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- September 1994 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
Forging the New Salomon
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Describes Salomon Brothers' recovery from the August 1991 Treasury auction scandal. Details the impact of the firm's disclosure of bidding improprieties and describes how the new management team, led by Warren Buffett and Deryck Maughan, guided the company through the...
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Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Forging the New Salomon." Harvard Business School Case 395-046, September 1994. (Revised January 2004.)
- October 1999
- Case
Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine
This case describes the decisions made by Shell in response to the situation presented in the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Transformation;
Energy Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (B)." Harvard Business School Case 300-040, October 1999.
- October 2008
- Article
Navigating the Bind of Necessary Evils: Psychological Engagement and the Production of Interpersonally Sensitive Behavior
By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky
We develop grounded theory about how individuals respond to the subjective experience of performing "necessary evils" and how that influences the way they treat targets of their actions. Despite the importance and difficulty of delivering just, compassionate treatment...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Fairness;
Moral Sensibility;
Problems and Challenges;
Behavior;
Power and Influence;
Welfare
Margolis, Joshua D., and Andrew Molinsky. "Navigating the Bind of Necessary Evils: Psychological Engagement and the Production of Interpersonally Sensitive Behavior." Academy of Management Journal 51, no. 5 (October 2008): 847–872. (Winner of Academy of Management. Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior Award presented by Academy of Management.)
- January 2006
- Case
Ron Perez (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine
The division human resources officer must decide whether to discipline a long-time employee for misusing company time and for improperly filling out time cards for his work on government contracts. Intended to focus on the various factors relevant to disciplining...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Employees;
Business or Company Management;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizations;
Crime and Corruption
Paine, Lynn S. "Ron Perez (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-084, January 2006.
- August 2004 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Li Ka-Shing
By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
From his humble beginnings in China as a teacher's son, a refugee, and later as a salesman, Li provides a lesson in integrity and adaptability. Through hard work, and a reputation for remaining true to his internal moral compass, he was able to build a business empire...
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Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Style;
Success;
Business Conglomerates;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
China
Nohria, Nitin, and Bridget Gurtler. "Li Ka-Shing." Harvard Business School Case 405-026, August 2004. (Revised December 2005.)
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
Is the Discussion of Infotech Security versus Privacy a Waste of Time? Summing Up Discussion of this month’s question devolved into a debate about the usual issues: privacy versus security, Apple versus the FBI, citizens versus their government. These are important...
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- October 15, 2021
- Article
Virtuous Victims
By: Jillian J. Jordan and Maryam Kouchaki
How do people perceive the moral character of victims? We find, across a range of transgressions, that people frequently see victims of wrongdoing as more moral than non-victims who have behaved identically. Across 15 experiments (total n = 9,355), we document this...
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Keywords:
Moral Judgment;
Restorative Justice;
Punishment;
Compensation;
Person Perception;
Moral Sensibility;
Judgments;
Perception
Jordan, Jillian J., and Maryam Kouchaki. "Virtuous Victims." Science Advances 7, no. 42 (October 15, 2021).
- March 2017
- Article
Why Do We Hate Hypocrites? Evidence for a Theory of False Signaling
By: Jillian J. Jordan, Roseanna Sommers, Paul Bloom and David G. Rand
Why do people judge hypocrites, who condemn immoral behaviors that they in fact engage in, so negatively? We propose that hypocrites are disliked because their condemnation sends a false signal about their personal conduct, deceptively suggesting that they behave...
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Keywords:
Moral Psychology;
Condemnation;
Vignettes;
Deception;
Social Signaling;
Open Data;
Open Materials;
Moral Sensibility;
Behavior;
Perception
Jordan, Jillian J., Roseanna Sommers, Paul Bloom, and David G. Rand. "Why Do We Hate Hypocrites? Evidence for a Theory of False Signaling." Psychological Science 28, no. 3 (March 2017): 356–368.
- October 2019
- Case
David Yin's Vegetarian Mission
By: Boris Groysberg and Evan M.S. Hecht
After the establishment of his critically-acclaimed upscale vegetarian restaurant, King’s Joy, in Beijing, chef and entrepreneur David Yin must decide whether or not to expand to other locations or continue to invest in his existing location in order to fulfill his...
