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Picture of a group of green apples. One apple has spoiled and has contaminated the apples closest to it. Ethics and Apples

January 31, 2023

How can organizations resist “one bad apple” spoiling the bunch?


Los Angeles skyline with the Griffith Observatory in the foreground Big Lessons from Bad City

August 31, 2022

There is so much misconduct chronicled in Bad City that the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal ends up being a mere footnote.


Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Courage as Truth Telling

June 29, 2022

Cassidy Hutchinson’s appearance before the Committee is a timely opportunity to explore the complexity of courage and candor.


List on a chalkboard Social Mobility and Higher Education

May 17, 2022

Social mobility is defined as the movement of individuals or groups between social strata; it correlates one’s economic background with their ability to “climb the social ladder.” In this blog, you’ll read about higher ed accessibility and how UNC-Chapel Hill and other universities can best prepare and accommodate lower-income students,…


On Transparency

March 30, 2022

“Sunlight is the best disinfectant”. This oft-heard (but less-often followed) call for transparency raises interesting questions. Is that even true? Surely chemicals disinfect better than sunshine.  And is sunlight only useful when conditions are already contaminated, or can it prevent problems from growing in shadows or darkness? Is there such…