Ethics In Business

I have been approached by one of the biggest global management consulting firm for a position that requires 2+ years of experience and in locations which were not on the table in screening with hiring… more

Has anyone found a way to navigate and negotiate offer letter when hiring manager says “14-16 hours a day and 6 days a week is normal at the big4” ?

I’m working on asking my company to change employee perk programs. Does anyone use one they like, or have recommendations?

Anyone hiring a sustainability or program manager/ninja? A bit about me: 1. Trained as an urban planner, I am a public policy and sustainability professional with 5+ years of global experience working… more

Covid Vaccine ethics: you are in charge of a country that has a huge marginalized community (proven to be disproportionately impacted by Covid). If you were in charge of coming up with a vaccination d… more

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As someone who is virtually our only compliance person at a mid-size company, I often get questions for legal advice. I am not an attorney and cannot give legal advice (my disclaimer), but I do look a… more

In small companies (especially startups), where HR may not really exist or the HR person may be the main violator, how do you deal with inappropriate behavior. If a person has been there a long time a… more

For a friend pt2: The IT manager informed his companies PM on the contract of the complaint and write up conversation had by The Clients Security Officer with company employees. The IT Manager also … more

For a friend pt1: He was in a small management position concerning ethics and two of his employees including himself. The client security chief officer kept reaching into the managers area of IT manag… more

Hi all - asking for advice for a friend who resigned from his job (w/o job lined up) due to unethical and likely fraudulent actions leadership were taking. He tried to reason with the leadership team … more

Folks who do hiring, what do you think of adopting the following question in future interviews? “Evidence suggests that teams that include a variety of perspectives and backgrounds will often produc… more

Hi everyone, wanted to come back and talk about the work environment at the Washington Redskins/Football Club -- the Washington Post story was pretty jaw dropping. One troubling angle was the use of… more

FT Manager requested for an additional PT subordinate. The workload keeps herself & her current FT subordinate working 50 hours a week. The GM denied, saying working 40-60 hrs is "expected&qu… more

Signing off...thank you all for such an engaging conversation today and the nice words about a tough Airbnb day. Reach out to me on Linkedin to stay in touch, and I'll stop back in the bowl soon!… more

No one has raised sexual harassment yet, but it's had a crippling effect on a number of companies. Love to hear thoughts...have you been a victim? Witnessed it? And how to prevent it?

Lots of great discussion this afternoon...there are few objectively "right" answers in this area, and I'm impressed that everyone on the forum engages in vigorous but respectful debate. … more

I'm genuinely sorry to hear abt the layoffs at AirBnB and my heart goes out to your coworkers who are affected. How can a company approach restructuring in a way that is ethical?

Ethics is a topic in computer engineering that I have had to dance around. In a federal capacity with a security clearance ethics didn't mean anything.

Whew. It's been a busy morning, I've had a lot of fun responding to some fascinating questions around business and ethics for the last couple hours.

From what I understand, ethics is separate from legal. Legal violations have consequences, ethical violations don’t. What’s the point of ethics if there are no consequences? Sure when it’s convenient … more

I was fired after I reported a partner for a serious (criminal) ethics violation. The firm covered it up. Are all companies like this in the end? I’ve lost my trust and don’t know how to start over.

Do you think with so many businesses barely getting by now with the pandemic that we will see more and more sacrifice ethics for survival?

Ethics are a glorified way to protect companies from liability. Change my mind.

Can a company that is seemingly unethical incorporate ethics into its operations? Take Exxon for an example - can it ever become ethical?

Do you think capitalism is compatible with a sense of ethics, or is another system better suited for it?

Absolutely. Businesses can be ethical by treating people the way they’d want to be treated. 3 ways Airbnb can do this: Aggressively fight fraudulent listers, let Airbnb members control their data (all… more

I’ve long disliked the term ethics. Definitions of ethics all refer to morals. Morals are very personal and vary a lot from person to person, culture to culture. Law is how we as a society express … more

How does AirBnB promote acting ethically amongst its rentals? There are many rentals that skirt their local laws and fail to procure the proper licensing for putting their property in AirBnB. Does Air… more

What levers can a “Chief Ethics Officer” pull to make a company behave in an ethical manner? Is the position performative, i.e. does it exist to fulfill a need to appear ethical versus as a forcing fu… more

Does the ambit and application of ethics vary per the rank and profile of an employee in the organization? For instance what would be an ethical take on the Amazon VP quitting over virus firings?

What are the ethical standards a corporation should use as it's North Star? Should these standards govern how businesses treat employees, competitors, regulations, and/or lobbying activities?

How do you justify the ethicality of Airbnbs often accelerating gentrification and housing inequity in many cities? Do you weigh it against the GDP brought in by travel?

American's hyper-individual culture causes a lot of professionals to lie, steal, and cheat to be the best at their craft.

What do you think are examples of ethical companies? What do you think are unethical companies? Any qualities that are consistent in either group?

How do you thoughtfully instill ethics with leadership and have that trickle down to the rest of the organization?

What kinds of rights and duties should employees/customers have when dissenting against unethical corporate behavior? How has Airbnb sought to not only protect those rights, but also give employees re… more

Yuval Noah Harari refers to an emerging "useless class", of those who are disrupted by technology but can't or won't develop skills to adapt. Is this a problem for companies, gov, or… more

Market research is beginning to show that younger consumers (Millennial/Gen Z) are increasingly prioritizing ethical and sustainable companies. Will ethics become table stakes moving forward?