Dark Patterns and Corporate Scandals with Guido Palazzo

About this episode

The episode discusses corporate scandals and the ethical challenges within organizations with guest Guido Palazzo.

Are there patterns that define corporate scandals? What are the 9 toxic building blocks that are present when such scandals unfold? How can leaders and followers alike help to build ethically robust organisations? In today’s episode, I am speaking with Guido Palazzo who is a professor of business ethics at the University of Lausanne and the author of Dark Patterns – the hidden dynamics of corporate scandals We discuss: · How all of us are vulnerable to getting caught up in these Dark Patterns? · Why the ability to speak up and for leaders to listen are so important · Why having a Plan B is important in being able to break rank and undermine the Dark Pattern · in the world instead of a top-down world led by the love of money and power More about Guido Palazzo: Guido Palazzo is Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. His research is focused on unethical behavior in organization . Guido has trained leadership teams and boards of directors of numerous companies in Europe, Asia and the USA in ethics. CONTACT Website: https://guidopalazzo.com/ Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/guidopalazzo To subscribe to the BAREFOOT MEDIATOR PODCAST series - please visit…

People in this episode

Host: The Barefoot Mediator Podcast

Guest: Guido Palazzo

Topics covered

• corporate scandals
• business ethics
• leadership
• toxic building blocks
• Dark Patterns

Keywords

• corporate scandals
• business ethics
• leadership
• Dark Patterns
• toxic behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Lausanne

Books & works: Dark Patterns – the hidden dynamics of corporate scandals

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