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- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
Reading: Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal Creating a Global Business Code What do you think about this research? Have you been unjustly punished for the sins... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
company failing to “mind the gap,” we could ignore it. But somewhat similar charges were lodged in the case of cheating on vehicle emissions technology at Volkswagen just months earlier. A proud engineering group was “encouraged” to apply... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
already been litigated in the press and before Congressional committees. My interest is in the 5,300 who were fired. Were they fired for cheating to meet goals for customer loyalty (and ironically risking customer loyalty in the process)?... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
plans to improve their relationships but fail to follow them due to their inability to put themselves in their partners' shoes. I have watched thoughtful managers planning new incentive schemes to motivate their employees, only to find the employees focused more on... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
the Fuqua School of Business. Key concepts include: Creative students who showed a natural aptitude for divergent thinking tended to cheat more than linear thinkers. Creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
lead people to more likely engage in further unethical behavior. In five experiments, participants reflected on their past unethical behavior, and then completed a task designed to measure network density. Those who cheated more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
that may make the devil more salient and push us toward the wrong path," she said. "The forces that tend to lead us down the wrong path are quite subtle we're often aware that we're cheating but aren't aware of the forces that... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
Deflategate, the pro football controversy that spawned a media frenzy, Twitter war, even a presidential joke, has a new claim to fame as a Harvard Business School case study. At the heart of Deflategate is the question of whether the New England Patriots View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
Product is Worth the Price (37,030) Are consumers more likely to buy if they see the price before viewing the product? Uma Karmarkar and colleagues scan the brains of shoppers to find out. How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
opportunities to cheat on tests are likely to engage in self-deception, inferring that their elevated performance is a sign of intelligence. This short-term psychological benefit of self-deception, however, can come with longer-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
Abstract—People demonstrate an impressive ability to self-deceive, distorting misbehavior to reflect positively on themselves—for example, by cheating on a test and believing that their inflated performance reflects their true ability.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
happened to be less effective than the tribal tricks of the trade—tricks that the employees hid from the higher-ups, thus thwarting the goal of learning by observing. Bernstein says that there was no ill-intent or cheating behind such... View Details
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
game. We show that vertical mergers give rise to an outlets effect: the deviation profits of cheating unintegrated firms are reduced as these firms can no longer profitably sell to the downstream affiliates of their integrated rivals.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
related to improved project performance in some cases. Our results highlight a need for more nuanced approaches to leveraging experience in team management. Deed, Clear Conscience: When Cheating Leads to Moral Disengagement and Motivated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Additionally, wearing a heavy backpack affected participants' behavior. Specifically, it led them to be more likely to choose healthy snacks over guilt-inducing ones and boring tasks over fun ones. It also led participants to cheat less.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
is in the container. Likewise, responsible manufacturers don't have to worry about competitors cheating by putting bogus ingredients into their products. So the agency's work for consumer protection also acts as a protection for ethical... View Details
- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
cheating at 13 percent. None of the colleges saw more than four scandals during the sample period, yet 76 percent experienced at least one scandal during that time. Many of these scandals received little media attention, and in those... View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
seeking innovation. The Impact of Campus Scandals on College Applications By: Luca, Michael, Patrick Rooney, and Jonathan Smith Abstract—In recent years, there have been a number of high profile scandals on college campuses, ranging from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
unethical. In four experiments, participants wore purportedly fake or authentically branded sunglasses. Those wearing fake sunglasses cheated more across multiple tasks than did participants wearing authentic sunglasses, both when they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace