Blogs/Features

With the holiday season in full swing, the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to this year’s annual fundraiser, Ethics Feud: The Battle for Ethical Leaders. The fundraiser event took place during NASBA’s 117th Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL. Two teams comprised of CPT […]

The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) once again partnered with Baruch College Zicklin School of Business to co-host the 19th Annual Ensuring Integrity Audit Conference. More than 165 professionals attended the conference held on December 3, 2024, on Baruch’s Midtown Manhattan (NY) campus. The Ensuring Integrity Conference is a one-day conference where topics […]

The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) hosted an Ethics Workshop and its annual fundraiser in conjunction with NASBA’s 117th Annual Meeting held October 27-30 at Signia by Hilton Orlando in Orlando, FL. The CPT was proud to feature Chuck Gallagher as this year’s Ethics Workshop speaker. Gallagher’s presentation, Every Choice Has a Consequence, […]

The first blog in this series focused on Aristotelian virtue ethics, which can be summed up in saying that it is the character of the actor, developed through time and experience, that fundamentally makes an act moral.  This installment will focus on Immanual Kant and how he believed almost the exact opposite. Kant lays out […]

Viable leadership is true and sustainable leadership. You become a viable leader when you act and lead with ethics and integrity. When you prioritize ethics in leadership, the people you interact with will know and understand that you are trying to make the best decisions that impact stakeholders in a positive way. Over the course […]

Aristotle is considered the godfather of virtue ethics. Virtue ethics is focused on the development of good moral character over adherence to duty (deontological ethics) or bringing about the highest number of good consequences (utilitarianism). As most other musings about virtue ethics are derived from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, this article aims to be a helpful […]

Since its inception, the Student Center for the Public Trust (StudentCPT) programming model has focused heavily on Chapter Performance Levels where StudentCPT Chapters were classified into three levels: Developing Chapters, Star Chapters and Golden Star Chapters. The primary goal of the performance levels was for all chapters to progress through each level, while meeting varied […]

Ethics do matter and you can make a difference! The NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT) exists to develop, empower and promote ethical leaders. Ethical dilemmas in the workplace and beyond come earlier and more frequently than we might expect. Following the examples of ethically minded leaders and participating in ethics education, however, can […]