Practical Ethics - Publications - Faculty & Research

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,... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

Asian beliefs, philosophies, and practices are influencing everything from the way we treat the ill to how we make cars. Now, a Harvard Business School professor is looking to the East as a model for developing strong business leaders.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

practice in the use of statistical, accounting, and financial analytic tools. A resident of Westwood, Massachusetts, Hayes sits on four corporate boards, chairs the investment committee at Swarthmore College (his alma mater), and is... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2002
News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

classroom. “Dean Clark understands that ethics is the practical application of character,” said Chao. “And only character can help us resist the temptations that are out there.” Noting that the Labor... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Professors Recognized with New Chair Appointments

Margolis is the James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration. A member of the Organizational Behavior Unit, Margolis joined the HBS faculty in 2000. His research focuses on the distinctive ethical challenges that... View Details

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

economics research, business academics and managers will have the power to substantially improve both the practice of business and the welfare of society. My hope is that we will use that power responsibly. Carliss Y. Baldwin The two... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2019
News

From Das’s Desk

Your Life: Tactics and Practices for the First 10 Years after HBS. The course will give students practical advice, skills, and insights to prepare them for success in life—not just in their careers, but... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

Schwarzman (MBA 1972) Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster What it Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence is the first book from Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and co-founder of the Blackstone Group. Pulling from his 50-year career in finance, the book... View Details

13 Sep 2016
First Look

September 13, 2016

forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Bounded Awareness: Implications for Ethical Decision Making By: Bazerman, Max, and Ovul Sezer Abstract—In many of the business scandals of the new millennium, the... View Details

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Durdana Achakzai

Pre-MBA International Program made such a huge difference. The professors and staff help you understand the case method through practice every day." That sense of welcome continued beyond the summer program into her first semester.... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Disrupting India’s Dental Market

ethical standards.” Indian dental clinics, where size is measured in the unit of chairs, had much smaller overhead, with a specialist’s time by far the most expensive element. For that reason—perhaps along with advertising restrictions... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

05 Nov 2014
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

possibility and addressed the possible practice on its merits and demerits. As Shadreck Saili put it, " all other methods we use seem to be part of neuromanagement any method that can be used to refine the identification of a perfect... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2011
News

Alumni Books

You're Better Than Your Job Search by Marc Cenedella (MBA '98) and Matthew Rothenberg (Downtown Bookworks) This guidebook provides easy-to-understand best practices and tools to help keep a job search on track. Covering such topics as... View Details

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

Seemingly Irrelevant Factors Influence Judgment of (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, Max H. Bazerman Abstract People often make judgments about the ethicality of others' behaviors and then decide how harshly to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2005
What Do You Think?

Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?

conform to the strictures and codes of ethics similar to those characteristic of medicine, law, and the clergy? These are two of the questions posed in a provocative article reprinted from a new book, Restoring Trust in American Business,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Max Reichel

theory. They're actively engaged in challenging my assumptions, while enhancing my decision-making prowess under uncertainty. The cases are based on real-life business and ethical dilemmas that force me to formulate my opinions and defend... View Details

20 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All

completely made up. “They never even tried to sell the product at that price,” Ngwe says. “Consumers could never have bought that product at that price even if they tried.” As he looked into the issue, he realized that the practice is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Retail

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BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society

Inclusion Society is expecting businesses to help involve everyone in the benefits of economic growth. Ethical AI As artificial intelligence becomes integral to business operations, it is imperative to understand the technology’s broad... View Details

March–April 2024
Article

How Companies Should Weigh in on a Controversy: A Better Approach to Stakeholder Management

By: David M. Bersoff, Sandra J. Sucher and Peter Tufano

Executives need guidance about managing their organizations’ engagement with societal issues—including hot-button topics such as gender, climate, and racial discrimination. Success in this realm does not mean avoiding public controversy or achieving unanimous support... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Judgments; Management Practices and Processes

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

into an integrated real estate financial advisory firm," he said. The 1999 sale of Boston Financial's $8 billion Real Estate Institutional Advisory Practice to the Lend Lease Corporation was extremely successful from a financial... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

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