What is right and what is wrong behavior in the business world takes on different meanings in different cultures, making it challenging to truly define business ethics in international markets.

Ethics and standards in accounting exist to protect the public from unscrupulous corporations and the accountants who hide or misrepresent information. Certainly, not all accountants are unethical, ...

Ethical leadership in a business benefits the bottom line. It’s also a boon to the people who work for the organization and the people it serves. The relationship between ethical conduct and benefits ...

Ethics lies at the core of successful leadership, providing a solid framework built on trust, integrity and accountability. In this article, I’ll explain why ethical leadership nurtures sustained ...

Leadership in many types of organizations sometimes fails to distinguish between governance and ethics. Governance might affect ethics. But this is not always the case. Strongly worded statements and ...

This document is designed as an introduction to thinking ethically. Read more about what the framework can (and cannot) do. We all have an image of our better selves—of how we are when we act ...

What traits do ethical leaders share? Ask most people that question and they’ll start listing terms like “integrity,” “honesty,” “fairness,” “trustworthiness,” “compassion,” and so on. Not long after ...

Situation ethics teaches that ethical decisions should follow flexible guidelines rather than absolute rules, and be taken on a case by case basis. In situation ethics, right and wrong depend upon the ...

Jonathan Kwan is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University Abu Dhabi and was previously the Markkula Center’s Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics. Views ...

I remember a scene from long ago when I was visiting a family. The mother grew tired of dealing with her 8-year-old son and said to him softly: “Jimmy, come here, Mommie wants to talk with you.” When ...