For all of us, failure can seem to be a stunning and unexpected upset. Assuming denial is impossible, the natural tendency is to blame the outcome on some transient situational characteristic (e.g., ...

Responsible Leadership isn’t just about running a business; it’s about shaping its role in society. It’s leadership anchored ...

Responsibility OCD involves an exaggerated sense of responsibility and a fear of unintentionally causing harm to others. To some extent, we all feel responsible in life, whether for our loved ones’ ...

Interested in these topics? Go here. In his response to my recent post, Sandeep Gautam raises two interesting counter-arguments (or "quibbles," as he calls them). The purpose of the present post is to ...

When you have house-guests, do they turn off the lights after using them? Are they careful of where they leave their shoes and clothes, and/or pitch in to help with meals? In other words, are they ...

But simply understanding the need for distributed responsibility is not sufficient if leaders don’t understand what it means to demonstrate responsibility themselves. One way of demonstrating ...

As a small business owner, you want to make a profit and grow your business. That's why you went into business. As a moral, caring person, you want to contribute to positive change in the world. These ...

Social responsibility is a commitment by a business to benefit the community or world in a specific, actionable way. When a business decides they want to implement a social-responsibility program, ...

The post-financial crisis world is becoming a more business-critical one. There are unprecedented levels of scrutiny of large corporations and their actions and those who fall foul of the law face a ...