Sociology Of Ethics And Morality - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2017 (Revised September 2017)
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells and Carole A. Winkler

In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and many attributed Trump’s victory to... View Details

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HBR Classics - Alumni

in Decision Making , John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Riaffa Who Has the D , Paul Rogers and Marcia Blenko Ethical Leadership Ethical... View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

Moreover, moral and ethical considerations may decisively influence how the law is applied. As a result, purely technical legal advice is often inadequate. CEOs should be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

January 2021 (Revised April 2022)
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Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

This case examines the leadership of Corie Barry, the new CEO of Best Buy, with a focus on actions the company took in 2020 to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case includes a history of Best Buy’s strategy and leadership, including the transitions between the... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change; Disruption; Volatility; Communication; Competency and Skills; Customers; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Goods and Commodities; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Executive Compensation; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Jobs and Positions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Law; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Management; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Risk Management; Operations; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Science; Strategy; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; Minnesota

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29 Nov 2017
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How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

Zanato, and Vera Ribaudo. A reluctant merchant Born into a family of cloth and wool traders, Cotrugli was a reluctant merchant, pulled from his studies at the University View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Jul 2018
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Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

moral leadership, it needs to carefully examine and discuss issues that cross the line from legal to immoral. Microsoft needs to show its employees that it takes the issue of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

well-meaning but ultimately toothless calls for greater individual integrity and ethics on the other. To speak of the professional obligations of... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

values/value systems , ethics , moral leadership Interviews Ian Fuhr Robert Brozin Victoria Ivashina Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration Anne View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Complexity (3) Conflict Management (4) Conflict and Resolution (13) Conflict of Interests (1) Construction (1) Consumer Behavior (173) Contracts (7) Cooperation (3) Cooperative Ownership (1) Copyright (2)... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

market economies such as the United States. This article finds instead that regional influences were more important, supporting sociological theories about the importance of visibility in corporate green... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Heather Lee Brien McMahon High School Norwalk, CT CT 18 of 29 Kylie Miller Hamden High School Hamden, CT CT 19 of 29 Paul Phillips New Canaan High School New Canaan, CT Subjects: History CT 20 View Details

17 Aug 2021
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Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?

introduction of penicillin or vaccines. “So many people are injured and dying on the roads every year, and we are allowing that to happen,” says De Freitas. “That’s an View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

25 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

Charlottesville—and more generally with regards to the Trump Administration—is actually the simplest one. Leaders have many obligations to others. They also have obligations to themselves, to their own ethics View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Old Westbury, NY MI Eric Posthumus Grandville High School Grandville, MI Subjects: College Prep/Honors U.S. Government, U.S. History TX Jessica Postlethwaite Cinco Ranch High School Katy, TX Subjects: AP US History CT Karen Prager Academy View Details

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

these tasks will enable knowledge workers to concentrate on value-adding activities where human expertise is indispensable, such as interpreting context and nuance, exercising emotional intelligence, addressing View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

number of contexts. They are unconstrained by moral boundaries. Are these technologies different from other ground-breaking technologies such as electricity, nuclear power and... View Details

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Events - Business History

Entrepreneurial History," co-organized by Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski. Oct 27 27 Oct 2025 Business History Seminar David Smith (Wilfrid Laurier University), "Reimagining the Mid-Century American Corporation: Spirituality,... View Details

18 Jun 2001
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Why Leaders Need Great Books

adversaries," Badaracco said. "You see them trying to figure out who they are and what they really care about over the course of these books." Many students who first enroll in The View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2000
News

Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist

Three dollars in cash, six changes of clothing, five bottles of rum, and a box of cigars. These were the items that belonged to 12-year-old... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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