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Keywords:
Restaurant;
Restaurant Industry;
Creative Ability;
Creative Industries;
Values;
Entrepreneurship;
Creativity;
Food;
Values and Beliefs;
China
Groysberg, Boris, and Evan M.S. Hecht. "David Yin's Vegetarian Mission." Harvard Business School Case 420-027, October 2019.
- July–August 2019
- Article
How to Scandal-Proof Your Company
By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
Despite efforts to crack down on illegal activity, crimes like fraud, bribery, embezzlement, and money laundering are rampant in corporations. What steps can leaders take to fix this growing problem?
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Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim. "How to Scandal-Proof Your Company." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (July–August 2019): 42–50.
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Moral Traps: When Self-serving Attributions Backfire in Prosocial Behavior
By: Stephanie C. Lin, Julian Zlatev and Dale T. Miller
Two assumptions guide the current research. First, people's desire to see themselves as moral disposes them to make attributions that enhance or protect their moral self-image: When approached with a prosocial request, people are inclined to attribute their own...
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Keywords:
Morality;
Attributions;
Decision Making;
Prosocial Behavior;
Moral Sensibility;
Behavior;
Perception
Lin, Stephanie C., Julian Zlatev, and Dale T. Miller. "Moral Traps: When Self-serving Attributions Backfire in Prosocial Behavior." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 70 (May 2017): 198–203.
- December 2017
- Case
Charity or Bribery?
By: Eugene Soltes and Brian Tilley
Filip Kowalski, a senior manager at the pharmaceutical company Healthgen, leads sales for the firm’s Polish division. While pitching Healthgen’s products, he develops a relationship with a director of a regional health fund who also runs a private foundation. After a...
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Keywords:
Bribery;
Crime and Corruption;
Law;
Ethics;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
United States;
Europe
Soltes, Eugene, and Brian Tilley. "Charity or Bribery?" Harvard Business School Case 118-052, December 2017.
- February 2014
- Case
The Fall of the 'Fabulous Fab'
By: Eugene F. Soltes and Nanette Byrnes
Fabrice Tourre, a mid-level trader at Goldman Sachs, seeks to understand how he was one of the only executives of any Wall Street firm held accountable in the aftermath of the financial crises. The case includes commentary from Tourre and jurors that found him guilty...
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Keywords:
Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Ethics;
Financial Crisis;
Finance;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Soltes, Eugene F., and Nanette Byrnes. "The Fall of the 'Fabulous Fab'." Harvard Business School Case 114-063, February 2014.
- December 2004 (Revised December 2009)
- Module Note
Module III: Moral Leadership Class Summaries
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Presents summaries for the The Moral Leader course.
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Sucher, Sandra J. "Module III: Moral Leadership Class Summaries." Harvard Business School Module Note 605-052, December 2004. (Revised December 2009.)
- September 1986 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division
Describes events occurring over a four-year period in one division of Graves Industries. The division goes through a business cycle and uses several methods of managing earnings to meet its budget targets. The purpose of the case is to allow the exploration of the...
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Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-046, September 1986. (Revised March 1987.)
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
are the best-positioned market sectors and stocks as well as those to avoid. Hot Stocks provides a roadmap detailing how to invest in this new reality, and evaluates the many ways global warming will affect profit flows in the economy. Right/Wrong: How Technology...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Whale Wars
organization has a strong ethic that means it would never do anything that would injure a human being. Our objective was simply to get in the way and thus stop the killing of threatened and endangered species. In 2011 for the first time,...
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- Article
Assessing the Impact of CEO Activism
By: Aaron K Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
CEO activism refers to corporate leaders speaking out on social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their company’s core business. Distinct from nonmarket strategy and traditional corporate social responsibility, the recent wave of CEO activism...
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Keywords:
Business And Society;
Leadership;
Policy;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Governance;
Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Public Opinion
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "Assessing the Impact of CEO Activism." Organization & Environment 32, no. 2 (June 2019): 159–185. (Profiled in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Chief Executive magazine, CEO magazine, and by Edelman and Weber Shandwick.)
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
Himabindu Lakkaraju, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. The study is one of the first to explore the ethics of repositioning content to influence query results produced by LLM applications such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini,...
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