#Business Ethics

Articles (14)

• 🇺🇸 AI runs this store. It's lied, surveilled workers and tried to hire someone in Afghanistan. — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  Andon Market, created and managed by an AI system, but staffed by two human employees, opened Friday in San Francisco.

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Workplace Automation
• 🇺🇸 Backstreet Boys’ Ex Manager Admits to Undermining Band to Help ‘NSYNC: ‘I’m Going to Turn All My Guns Against You’ — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Music manager Johnny Wright makes the revelation in the new Investigation Discovery docuseries, ‘Boy Band Confidential.'

  Related: #Music Industry, #Pop Culture
• 🇺🇸 The pros and cons of stretch goals — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Setting really tough targets encourages risk-taking, for good and bad

  Related: #Organizational Psychology, #Performance Management
• 🇺🇸 CEO of $5B startup once took 'shortcuts' to grow business—until 'alarm bells' went off: Without change, we wouldn't 'have a company' — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Faire risked never turning its sky-high valuation into sustainable business — until a moment that caused CEO Max Rhodes to change his approach, he says.

  Related: #Corporate Turnaround
• 🇺🇸 Elon Musk to take stand in Twitter shareholder trial accusing him of deflating stock before purchase — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Elon Musk is expected to take the stand in a shareholder trial Wednesday in San Francisco, where he’s accused of making false and misleading statements that drove down Twitter’s stock pric...

  Related: #Legal, #Corporate Governance, #Social Media
• 🇺🇸 Trump family business files for trademark rights on airports using president's name — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  The Trump family company wants to trademark the use of the president’s name on any airports but says it doesn’t plan on charging a fee — at least for a proposed renaming of one near ...

  Related: #Trademark Law, #Political Branding
• 🇺🇸 Hyatt executive chairman Pritzker steps down, cites ’terrible judgment’ in Epstein ties — 16/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Corporate Governance, #Leadership Accountability, #Reputational Risk
• 🇺🇸 Tom Pritzker, Hyatt Heir, Steps Down as Executive Chairman Over Links to Epstein — 16/02/2026 [USA]

  The member of a prominent and wealthy family, Mr. Pritzker was in regular contact with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

  Related: #Wealth and Influence, #Corporate Governance
• 🇺🇸 I Left My Job at OpenAI. Putting Ads on ChatGPT Was the Last Straw. — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  Ads on ChatGPT aren’t a bad idea. But they have to be done the right way.

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Corporate Governance
• 🇺🇸 Andrew Farkas Called Jeffrey Epstein “Blessing” as the Two Did Deals — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  Andrew Farkas has repeatedly played down ties to Jeffrey Epstein. But they swapped business favors in the Virgin Islands, and in nearly 2,000 emails, the two expressed admiration for each other.

  Related: #Corporate Accountability, #Legal Scandal
• 🇺🇸 A16z VC wants founders to stop stressing over insane ARR numbers — 05/02/2026 [USA]

  A16z VC Jennifer Li⁠, who oversees some of the firm's fastest growing AI companies, warns founders not to believe every ARR claim made on X.

  Related: #Venture Capital, #Artificial Intelligence
• 🇺🇸 Elon Musk reacts to latest Epstein files drop that includes his apparent emails — 02/02/2026 [USA]

  Emails apparently exchanged between Jeffrey Epstein and Elon Musk are part of the latest batch of files released by the Justice Department. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman reports.

  Related: #Transparency, #Accountability, #Public Scrutiny
• 🇺🇸 First Brands founder Patrick James, brother Edward indicted for fraud — 29/01/2026 [USA]

  The James brothers face charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud.

  Related: #Corporate Fraud, #Legal Issues
• 🇺🇸 Ex-Labour MP's lobbying firm offered photo with minister and VIP dinner for £30k — 29/01/2026 [USA]

  Jim Murphy's company Arden Strategies apologises for "errors" in promotional material for tech event.

  Related: #Lobbying, #Political Ethics