Just 12 months into my first job in London, I was flattered by an approach of a head hunter acting for a rival US bank. At the interview, I was tormented mercilessly by the general manager who wanted ...

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This month’s topic is another readers’ choice: responsibility and accountability. Specifically, we’ll cover: clarifying the real distinction between responsibility and accountability; and, ...

Assertions of responsibility can mean a number of different things. We might be making a judgement of someone’s character, implying that she can be trusted to act responsibly. We might refer to a ...

It’s become more than unacceptable. Each day provides another occurrence of man’s inhumanity to man causing us to shake our head in disbelief. This loss of values makes our lives more difficult, more ...

Corporate responsibility is evolving across three dimensions: horizontal accountability, vertical responsibility and longitudinally across time. The corporate responsibility (CR) movement continues to ...

The news this week was full of reminders about how common it is for mankind to be critical or condemning of some people while justifying or excusing the same conduct in others. This seems to be true ...

You can read the previous post in my series here. Part of leadership is holding others to account when the occasion arises. It’s not the most pleasant part, by any means; not many people particularly ...

In the wake of the “most corrupt administration in modern history,” how will the Biden administration keep its promise to “guarantee government works for the people?” How will it ensure a uniformly ...