By David Gebler and Donna Boehme In the wake of the Penn State child abuse scandal, many in the media were outraged by the NCAA’s decision to instantly vacate the university’s win record from 1998 through 2011. As two ethicists with a combined 40+ years working in the trenches with organizations and their cultures, we’d …
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How to File a South Dakota DBA Name Online in 2024
Do you want to understand the ins and outs of DBA registration in South Dakota and take charge of the filing process? We’ve got you covered. In South Dakota, a DBA, or Doing Business As, lets individuals operate under a different name for various purposes like marketing, sales, and legal matters. It’s also known as …
Dual Roles: Board President and Paid Executive (Part 1) (Guest post from Hank Lewis.) An Email Said: My organization has no paid staff, is essentially unfunded at this time, and Board Members receive no compensation of any kind including expense reimbursement. I’m the chairman of the Board and founder of the organization. When I sign …
Nagachandra is a director on the board of a not-for-profit company. The CEO has a board seat. This position was argued against by the former chairman but other board members prevailed saying that the CEO was firstly responsible and trustworthy and secondly more knowledgeable about the operations than any non-executive director could ever hope to …
Miriam is the Regional Managing Director for a large multi-national company. She oversees a group of companies that manufacture and sell products across the region and also export from it. One of the subsidiaries in her group is in a country that has a small market for the products and is fundamentally unprofitable. She has …
What’s at the heart of many of today’s scandals? Legal and even innocent behavior that creates a toxic culture. Take the recent GSA scandal for example. As quoted today in Forbes: David Gebler, a whistleblowing expert, lawyer, and author of The 3 Power Values: How Commitment, Integrity, and Transparency Clear the Roadblocks to Performance, says …
Hector Sants, the chief executive of the UK Financial Services Authority has given a speech today (24 April 2012) highlighting the importance of good corporate governance and effective boards in regulating financial firms. Although this is a view widely held, this emphasise from the main UK regulator is telling. It is also one of his …
Kate is a director on the board of a large national not-for-profit company. The board is comprised of well-intentioned and conscientious professionals who bring diverse viewpoints and bountiful energy to their board discussions. None of them are qualified in governance or have experience on other boards but all take their responsibilities seriously and strive to …
