Today's integrated healthcare organizations are challenging from a leadership perspective, in part because they're formed by consolidating the varied and disparate cultures of regional hospitals, physician groups, labs, outpatient clinics, and other entities.

Each of these member entities brings its own...

Being tight-lipped may be part of a brand. But sometimes a company takes its culture of secrecy too far. Apple may have now reached that point of no return.

Adam Lashinsky's new book, Inside Apple, reveals the sometimes bizarre and...

The hard reality is that good people do bad things, and honest leaders let it happen. Honest leaders don't do it on purpose -- they create ethics risks at their organizations by simply focusing on the wrong issues.

As behavioural economist Dan Ariely

In the wake of the Penn State child abuse scandal, many in the media were outraged by the NCAA's decision to instantly vacate the university's win record from 1998 through 2011. As two ethicists with a combined 40+ years working in the trenches with organizations and their cultures,...

When a corporate scandal is uncovered, what typically happens is that the wrong doer is revealed, the media publicizes it, and the company expresses shock and dismay, with an assertion that it will keep a better eye on things from that point on. The firm's declaration that it will totally...

In May, something happened at the top rung of the corporate ladder that you don't see everyday. Richard Schulze, chairman of Best Buy, was made to step down from his post.

Hey, wait a minute, you're saying. Wasn't Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn the culprit here? After all, he...

Think of it as walking into a neighbourhood leveled by a tornado. That pretty much sums up what a special type of CEO faces -- one who's been brought on after the termination or resignation of a scandal-ridden predecessor. Some demolished structures need to be rebuilt, others need extensive repair,...

Spring is here and top executives seem to be dropping like flies. Best Buy is investigating its recently resigned CEO Brian Dunn who may have acted inappropriately with a female underling. And over at General Services Administration (GSA), Jeffrey Neely is in the thick of it...