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Did anyone learn anything from the Equitable Life? Lessons and learning from financial crises. (Sept 2012)
"The focus of this report is what lessons might potentially have been drawn from Equitable’s crisis and what was learned, and how they related to the subsequent financial crisis of 2007-08. Richard Roberts, Professor of Contemporary History, Institute of Contemporary British History (ICBH), King's College London ‘Shed a tear for the passing of the world’s oldest mutual life assurer,’ declared ‘Lex’ in the ...
Written by: Roberts, Richard.
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Reith Lecture: does the west’s decline reflect some deterioration in our institutions? (June 2012)
"Institutions … determine modern historical outcomes, more than natural forces like the weather, geography or even the incidence of disease.” Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard, fellow of Jesus College Oxford, writer, broadcaster. 2012 Reith Lectures, lecture one. The enlightenment’s greatest champion takes a circuitous canter through history and the importance of institutions. On one hand i...
Written by: Ferguson, Niall
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CEO narcissism and the takeover process: from private initiation to deal completion. (May 2012)
"Narcissistic CEOs at target companies get higher bid premiums, while narcissistic CEOs of acquiring companies negotiate takeover attempts quicker. For both targets and acquirers, a narcissist at the helm lowers the likelihood the deal will actually happen. Nihat Aktas, Skema Business School Eric De Bodt, Université Lille Nord de France - Lille School of Management Research Center (LSMRC) Helen Bollaert, Skema Busines...
Written by: Aktas, De Bodt, Bollaert and Roll.
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Conference 2012: John Harris – Selection, coaching and mentoring
Harris, John. "Organisational leadership is a moral activity. It is about obligations and confronting rather than avoiding ethical dilemmas. An organisation's culture is a Main Board responsibility. John Harris Chair Steering Group, Daedalus Trust John began by saying that his talk would be a little different from the others as it is from a very personal perspective, about success, unlocking potential, and devel...
Written by: Harris, John.
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Conference 2012: Alastair Scotland – Doctors, power and performance
"Contracts are needed to balance the power of doctors, creating a more equal relationship between the profession and society, and between individual practitioners and those they work with.
Professor Alastair Scotland
Founding Director (2001-2011) National Clinical Advisory Service (NCAS)
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"This study investigated ... the positive relationship between psychopathy and unethical decision-making explaining it through the process of moral disengagement."
Gregory W. Stevens, Auburn University, Alabama: Jacqueline K. Deuling, Roosevelt University, Illinois: Achilles A. Armenakis, Auburn University, Alabama
Journal of Business Ethics, 105(2), 139-149.
Abstract:
“Successful psychopaths, def... Written by: Stevens, G. W., Deuling, J. K., & Armenakis, A. A. Summary of presentation by Dr Ricardo Blaug
Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Reader in Democracy and Political Theory, University of Westminster
Hubris is a serious and recurrent problem associated with the processes by which individual, group and organisations simultaneously create meaning. It leads to ‘mission drift’, pain and loss of learning. The history of politics is replete with thinking about hubris. In par... Written by: Daedalus admin "At the core of all decision-making is the need to balance Power with Responsibility, Why is that so difficult? Power makes things happen, while our sense of Responsibility determines the trade-offs we make between
Editorial, Constellations - Vol. 3, No. 2, July – September 2012 (Sha‘bān – Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1433)
Dr Bruce Lloyd, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management, London South Bank University. Written by: Lloyd, Bruce "Fred Goodwin was only one of many leaders who seemed to get carried away. Psychology may have the clue, and the crucial ingredient in its explanation is power."
Ian H. Robertson, Professor of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin
Published by Bloomsbury
Having and wielding power has a profound, drug-like effect on mind and brain. The author provides many examples supporting this point beginning wit... Written by: Robertson, Ian H. "The authors investigated 18 high profile corporate crises of the last decade and analysed the failures that gave rise to each. Seven key issues emerged."
Professors Derek Atkins, Chris Parsons and Alan Punter, all of Cass Business School:
Anthony Fitzsimmons, Chairman of Reputability
Sponsored by Crawford and Lockton, prepared by Cass Business School on behalf of Airmic.
The authors investigated 18 high profile... Written by: Atkins, Parsons, Punter and Fitzsimmons. 
Successful psychopaths: Are they unethical decision-makers and why? (2012)
Conference 2012: Dr Ricardo Blaug – how power corrupts
Power, responsibility and wisdom: exploring the issues at the core of ethical decision-making. (2012)
The winner effect: how power affects your brain. (2012)
Roads to ruin: a study of major risk events. (2012)