Scientific Committee of the International Reviewof Compliance and Business Ethics By Keith T. Darcy, PresidentDarcy Partners Inc. Introduction As an organized profession the ethics and compliance world is arguably not more than six decades old. The pattern for its growth and development of the profession is clear – a series of corporate or government scandalsContinue reading “The Continuing Evolution of the Ethics and Compliance Profession”
Category Archives: Leadership
Keith Darcy – Greenwich Leadership Forum
In 2010 I was interviewed at the Greenwich Leadership Forum by my friend David Miller, Ph.D., head of the Princeton’s Faith and Work Initiative. In attendance were senior executives and others from the Greenwich, Connecticut community.
University of Illinois – Business Ethics Pioneers
In mid-year 2000, the University of Illinois undertook a project to interview a small group of individuals who pioneered and nurtured the nascent and still evolving ethics and compliance profession. I was privileged to be among the individuals chosen to share our experiences. Driving this project was the effort to capture some of the acquired wisdom for posterity before theContinue reading “University of Illinois – Business Ethics Pioneers”
A New Era of Stakeholder Activism: Why We Are Disoriented and What to do About It
By Morgan Hamel and Keith Darcy Part 1 Background In 1970, Alan Toffler and his wife, Adelaide Farrell, wrote a best-selling book, Future Shock, wherein he defined the title of the book as “disorientation due to premature accelerated change.” Toffler wrote that the speed of change leaves us confused and disoriented. Looking back, however, theContinue reading “A New Era of Stakeholder Activism: Why We Are Disoriented and What to do About It”
I Believe
Growing up in the Bronx in the 1950s I was still in my single digits. Television was in its infancy. Our first t.v. had a three inch screen, and later we graduated to a thirteen inch set, both black and white. One of my favorite shows in those early days was Peter Pan starring MaryContinue reading “I Believe”
Back to the Future?
By Keith Darcy After all we’ve been through, how do we get back to the future? And is that the future we want to get to? As we all know too well, the fallout from the pandemic has been overwhelming. Fear, combined with social isolation, has resulted in unimagined loneliness and depression. Death and griefContinue reading “Back to the Future?”
A Reflection: Arthur Ashe
As a lifelong competitive tennis player, tennis has been my refuge from the day-to-day battle with the world; a place where I can trash talk with my friends, hit some winning shots, and mishit many more losing ones than I hate to admit. For sure, I‘ve had some accomplishments on the courts in days goneContinue reading “A Reflection: Arthur Ashe”
Duty, Honor, Country
On May 12, 1962, Ret. Gen. Douglas MacArthur addressed the students of the United States Military Academy at West Point. This speech became MacArthur’s farewell address where he famously states, “Duty, Honor, Country: These three words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.”
A Commencement Address
The world is a mess. A still-surging life-threatening virus has brought the entire planet to its knees. Health systems and front line warriors are completely overwhelmed and at risk. In our attempt to respond to COVID-19 by sheltering-in-place we face a global economic collapse not seen since the Great Depression. Particularly hard hit by theContinue reading “A Commencement Address”
Facing Uncertainty
People are waking up every day, stunned and dazed by a world turned upside down. The novel coronavirus has upended everyday life in ways that are unthinkable. Businesses have closed, and jobs everywhere have been lost. Friends and family are testing positive for COVID-19, and so many people are dying. The toll on human worth and dignity has been overwhelmingly harsh. There is an unresolved mourning.
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