Marc Epstein and Kirk Hanson have appeared and been widely quoted for the past 50 years in hundreds of newspapers and other global media. They are available for consultation on breaking stories or on perspective pieces. CONTACT MARC OR KIRK, c/o Kirk: ✉ hanson@lanarkpress.com
Topics include: Business ethics, Corporate conduct, Corporate social responsibility, Responsibilities of boards, Ethics scandals, and the Ethics of capitalism.
Institute of Business Ethics Webinar
Institute of Business Ethics - January 13, 2021
In this webinar, Kirk O. Hanson drew on his latest book: “Rotten: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do about It” co-authored with Marc Epstein. Kirk was joined on the webinar by IBE board member Loree Gourley, UK Regulatory and Public Policy Director at EY.
Getting Serious About Corporate Misconduct
The Corporate Board - January & February 2021
It is critical that board members ensure that corporate leaders implement corporate systems, incentives, governance, and management controls to improve corporate conduct. The red flag warnings should be top of mind as they oversee the appropriate governance mechanisms to reduce corporate exposure to corporate misconduct and violations.
Strategic Finance - December 1, 2020
“For decades, CEOs have made clear statements about the importance of acting more ethically and responsibly. There have been extensive changes in government regulations. Corporations have invested in mandatory corporate ethics training programs and hired chief ethics officers.”
Reimagining the ‘Next Normal’ in Philippine business
BusinessWorld - November 30, 2020
“Professor Kirk Hanson, senior fellow of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and former executive director of the Center, presented his analysis of why corporate misconduct tends to continue and what needs to be done about it. A pioneer in teaching and consulting on business ethics since the late 1970s, when he started teaching at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Hanson has seen the panorama of business malpractice, which he discusses in his co-authored book with Marc Epstein, Rotten: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do about It.”
Corporate Mismanagement: Bad Apples, Barrels, and Orchards
What Does It Profit? Podcast - November 17, 2020
“In their book, Rotten: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do about It, [Kirk O. Hanson and Marc J. Epstein] tell the tales that end up inspiring corporate scandal documentaries on Netflix. But what they do that the documentaries don't is give a prescription for how to clean it all up.”