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Read insights from LRN CEO Dov Seidman
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A conversation between Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer-prize winning author of The World is Flat and Dov Seidman, author of HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything…in Business (and in Life).The world has changed in profound and meaningful ways. It has grown more hyper-connected and hyper-transparent than ever before. Reputations, in this new world, can be tarnished or destroyed with unprecedented ease. Further, reverse engineering has transformed most products and services into commodities. To survive, but more importantly, to thrive in this new environment, Dov Seidman, CEO and chairman of LRN, argues companies must differentiate themselves not on what they do but how they do it. By tapping into the "Power of How," companies can strengthen their culture and reputations and achieve long-term market success.LRN CEO Dov Seidman shares his insight on the board's role in fostering ethical, self governing cultures and argues that for boards to fulfill their oversight responsibilities they must foster and actively engage in the development of their organization’s cultural development. The board must not only champion their ethics and compliance programs, but hold themselves accountable for the shaping of a values-based culture.LRN CEO Dov Seidman discusses ethics and compliance education as a fundamental component in developing ethical corporate cultures. He emphasizes the importance of utilizing educational tools that engage, provoke, entertain, challenge and guide employees to do the right thing.LRN CEO Dov Seidman shares his perspectives on compliance and ethics within the enterprise and argues that a values-based, self-governing culture is the best control of conduct and greatest driver of success.One of the country's most influential foreign affairs writers, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman argues in his new book, "The World Is Flat," that globalization is the most influential trend of the 21st century. Friedman taps Dov Seidman, CEO of LRN, to weigh in on the trend of globalization and its impact on society at large.CEO of LRN Dov Seidman testified at the United States Sentencing Commission Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 17, 2004 on about the need for companies to foster ethical cultures instead of check-the-box, compliance-only approaches. His views helped shape the amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which now call for companies to promote an organizational culture that encourages ethical conduct.CEO of LRN Dov Seidman gave the UCLA Commencement keynote address on June 14, 2002, during which he advised the student body on finding success through doing the right thing.In The Case for Ethical Leadership, Dov Seidman, LRN CEO and chairman, argues that doing what is right represents a return to the philosophical underpinnings of capitalism grounded in ethics.In the Effective Board Governance paper, Dov Seidman, LRN CEO and chairman, discusses the role of the Board in assessing and improving their organization's ethical health.In the Ethical Ecosystem paper, Dov Seidman, LRN CEO and chairman, discusses that even a company that’s punctilious about meeting high standards has to deal with outside influences that may run counter to those standards. As supply chains expand, and as outsourcing and offshoring increase, it’s harder to know where the risks and vulnerabilities are. Today, companies must be aware of, and care for, the entire ethical "ecosystem."In "The Board Governance Series" presented by Corporate Board Magazine and NASDAQ, LRN CEO Dov Seidman discusses methods for constructing an ethical corporate culture. He outlines the importance of embracing the spirit of the law, determining the cultural objectives for an organization, moving beyond proxies to directly assess cultures, and educating all employees to foster a self-governing environment.Continuing his discussion, LRN CEO Dov Seidman shares four more techniques for creating a self-governing corporate culture. He emphasizes vigilance and personal responsibility, creating a culture with an abundance of trust, celebrating and rewarding ethical behavior, and ensuring leadership embraces culture and sets the tone for the organization. |
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