporate and government ethics,
sometimes the corporate ethics world has a lot to teach the government
ethics world, especially considering that corporate ethics has a zillion times
the personnel and budget to work with.
On January 28, the New York State Bar Association issued a
report on government ethics reform in New York State, which
includes a section on local government ethics reform. The report points out the many inadequacies of...
This third of three posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia
looks at the county officials' response to the recommendations in the
2007
report drafted by the Carl
Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, and in...