Where to Look for Ethical Risk Inside a Company artwork
HBR On Leadership

Where to Look for Ethical Risk Inside a Company

Jan 28, 2026 · 24 min

Eugene Soltes, professor at Harvard Business School, studies white-collar crime and has even interviewed convicts behind bars. While most people think of high-profile scandals like Enron, he says every sizable organization has lapses in integrity. He shares practical tools for managers to identify pockets of ethical violations to prevent them from ballooning into serious reputational and financial…