Business Ethics is a Team Sport, says O.C. Ferrell, director of the Center for Ethical Organizational Cultures in the Harbert College of Business. Just as many business decisions are made by teams, so must the ethical conduct of business operations be viewed as a...
The word oxymoron is formed from two Greek words meaning “sharp” and “dull.” And if you take a look at oxymoronlist.com, right there between “business casual” and “butthead” is “business ethics.” In 2016, a Gallup poll reported that “the only people less ethical than...
Odds are you’ve seen a Salt Life logo on a vehicle or an item of apparel. But what drives the company behind the symbol? Jeff Stillwell, a 1988 marketing graduate, is president of Salt Life. He sat down with Harbert Magazine to discuss how he helped turn a small,...
CEO’s. Visionary, confident maybe even vain, sometimes overbearing. Focused, if not driven, impulsive. Charismatic. Both superficially charming and casually cruel, certainly not above manipulation, even deceit. These are the people who’ll tell you to cut a corner or...
The Auburn Creed embodies several virtues that the Harbert College embraces and encourages as we aim to provide our enrollees with a superior student experience. One element is to integrate the virtues of the Creed into the fabric of our educational offerings. While...
I pass a giant, sealed jar of jellybeans around in my Executive MBA class, asking students to guess how many beans are in the jar. Half the class writes their answers on a piece of paper, the other half emails me their guesses. Then I ask: Who in the class do you...
