Ethics and Leadership

Top executives discuss leading through the COVID-19 crisis while striking the proper balance between personal and professional.

"I have always thought that the relationship between the CEO and the General Counsel is the most important partnership that exists," said Reuben Mark, former CEO of Colgate-Palmolive for nearly two and a half decades. 

The Bernstein Center looks back at this year's Leadership and Ethics Week. 

James Keyes '80, Chairman of Wild Oats Marketplace and member of the Board at Columbia Business School, cycles through his greatest professional wins and learnings to provide three key pieces of advice for leading through a crises.

President and Chief Executive Officer of outdoor apparel company Patagonia discusses leading a company at the forefront of strong social change and environmental activism.

"We put a ton of emphasis on company culture," David Heath, founder of apparel brand Bombas, said during the Reuben Mark Organizational Leadership Series.

“Change is what’s going to drive improvement of the world,” says Michelle Dunstan, an ESG-focused portfolio manager at asset manager AllianceBernstein.

The research grants will help provide new tools and frameworks in which to think critically about leadership, ethical conflicts, and the future of work across industries in order to better prepare future business leaders

Faculty experts and educational practitioners from peer schools gathered for the inaugural DEI Academic Conference at Columbia Business School. 

Adam Bryant, a veteran journalist, author and managing director of Merryck & Co, has been appointed Senior Advisor to the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership