Category: Authentic or Not?
-
Corporations as Persons: Steven Colbert explains this bad idea
[Jan 21: In light of yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision, I’m re-posting this serious & pop-culture critique of the anti-democratic argument that Corporations Are People. Scott Klinger writing over at Alternet, sets out what it would/should mean for corporations really to be treated as “persons” and thus have the same responsibilities as people too. Me, I’d…
-
Mockulation ®: Regulating Wall Street Using the Psychology of Public Mockery
What does it take to rein in the outrageous compensation of CEOs? The absurd bonuses of Investment Bankers? The “bail us out so we can award ourselves bonuses”-behavior characterizing Wall Street this year? Do we need more transparency? More shareholder oversight? More whistle-blowing? More government regulation? How about just a little bit more public mockery?…
-
When Brandividuals Violate Organizational Reputation: Ethics, NPR and Fox News
Media Watchdog Eric Boehlert blasts out of the gate this morning with an incisive critique of a longstanding, problematic relationship between NPR and Fox News. Please go to Eric’s post “According to its ethics code, NPR still has a problem” at MediaMattersForAmerica to read the entire story, which he has been covering for several years.…
-
Authentic Organizational Values at Smith & Nephew: The Greatest of these is …
Love. That was what I saw when I went to the home page of Smith & Nephew: UK & Ireland. I saw love, even thought that’s not what Smith & Nephew said was one of their organization’s core values. Smith & Nephew is a medical products company that makes, among many things, wound dressings. I…
-
Amazon’s Pay Phrase: Behavioral Targeting or Identity Aspiration?
Has Amazon.com figured out something really personal about me? I’m wondering, because Amazon’s new Pay Phrase feature has me a bit disconcerted puzzled. Pay Phrase: Two words that mean….what, exactly? Amazon has this new feature, called “pay phrase”, where you pick out a unique phrase, attach it to a pin number, and then use the…
-
Can a Flu Shot demonstrate Authenticity?
Has your organization made it easy for you to get a flu vaccine? If your organization really wanted to be authentic, maybe it would offer everyone flu shots. At a private pre-school near me, they had a pediatrician offer a “flu shot clinic” for children, teachers, parents and caregivers– doing their best to get flu…
-
The People Make the Place Authentic
When you think about “the organization” or “your organization”, do you simultaneously overlook the actual people in it? This tension between thinking of an organization as an entity and simultaneously recognizing that it is also a collection of individuals runs through all our conversations about organizations. When managers and leaders are considering their organization’s strategy,…