Draft:Ethical Compass Advisors LLC

Overview
Ethical Compass Advisors LLC was founded in 2021 by Noah Feldman and Seth Berman in Boston, MA. Ethical Compass is a consulting firm specializing in guiding companies on ethics and governance.

Mission
Ethical Compass is committed to responsibly catalyzing change within businesses. The company specializes in crafting inventive, tailored governance solutions designed to aid some of the world's foremost corporations in recognizing and navigating ethical challenges. Ethical Compass works closely with its clients to clarify their core values and establish comprehensive ethical decision-making frameworks. At the heart of Ethical Compass's expertise lies the creation of institutional structures and governance systems that translate ethical concepts into practical, actionable solutions. These tools empower clients to effectively put their values into practice, grapple with intricate ethical dilemmas, and enhance the transparency of their decision-making processes. By fostering improved ethical decision-making, Ethical Compass plays a pivotal role in strengthening corporate culture, enabling clients to focus on building exemplary businesses. Through its emphasis on thoughtful deliberation, Ethical Compass helps clients build trust with stakeholders and the wider community by steering clear of inconsistent and impromptu decision-making practices.

Founders
Noah Feldman is co-founder and chairman of Ethical Compass. Noah is a prominent figure in academia and journalism. He holds the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law position at Harvard Law School, chairs the Harvard Society of Fellows, and contributes as a columnist to Bloomberg Opinion. With a noteworthy academic background, he earned his A.B. summa cum laude from Harvard University, ranking first in his class, and later obtained a DPhil from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, with a dissertation focused on Aristotle's Ethics. He completed his legal education at Yale Law School, subsequently clerking for Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court and Chief Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Notably, Noah is also the author of more than 10 books.

Seth Berman is co-founder and CEO of Ethical Compass, a partner at Nutter, McClennen and Fish in Boston, and a visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School. Seth has a long and diverse career spanning the public and private sectors, where he has tackled legal and ethical challenges in the digital age. His expertise is widely recognized in privacy, cybercrime law, and responding to cyberattacks. Seth's background includes helping companies establish governance and compliance programs. Seth's educational background is noteworthy, having earned his B.A. cum laude from Princeton University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Cornell Law School, where he also served as an editor for the Cornell Law Review.

Projects
Facebook (now Meta) Oversight Board


 * Conceived and designed the Facebook (now Meta) Oversight Board to establish an equitable system for resolving intricate and polarizing content moderation matters.

Social Media Company


 * Refined the internal structure for content moderation.

Anthropic


 * Collaborated with Anthropic's legal advisors to organize and formulate a Long-Term Benefit Trust, including a rigorous evaluation process, aimed at ensuring independent supervision of the company and facilitating the fulfillment of the AI lab's mission to develop AI for the enduring benefit of humanity.

Biotech company


 * Established a structure for an autonomous organization tasked with overseeing the thorough evaluation of a prominent biotech company's technology and strategic choices concerning their impact on the environment.

Online Retailer


 * Developed an intellectual framework and established a governance structure for a leading e-commerce platform, enabling it to make informed decisions regarding the types of products it should abstain from selling, even when they are legally available for sale, such as items associated with white supremacism or Nazi ideologies.