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May 19, 2015

Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is a social psychologist who studies morality, emotion, and culture.  I would highly recommend his book: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient WisdomBelow ar…
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Resources & Learning April 29, 2015

Institutional Corruption: Course summary for ethics professionals

Ethical Reasoning: Institutional Corruption was a course held from January 28, 2014 through May 26, 2014 at Harvard College.  It was taught by Lawrence Lessig (Law School) and William E. English.  The course consisted of 26 lectures and accompanying materials. Course description:  Institutions make…
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Resources & Learning April 29, 2015

Future of Ethics Training: Trends

Francesca Gino, Bidhan (Bobby) Parmar and Julia LeeTo build on the gains made in recent years, ethics training will have to accomplish several goals.  First, ethics training needs to focus on unleashing participants’ intrinsic motivation to be ethical, rather than rely on solely on a compliance men…
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Local Government Practice April 27, 2015

Protecting Whistleblowers: Best Practices for Promoting Ethics in Government

Protecting Whistleblowers:Best Practices for Promoting Ethics in Governmentby Dana L. Gold[1]Senior Fellow, Government Accountability ProjectThe Government Accountability Project is the nation’s leading whistleblower protection organization. Through litigating whistleblower cases, publicizing conce…
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Resources & Learning February 19, 2015

IC Course Lecture: CORRUPTING INFLUENCES

Lecture by Dr. Bill English Larry Lessig has a concept of Institutional Corruption (IC) as a deviation from the purpose of the organization.  This is shown graphically by a compass pointing north--true north is the purpose of the organization; if you get pulled off of true north (like with a magnet…
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April 23, 2014

Working Paper 42 - Community Development Authorities

Submitted on behalf of the Author: Mary M. Báthory VidaverCommunity Development AuthoritiesCommunity Development Authorities (CDAs) are quasi-governmental entities established by a local government at the request of private landowners to construct, maintain, and operate multiple types of public inf…
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