Name: Power and Accountability: The Costs and Benefits of Speaking Up
Start: 2026-02-23T12:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-02-23T12:55:00-08:00
Location: MBA Class Of 1968 Building

Power and Accountability: The Costs and Benefits of Speaking Up

Whistleblower Eric Ben-Artzi and former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao examine the costs and benefits of speaking up—and how accountability works.
About this Event

What does it take to speak up inside powerful institutions—and what happens after you do? Eric Ben-Artzi and Ellen Pao draw on firsthand experience to examine the real-world costs, trade-offs, and consequences of speaking up when incentives and power are misaligned. Together, they’ll explore what makes power legitimate, what accountability looks like in practice, and how leaders and institutions can build stronger governance and resilience.