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Ben W. Heineman Jr.

Ben Heineman Jr. has held top positions in government, law, and business. He is the author of High Performance with High Integrity. More

Ben W. Heineman, Jr. was GE's Senior Vice President/General Consultant from 1987-2003, and then Senior Vice President for Law and Public Affairs in 2004 and 2005. He is currently a Senior Fellow at two Harvard schools: the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School's Program on Corporate Governance. He is also a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School's Program on the Legal Profession and Senior Counsel to the law firm of Wilmer Hale. A former Rhodes Scholar, editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, and law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, Mr. Heineman practiced constitutional law prior to his service at GE. His book High Performance with High Integrity was published in June 2008. In 2007, he served on the Independent Review Panel on the World Bank Group's Department of Institutional Integrity and is currently on an international panel advising the President of the World Bank on governance and anti-corruption. He is a recipient of the American Lawyer's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award of Board Member Magazine. Ethisphere Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential individuals on business ethics in 2008.
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Obama Should Nominate Michael Bloomberg as Treasury Secretary

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Talented anchors, judicious use of analysts, and a more-or-less nonpartisan approach made it the channel to watch on election night. More »

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The Political Lie, From Cicero to Joe McCarthy

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Memories Lost: A Son's Regret

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Afghanistan's Corruption Imperils Its Future—and American Interests

The U.S. is preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan over the next year, but may leave a corrupt and highly dysfunctional country in its wake. More »

Child Abuse at Penn State: The Former University President's Responsibility

Child Abuse at Penn State: The Former University President's Responsibility

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Only Government Intervention Can Stop Corrupt Capitalism

Only Government Intervention Can Stop Corrupt Capitalism

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The Sculptor Who Brought Dead Civil War Heroes to Life

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 Replace Joe Biden

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The Self-Destruction of Tiger Woods

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The CEO knows that his privacy rights are overwritten by the importance of his company. More »

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Justice Kennedy is often the deciding vote in divisive 5-4 decisions. A new nomination could strip him of this role and steer the court sharply left or right. More »

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The investigation into 300 million emails has the media chief's support, but it could do more damage to him and his empire than anything that's come before. More »

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