Hack My MBA for Lawyers: Business Ethics vs. Legal Ethics

• Distinguish Between Business Ethics and Legal Ethics
• Identify the Sources of Ethical Norms in Business
• Review Some Guidelines for Making Ethical Decisions in Business, and Discuss
• How Lawyers Can (and Should) Participate in that Process

Runtime: 1 hour, 5 minutes
Recorded: April 29, 2023

For NY - Difficulty level: For experienced attorneys (nontransitional)

Have you ever thought about getting an MBA? Save your time and money! In this series of programs, “Hack my MBA for Lawyers,” practicing lawyers who hold MBA’s take key concepts from the MBA curriculum that have real value for practicing lawyers, teach them to you in an engaging way and show how to apply them in your practice using real-world hypotheticals. In the process, you’ll also learn the unique language MBA’s employ - sometimes called “MBA-speak” - to help you better understand and communicate with your MBA-trained or other finance-type clients.

In this third program in the series, Zach McGee explores the topic of business ethics versus legal ethics to help you answer two key questions: what are your business clients taught about ethics, and how can you, as their lawyer, help them make ethical business decisions? Zach uses notorious scandals at Theranos, Volkswagen and Turing Pharmaceuticals to illustrate how real-world institutional and competitive pressures can lead some business leaders to follow unethical business practices. Rules covered include: ABA Model Rule 2.1; ABA Model Rule 4.1; and Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code Section 6068.

This program was recorded on April 29th, 2023.

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