Safra Working Papers

Francesca Gino, Bidhan (Bobby) Parmar and Julia Lee

To 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 sol

<p><strong>Lecture by Dr. Bill English</strong></p>

<p>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 pulling the compass off of north), that represents corrupting influences.</p>

<p>So the number one question is what is the purpose of your organization?  Why does it deviate from that purpose?</p>

<p><u><strong>Ethical Reasoning: Institutional Corruption</strong></u> 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.</p>

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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 Wisdom

Larry Lessig's opening discussion for the conference on Institutional Corruption (May 1, 2015) is on YouTube: 

 Opening Discussion: Lessig/Thompson    

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<h1 align="center"><strong><em>Best Practices for Promoting Ethics in Government</em></strong></h1>

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Submitted on behalf of the Author: Mary M. Báthory Vidaver