What can help leaders do the right thing?
TIM DELANEY
Delaney, a former partner in a multi-state law firm and chief deputy attorney general of Arizona, is president of the Center for Leadership, Ethics, and Public Service, a nonprofit, public benefit organization based in Phoenix. He can be reached at C4LEAPS@aol.com.
During my years as a prosecutor and legal adviser, I discovered a tool that can help leaders do the right thing. The recent wave of ethics scandals suggests, however, that many leaders don't know how to use this common tool to promote ethical behavior.
What is this tool? A chair.
Actually, leaders need two chairs to help them do the right thing: an empty chair and a front-row chair.
An empty chair. Leaders often face intense pressure ...
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