ethics - Publications - Faculty & Research

2019
Working Paper

Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Favors the Greater Good

By: Karen Huang, Joshua D. Greene and Max Bazerman

The “veil of ignorance” is a moral reasoning device designed to promote impartial decision-making by denying decision-makers access to potentially biasing information about who will benefit most or least from the available options. Veil-of-ignorance reasoning was... View Details

Keywords: Policy-making; Procedural Justice; Ethics; Decision Making; Fairness

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2015
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Misconduct in Financial Services: Differences across Organizations

By: Jennifer Brown and Dylan Minor

We examine misconduct in financial services. We propose a theory in which experts extract surplus based on the value of their firm's brand and their own skills. Using sales complaint data for insurance agents, we find that agents working exclusively for large branded... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Insurance; Sales; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry

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2013
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The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially important in our uncertain, high-pressure, turbulent world. In this book, Joseph Badaracco answers this question in practical and, at times, provocative ways. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Leadership Style

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July 2011
Article

Unable to Resist Temptation: How Self-control Depletion Promotes Unethical Behavior

By: F. Gino, M. Schweitzer, N. Mead and D. Ariely

Keywords: Ethics; Behavior

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14 May 2004
Lecture

Faculty Development

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Values and Beliefs

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1 Oct 2004
Lecture

Professional Roles, Responsibilities and Values

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Values and Beliefs

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2009
Book

Quanto Sei (a)Morale?: Leadership Etica E Psicologia Della Decisione

By: Max Bazerman

This is a collection of my papers on ethics, translated into Italian. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Ethics; Leadership

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February 2007
Module Note

American Ground Summary: Assuming Leadership

By: Sandra J. Sucher

A summary of the major themes discussed in the thirteenth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Moral Sensibility

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October 2004 (Revised March 2006)
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Learning from Scandals: Responsibility of Professional Organizations

By: Ashish Nanda

This case comments on the responsibility of professional organizations to respond openly to public accusations of wrongdoing by its members. It briefly relates the circumstances of the sexual abuse scandal in the Boston archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church and the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Ethics

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