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  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

backroom stock for sale items missing from shelves, or even to scale and price produce items or grind A&P's bean coffees. Cleanliness and courtesy standards, freshness and quality standards, shelf-stocking and checkout standards, and store employee View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 12 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

of moral problems that are very stressful to deal with. It needs mutual learning. It needs multiple perspectives. There's a third reason that popped up in the 90s: globalization. There now is an awareness that if you are in any kind of a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 13 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

did you draw on your background in psychoanalysis to approach contemporary characters and issues in leadership? Abraham Zaleznik: When I wrote my first book on the job of the foreman (1950), an observation and an idea took hold: Leaders have to achieve View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 2010
  • Article

I May Not Agree With You, but I Trust You: Caring About Social Issues Signals Integrity

By: Julian Zlatev
What characteristics of an individual signal trustworthiness to other people? I propose that individuals who care about contentious social issues signal to observers that they have integrity and thus can be trusted. Critically, this signal conveys trustworthiness... View Details
Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Moral Sensibility; Perception; Trust
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  • 11 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521518550 In Favor of Clear Thinking: Incorporating Moral Rules into a Wise Cost-benefit Analysis Authors:Max Bazerman and Joshua D. Greene Publication:Perspectives on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

Bazerman says. “In most cases where you have repeated harassment stories coming out, the organization is morally culpable for condoning it and not taking decisive action.” Every complaint of sexual harassment should be investigated with a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

Business scholars increasingly hinge their hypotheses on sociological and psychological studies, seeking a true handle on what motivates executives, employees, consumers, and policymakers. For instance, the following studies suggest... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 05 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 5

causes considerable societal damage, as demonstrated by increasing empirical evidence. Drawing on recent research in moral psychology and behavioral ethics, I examine "moral flexibility," or the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Article

Kidneys for Sale: Who Disapproves, and Why?

By: Stephen Leider and Alvin E. Roth
The shortage of transplant kidneys has spurred debate about legalizing monetary payments to donors to increase the number of available kidneys. However, buying and selling organs faces widespread disapproval. We survey a representative sample of Americans to assess... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Policy; Health; Market Transactions; Attitudes; Trust
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  • 27 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

At Maverick, employees' morale had gone down, but no one had quit. In my conversations with the CEO, he was eager to learn how employees were feeling about the company, but did not express awareness of this problem. Q: In this firm or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

deductibles. We show how choice difficulties or biases may lead patients to respond to such increases in patient cost-sharing by reducing demand for high-value care, muddying the traditional argument that the price elasticity of demand for medical care meaningfully... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

People Overestimate How Harshly They Are Evaluated for Disengaging from Passion Pursuit

By: Zachariah Berry, Brian J. Lucas and Jon M. Jachimowicz
The call to pursue one’s passion is ubiquitous advice, and prior research highlights the many upsides to doing so. To pursue one’s passion sustainably, people need to try different pursuits— and critically, drop those that are not tenable for them. However,... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Attitudes; Perception; Judgments; Behavior; Goals and Objectives
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  • 01 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

2018 Atlas of Moral Psychology In Search of Moral Equilibrium: Person, Situation, and Their Interplay in Behavioral Ethics By: Lee, Julia J., and F. Gino Abstract—This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

standards. Today, however, a new determination has emerged to deal with what one UN panel has called the "pre-eminent moral and humanitarian challenge of our age." This new resolve may be motivated partly by compassion. But it... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • 10 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

wildly inaccurate, the psychology of perception systematically leads negotiators to major errors.  Self-Serving Role Bias. People tend unconsciously to interpret information pertaining to their own side in a strongly self-serving way. The... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
  • September 2007
  • Case

Nonverbal Communication: Distinguishing Truth and Lies

By: Michael A. Wheeler
This video-based coursework illuminates the importance--and difficulty--of judging whether people are trustworthy. Students can test their skills at assessing whether contestants in a high-stakes game show will cooperate or defect. View Details
Keywords: Nonverbal Communication; Competency and Skills; Moral Sensibility; Emotions; Trust
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  • 21 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership

group The first two points are not as clear-cut as they might appear. While the leader's standard charge is to set direction, a leader also has to communicate a moral and strategic vision that actually inspires people to give their all.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

principle, be instantly acquired, clarity may take time to develop and may interact with credibility in complex ways so that relational contracts may often be difficult to build. Vicarious Dishonesty: When Psychological Closeness Creates... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Jun 2011
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation

Questions To Be Answered What's the best bonus program to boost sales productivity? Can companies inspire heroism in employees? Can employers promote moral behavior? Does money lead to creativity? What's The Best Bonus Program To Boost... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 17 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

resources described in earlier chapters [of my book]—having a good dream, a sound moral code, or unsettling role models—matters at all if leaders cannot resist the flow of success. Tony's story is set in the 1960s, a time when the... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

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