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  • Jonathan Haidt

    Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 16:41

    Jonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He is a social...

  • Larry Lessig Defends Concept of Institutional Corruption (May, 2015 Conference)

    Friday, May 15th, 2015
    cmiller

    Larry Lessig's opening talk for the conference on Institutional Corruption (May 1, 2015) is now up on YouTube:  Opening Discussion: Lessig/Thompson    

    I was there at the conference and it was a real treat to see Dennis Thompson, founder of the Harvard Ethics Center, and Larry Lessig discuss corruption and potential solutions. Larry advocates changing the system by "...

  • Institutional Corruption: Course summary for ethics professionals

    Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
    cmiller

    Ethical Reasoning: Institutional Corruption 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.

    Course description: 

    Institutions make modern life possible by organizing human interactions on a massive scale. We generally benefit from the incentives,...

  • Future of Ethics Training: Trends

    Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
    cmiller

    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...

  • Protecting Whistleblowers: Best Practices for Promoting Ethics in Government

    Monday, April 27, 2015 - 16:02

    Protecting Whistleblowers:

     

    Best Practices for Promoting Ethics in Government...

  • IC Course Lecture: CORRUPTING INFLUENCES

    Friday, February 20th, 2015
    cmiller

    Lecture by Dr. Bill English

    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.

    So the number one question is what is the purpose of your organization?  Why does...

  • Tallahassee, FL Passes Ethics Reform Referendum

    Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
    cmiller

    This was a project that was helped by Represent.US and supported by citizen groups from right to left. I worked on the drafting of the referendum language. Here is today's press release from Represent.US:

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    Working Paper 42 - Community Development Authorities

    Thursday, April 24th, 2014
    cmiller

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

    Community Development Authorities

    Community Development Authorities (CDAs) are quasi-governmental entities established by a local government at the request of private landowners to construct, maintain, and operate multiple types of public infrastructure within a specified district. Such infrastructure may include roads, water and sewer systems, schools, stadiums, and other public...