Bloomberg Tax: EY consulting split aims to free firm from ethics crackdown
Tighter ethics regulations are holding back the growth of Ernst & Young’s lucrative consulting business, a key reason firm leaders are considering whether to separate its global audit and advisory practices. The global accounting network is now discussing whether to…
Financial Times: The paradox that leads professionals into temptation
A new paper on a “dark side” to professionalism co-authored by Sunita Sah, a Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in the Financial Times. “The greater a manager’s sense of professionalism, the more likely he or she is…
The dark side to professionalism
There is a 'Professionalism Paradox' that increases vulnerability to conflict of interest, says a new paper by Sunita Sah, a Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School. Professor Sunita Sah In sports as in business, "professionalism" is seen as an overwhelmingly…
Calories and conflict
Disclosing calories on food labels and disclosing conflicts of interest invoke similar responses because they remind us of certain things...but the results can be surprising and can even backfire, says Professor Sunita Sah of Cambridge Judge Business School. Many of…
Financial Times: Business School Briefing: well-behaved meetings, MBA startup funds, creativity
FT’s business education correspondent Jonathan Moules recommends a piece in Forbes on “how working from home can affect the ethics of employee decision making” by Cambridge Judge Business School Professor Sunita Sah. “We can all make good and bad decisions,…
Forbes: Playing blame games is not only unethical, it is also the wrong way out of the Covid-19 mess
Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses what makes blame games possible and why they backfire, taking the example of the efforts to shift responsibilities for the slow Covid-19 vaccine rollout. “By…
Forbes: Why working from home might promote more ethical decisions
Sunita Sah, KPMG Professor of Management Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses why working from home might promote more ethical decisions. “Employers and employees have faced unprecedented challenges over the last year. Although it is not available to all,…
Why the world needs ethical leadership
In 2020 providing for shareholders isn’t enough. Ethical leadership that focuses on the planet and society is in high demand. Dr Simon Learmount Ethical leadership should be on the lips of any business leader today. In 2020 if you’re business…
Business Because: AMBA launches new business school accreditation to rival AACSB
The Association of MBAs (AMBA), a British accreditation body, has launched the Business Graduates Association (BGA) focusing on responsible management, positive impact, and lifelong learning. Michael Kitson, University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics at Cambridge Judge Business School, commented: “Students…
Business Because: Business schools are placing ethical dilemmas on the syllabus
Business schools globally are placing more emphasis on courses like ethics or artificial intelligence to address recent events such as sexual harassment. Michael Kitson, University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics at Cambridge Judge Business School, who teaches the course on…