Now, more than ever, we need to be asking - Should we?
Clare Payne is a leading voice on ethics and trust.
She tracks trends and writes about their implications in her monthly Ethical Lens' column in The Australian Financial Review and writes across a range of business publications. Clare draws from her experience as an employment lawyer and her time managing the Integrity office of a global investment bank.
Current work
Clare holds positions of EY Fellow for Trust and Ethics and Fellow of The University of Melbourne. Prior to the global financial crisis, Clare's paper titled, Ethics or Bust' was awarded the inaugural Ethics & Trust in Finance Prize by the Observatoire de la Finance, Geneva. She then founded The Banking and Finance Oath, a Hippocratic-type oath for those working in banking and finance.
Previous experience
Author: Clare is the author of two books, A Matter of Trust – The Practice of Ethics in Finance' and One – Valuing the Single Life'.
Awards: Clare's insights and experience into the power of the individual to make a difference and challenge the status quo are nothing short of remarkable. She has been recognised as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and an Australian 100 Women of Influence'.
Clare is also an accomplished marathon swimmer, having swum solo around New York City, a distance of 46 kilometres and is the only person to have swum from Coogee Beach to the Sydney Opera House, a swim recorded in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Talking Points
A Matter of Trust
Clare covers the role of ethics and trust in creating a better world and the power of every individual to make a difference.A Matter of Trust
This talk is based on Clare's book, A Matter of Trust written with Professor Paul Kofman.
Ethics & AI
Navigating new ethical challenges in an AI-augmented world.Ethics & AI
Clare covers:
– The new ethical challenges AI introduces.
– How to adapt decision-making to a world where AI informs, augments, and sometimes obscures the decisions we make.
– Recognising the ‘red flags’ that can impair decision-making.
– Protecting ‘thinking time’ and good judgement.
– The ‘Ethical Infrastructure check’ and the tools that can protect social licence before it needs rebuilding.
Trust in the Age of AI
The adjusted trust landscape and how to navigate it.Trust in the Age of AI
Clare covers:
– Trust shifts as an opportunity.
– What being ‘trustworthy’ looks like now.
– Understanding the shifting ‘ethical goalposts’.
– Decisions as the foundation of reputation.
– Protecting your personal social licence.
The Ethics of AI for Business Leaders
What ethical leadership looks like when AI is reshaping how organisations decide.The Ethics of AI for Business Leaders
Clare covers:
– The changed expectations of leadership in the AI era: What boards, regulators, and employees now require.
– Confidence in decision-making when the inputs are algorithmic, but the accountability is human.
– Exercising good judgement in a world where every decision leaves a trace.
– Justifying decisions in the age of transparency and scrutiny.
– Building Ethical Infrastructure: The practices that can protect an organisation's licence to operate.
Endurance – Good things take time
Sprinters are rare and overnight successes rarer. The reality is that some things in life will just take time. As a former marathon swimmer who swam solo around New York City whilst holding a position as a lawyer at Macquarie Bank, Clare presents the power of endurance. Covering ocean swimming to a career focussed on ethics in finance, Clare gives a personal insight to values at work, the need for determination and believing the individual can make a difference.
Endurance – Good things take time
Women Changing the World
Clare tracks the rise of women's wealth and the implications for our world. How women save, spend and invest is shaping the world for good. Learn more about the future that's already underway. This talk is based on Clare's long-form essay She Will Have Her Sway' and other commentary published in the Australian Financial Review.
Women Changing the World
Video
Clare Payne - Graduate Occasional Address - University of Melbourne
"Endurance" Leading Ethics Author Clare Payne addresses the graduating students from the Faculty of Business and Economics, and Melbourne School of Engineering. Clare Payne is a leading voice on ethics and trust. She tracks trends and writes about their implications in her monthly 'Ethical Lens' column in The Australian Financial Review and writes across a range of business publications. Clare draws from her experience as an employment lawyer and her time managing the Integrity office of a global investment bank.Clare Payne Presents at NAOS Insights Evening
Clare Payne is a leading voice on ethics and trust. She tracks trends and writes about their implications in her monthly 'Ethical Lens' column in The Australian Financial Review and writes across a range of business publications. Clare draws from her experience as an employment lawyer and her time managing the Integrity office of a global investment bank.Lots of information packed into the presentation, very interesting and useful. Clare also uses practical Ethics examples in the presentation. Clare has brought the Ethics topic to life. ... keep reading Auckland Council
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