<p>Anyone who follows my blog knows that my favorite city to write about is Vernon, CA, the "Dream Machine," a city with lots of industry and no one other than city employees who might complain about what's in their backyard, or call for oversight.<br />
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<p>Philadelphia's Democratic mayoral primary this week brings the national focus on Super PACs to the local level. In that primary, which is the most important election in that Democratically-inclined city, most of the money that was spent was spent by Super PACs, not by candidates.<br />
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TRENDS IN ETHICS TRAINING

MAX BAZERMAN

Max is the Straus Professor at the Harvard Business School and the Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also formally affiliated with the Program on Negotiation.

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    

<p>We have just returned from attending the final conference of the Lab on Institutional Corruption at the EJ Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard.</p>

WELCOME !!!

Robert Prentice, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin

(Robert has developed an excellent website for teaching ethics: 3 series and 44 videos, including teaching notes. One of the best ethics educational resources in the country.)

Dan is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight.

See Dan's TED talk: Our Buggy Moral Code. and his Website.