The latest issue of strategy+business explores the clash of personal ethics and professional demands for productivity and profitability.
As companies face increasing pressure to maximize shareholder value and worker productivity, more and more employees are finding themselves trapped between the demands of their job and their own personal ethics. Insights gleaned from interviews with 38 business leaders reveal that although some complained of gross ethical violations in the workplace, the majority grappled with subtle doubts about their employers' value systems. The study offers five strategies to help employees cope with, or change, their work environment and thus avoid disillusionment.
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Winning the Devil’s Bargain
by Elizabeth Doty
strategy+business
5/01/07
During her time at Glenbrook, Erin focused on client engagements in business payments, cross-border transactions, bill payment, and the intersection of corporate finance, banking, and ERP/accounting. She has nearly twenty years of experience leading increasingly complex payment initiatives for corporate clients and advising financial institutions and payment technologists on the development of their payment capabilities.
Erin is also the founder of Forte Financial, a consulting firm focused on corporate finance efficiency, technology, and process improvement. She is a past president of the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco and also a two-term past president of the San Francisco Treasury Management Association. Erin is no longer with Glenbrook, but contributed greatly during her time at the firm.