Ben Heineman
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Contact:
Telephone: 617-496-7305
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: ben_heineman@harvard.edu
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May 19, 2009
"Stop Bribery Everywhere"
Op-Ed, Corporate Counsel
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"The most immediate and direct step for U.S. companies is to enlist (and test) the new administration to use its muscle to prevent U.S. business and labor from being disadvantaged by "protectionist" nonenforcement of the international commitment to stop developed-world bribery in other industrialized nations."
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May 18, 2009
"The Junior Justice"
Op-Ed, On Leadership at washingtonpost.com
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"So, the junior justice should be appointed for the long haul. This means the person should be chosen for the power of her mind, rather than her political skills."
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May 11, 2009
"The Long Goodbye"
Op-Ed, On Leadership at washingtonpost.com
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
A defense of the Bush Administration's approach to national security and terror is certainly legitimate at a time when the pendulum is swinging the other direction (to a degree). There should be a great national dialogue on issues of such import. The question about Dick Cheney's outspokenness is, in my view, much less about its propriety than about his judgment and his political effectiveness. Is he the right voice for a post-election Republican party?
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May 5, 2009
"Function, Not Form, Matters Most in Board's Nonexecutive"
Op-Ed, Harvard Business Review
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"The fundamental question, raised but not answered by last week's ouster of Lewis, is what are the functions of a non-executive leader of the board, whether denominated board chair or presiding director?"
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April 27, 2009
"SARS Corporate Playbook"
Op-Ed, On Leadership at washingtonpost.com
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"Multinational corporations have seen this movie before. It was a horror flick called "SARS" (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)."
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April 16, 2009
"Redefining the CEO Role"
Op-Ed, BusinessWeek
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"Like the companies they run and oversee, CEOs and boards of directors in the financial sector have been battered by the credit meltdown. The witch's brew of high leverage, poor risk management, creation of toxic assets, and faulty business judgments-made more poisonous by excessive short-term executive pay-are seen as failures of an unprecedented magnitude. The result: Credibility has eroded, trust has dissolved, and financial re-regulation seems inevitable."
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April 3, 2009
"G20 Fails to Take on Global Bribery"
Op-Ed, Harvard Business Review
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"The irony of the G20s silence about erratic and incomplete enforcement of the OECD anti-bribery convention is that the summit made a big deal about "taking action against...tax havens," citing an OECD list of nations not conforming to international standards for exchange of tax information."
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March 30, 2009
"It's About Accountability, Stupid"
Op-Ed, On Leadership at washingtonpost.com
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"One of the fundamental issues raised by the economic crisis, primarily in the financial sector but also in failing industries like the automobile industry, is: Where was the board of directors to set meaningful performance goals (not simply stock price) and hold business leaders accountable?"
February 7, 2009
"Executive Compensation: What Obama's Plan Means"
Op-Ed, BusinessWeek
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"Given the public's white-hot anger over the financial sector's unwillingness or inability to ease credit since TARP I and seemingly tone-deaf acts by corporations receiving taxpayer dollars (indiscriminate use of corporate jets, for example), the forthcoming proposals on TARP II will likely be dead on arrival if they don't appear to be tough on
executive compensation."
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February 2, 2009
"A Tale of Two Cities"
Op-Ed, On Leadership at washingtonpost.com
By Ben Heineman, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
"The bonus backlash tells once again a tale of two cities which are sharply divided by culture----New York (driven by money) and Washington (driven by power)."
