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Wells Fargo Lessons: Will Leaders Ever Learn?
We’ve seen this bad movie before. The question is why does it keep repeating itself and why do business people never learn the obvious lessons? An internal report from independent Wells Fargo directors and the law firm, Shearman & Sterling has recently laid out in detail the sorry story of systemic consumer fraud that began 15 years ago in 2002. The misconduct was eye-popping.
Inside the in-house counsel revolution
The core mission of the modern, global corporation is the fusion of high performance with high integrity and with sound risk management. The ideal of the modern general counsel is a lawyer?statesman who is an acute lawyer, a wise counsellor and company leader and who has a major role assisting the corporation achieve that fundamental goal of global capitalism.
Can Business Help Fix Our Broken Politics? - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Op-Ed, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Many business people are appalled at the current state of our politics. Few, however, would admit that the “business community” is responsible, in part, for our dysfunctional political culture. And fewer yet may be prepared to think about how business can take steps—in concert with other political actors—to help soothe the distemper.
Heineman on Wells Fargo: Where Were the Lawyers? - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Wells Fargo & Co.'s admission that it created more than 2 million false customer accounts has sparked significant reaction since it agreed, in early September, to pay $185 million in fines to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the city of Los Angeles.
How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively
Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity, and sound risk management. What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC).
"How the CFO and General Counsel Can Partner More Effectively"
Indeed, due to increased commercial complexity in global companies as well as the growing impact of business and society issues, the expertise, quality, breadth, power, and compensation of the General Counsel have increased dramatically in recent decades. At many firms, the GC has replaced the law firm senior partner as primary CEO counselor, becoming a core member of top management and participating in decisions and actions not just about law but also about business.
"How Global Corporations Should Confront Pervasive Distrust"
Indeed, the harsh criticism and harsh realities involving “business and society” issues have become as important as commercial, product and financial issues for global corporations.
Are Democrats Really Better for America’s Economy?
Hillary Clinton has repeatedly claimed in recent months that the US economy does much better when a Democrat is in the White House. Coming from the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, that probably sounds like political spin. But the truth is that she is absolutely right. The president, no doubt, is but one of many factors shaping the economy, and some presidents have certainly been luckier than others.
The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension
The Inside Counsel Revolution: Resolving the Partner-Guardian Tension by Ben W. Heineman, Jr., former General Electric General Counsel and a founding father of the inside counsel movement, describes the past, present and future of this transformation. He takes a critical and careful look at the central role of General Counsel in advancing the core mission of todays corporation: to achieve high performance with high integrity and sound risk management.
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"Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy"
All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.
Corporations Need a Better Approach to Public Policy
All companies that operate internationally face a striking dual challenge in dealing with public policy: Nations across the globe enact an ever-changing, ever-expanding array of detailed legislation and regulation to protect workers, consumers, investors, and the public welfare, and these diverse rules shape what companies can and cannot do.
The Inside Counsel Revolution
The practical ideal of the modern general counsel is a lawyer-statesperson who is an outstanding technical expert, a wise counselor and an effective leader, and who has a major role assisting the corporation achieve the fundamental goal of global capitalism: the fusion of high performance with high integrity and sound risk management.
Podcast: "The Middle East at the Precipice: Challenges and Imperatives for Egypt and the Region" with Nabil Fahmy
An audio recording from Nabil Fahmy, former Foreign Minister of Egypt and Dean, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP), Professor of Practice in International Diplomacy, American University Cairo.
"Lawyers as Professionals and as Citizens: Key Roles and Responsibilities in the 21st Century"
We have written a detailed essay presenting practical vision of the responsibilities of lawyers as both professionals and as citizens at the beginning of the 21st century.
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