Ethical Crossroads
Ethical Crossroads is a podcast about the intersection of business, ethics, and sustainability. Here, you'll find discussions with top experts on topics such as:
1) Compliance
2) Responsible Sourcing
3) Artificial Intelligence (AI)
4) ESG
5) Web3 and Cryptocurrency
6) Sports
Episodes
10 episodes
The Human Side of Critical (Conflict) Minerals and ESG (#10)
In this episode, I meet with Jamie Wallisch, Regulatory & Sustainability expert at Assent - a leader in supply chain sustainability management solutions. In 2023, Jamie visited the cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo to get&nbs...
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Episode 3
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26:18
How Gambling Hurt Shohei Ohtani's Image (#9)
In this episode, we discuss how the gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter hurt Ohtani's image as an honest, transparent superstar. From a corruption perspective, we discuss how even allegations of wrongdoing can im...
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Episode 2
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4:58
Why Shohei Ohtani's New Contract is Bad for Baseball (#8)
In this new episode, we take a look at the reasons why Shohei Ohtani's new contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers - for $700 million dollars, is potentially harmful to the game of the baseball. From a legal and business standpoint, we discuss:&n...
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Episode 1
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4:48
Why the Patriot Way Failed (as a culture) (#7)
In this episode, we revisit the world of sports to discuss why the "Patriot Way", the culture of the vaunted New England Patriots football team, failed to take hold on other teams. Rather than examining why the Patriot Way failed for football r...
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Episode 7
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7:33
How the LA Angels Became Baseball's Most Corrupt Team (#6)
In this episode, we turn to the world of sports to discuss how the Los Angeles of Anaheim, owned by businessman Arte Moreno, have slowly become baseball's most corrupt team. We examine how corruption within the team, its management, and its thi...
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Episode 6
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7:15
Why Web3 is the Future of the Internet (#5)
In this episode, I'm joined by Warren Calove, an expert on Web3, cryptocurrency and NFTs. Warren is a project manager for a Web3 company called Drip (https://www.dripstudios.io/) and heads up his own Web3 company. In this episode, ...
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Episode 5
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32:33
What's Behind the SEC Industry Sweep of Crypto? (#4)
In this episode, we discuss why the SEC has been aggressively filing suits against crypto exchanges like Binance and Coinbase. We take a look at the SEC's recent history of utilizing "industry sweeps" to make examples of companies, in order to ...
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Episode 4
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4:06
ChatGPT - How to Use it for Compliance and Risk Management (#3)
In this episode, we cover how compliance and risk professionals can begin utilizing ChatGPT and whether the application's features are mature enough to help companies manage risk. We run through several real use cases to demonstrate how ChatGPT...
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Episode 3
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12:20
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive - What to Know (#2)
In this episode, we turn to the world of ESG and sustainability to discuss the newly adopted Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The CSRD potentially imposes several reporting requirements on companies in and around the Europea...
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Episode 2
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9:48