Responding to Readers’ Questions on ROTTEN

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Kirk Hanson and Marc Epstein discuss their recent book ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It with Kaplan Financial Education and its clients. They respond to a series of pointed questions readers asked on their opinions, writing the book and more.

How are Effective Corporate Ethics Programs Designed?

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Kirk Hanson and Marc Epstein discuss the ins and outs of how effective corporate ethics programs are designed in the fifth video of their series on their new book, ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It.

Why Does Corporate Misconduct Continue Despite Efforts to Control It?

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In the second video of Marc Epstein and Kirk Hanson's series on their book, ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About it, Marc and Kirk answer one question they have been asked and discuss why corporate misconduct continues.

Can We Really Reduce Corporate Misconduct?

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In the seventh and final video in their series discussing the most-asked questions on ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It, Marc Epstein and Kirk Hanson tackle the biggest question: can we reduce corporate misconduct?'

What Are the Three Causes of Corporate Misconduct?

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In the fourth video of their series, Kirk Hanson and Marc Epstein discuss the three causes of corporate misconduct as described in their book, ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It, by illustrating the concepts in bad apples, barrels and orchards.

Why is Corporate Misconduct Such an Important Problem?

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Marc Epstein and Kirk Hanson are producing a series of short videos on the key themes in our book ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It. This video explains why they are so worried about the continuing plague of corporate misconduct.

Evaluating Past Ethical Performance & Risk of an Ethics Scandal in the Future

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In the sixth video in their series on ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It, Kirk Hanson and Marc Epstein discuss the risk that a company will have an ethics scandal in the future while evaluating past ethical performance.

Why Have Corporate Ethics Programs Failed to Control Misconduct?

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In the third video of their series on ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It, Marc Epstein and Kirk Hanson discuss the reasons corporate ethics programs have failed in their attempt to control corporate misconduct.