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- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
very presumptuous for business schools ... to feel they should 'weed out' or 'license' the moral credentials of students." Alexander Magoun echoed this view when he asked, "Would it not benefit society and corporate culture as a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
them. Deception can also hinge on what's not said at the bargaining table. Some people may feel morally bound to respond truthfully to any questions posed to them directly but not obliged to volunteer information. The burden falls on you... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
business relations, and then reputation and regulatory relations. The impact on stock price has been much less significant, and this could be attributed to stock prices not reflecting the impact on employee morale and business relations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do firms have additional View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
priorities. As a business, the company had to see to a commercial logic that pleased customers and did so economically. But as a business with a purpose, its intent was clear: it had to ensure that even highly tactical decisions such as this one supported the company’s... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
All this makes for a case study of the moral courage of ordinary Japanese citizens in times of crisis. There are lessons to be learned here by the rest of us. W. Carl Kester, George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
want to tell the academy that we think CEO activism is a very interesting phenomenon well worth studying, and we think there are lots of interesting questions to explore. So we hope this is the first word rather than the last word in management research around this... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- October 2014
- Case
Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference
By: Clayton Rose, Jerome Lenhardt and Daniela Beyersdorfer
For Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, balancing competitive pressures, demographic realities and values were at the heart of the diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond... View Details
Keywords: Diversity Management; Corporate Values; Competitiveness; Demographics; Change Management; Transformation; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender; Literacy; Nationality; Race; Residency; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Economic Growth; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Immigration; Employee Relationship Management; Civil Society or Community; Manufacturing Industry; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Europe; Germany; Russia; Turkey
Rose, Clayton, Jerome Lenhardt, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference." Harvard Business School Case 315-016, October 2014.
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
Restructuring Work for Your Company (16,149) A bungled corporate restructuring can turn a good idea into disaster. In a book excerpt, Stuart Gilson outlines the keys for a successful corporate makeover. Why Leaders Lose Their Way (12,085) Bill George discusses how... View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
his experience, added: "One common characteristic I encountered is that (the) vast majority of the leaders were morally stable and people who aspire (to a) high degree of integrity in how they solve the unknown by being honest with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
there is no such thing as “the brain at rest.” The “resting” brain—what is now referred to as the “default mode network”—is actually doing all the most important tasks: autobiographical memory and knowing who you are and what you stand for; understanding the mental... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
(DA) at North Atlantic Hospital (NAH), faces several significant challenges. Staff satisfaction surveys confirmed her assessment that department faculty morale was low, the tenure and promotion system was perceived as opaque and biased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
rights and efficient debt enforcement mitigate the effect of excess control rights on loan spreads. Taken together, our results suggest that potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders are facilitated by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
'more advanced' approaches to corporate strategy, company organization, worker morale and productivity, and so on. "I wanted to find a successful, well-established manufacturing company with a single product line and a clear,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
when organizations identify a set of morally sustaining ideals. Ideals animate and help direct decision making in an organization or a society. These ideals are never fully realized. We all recognize that compromise is an essential part... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
J. Sucher and Celia MooreHarvard Business School Supplement 612-020 Prepare students to make ethically charged decisions by exploring moral disengagement, a process that enables individuals to engage in negative behaviors, from small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
illustration of the earliest trends and dilemmas (c. 1900–1930), when business schools found themselves caught between their business connections and their striving for moral legitimacy in higher education. We show how several of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
particularly a very public one. But high leverage does its disadvantages. Obviously, it can increase the probability of bankruptcy. It can also create incentive problems. When equity holders have too little "skin in the game," View Details