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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Lesson from Warren Buffet about Ethical Blind Spots
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
Should companies let employees keep working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? Assessing the impact of remote work has involved a lot of guesswork for business leaders, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Consider the Chinese travel company Ctrip, now known as... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
WeWork Cofounder Miguel McKelvey: Blind Spots in Leadership
- 2011
- Book
Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It
By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Failure; Performance Evaluation; Sales; Consumer Products Industry
Bazerman, Max H., and Ann E. Tenbrunsel. Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It. Princeton University Press, 2011.
- 21 Dec 2013
- News
Kenneth A. Schechter, 83, Dies; With Help, He Flew Blind
- 08 Sep 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, Negative News and Belief Updating
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t
- February 2011
- Article
Blind Ethics: Closing One's Eyes Polarizes Moral Judgments and Discourages Dishonest Behavior
By: E. M. Caruso and F. Gino
Caruso, E. M., and F. Gino. "Blind Ethics: Closing One's Eyes Polarizes Moral Judgments and Discourages Dishonest Behavior." Cognition 118, no. 2 (February 2011): 280–285.
- Article
Color Blindness and Interracial Interaction: Playing the Political Correctness Game
By: Michael I. Norton, Samuel R. Sommers, Evan P. Apfelbaum, Natassia Pura and Dan Ariely
Norton, Michael I., Samuel R. Sommers, Evan P. Apfelbaum, Natassia Pura, and Dan Ariely. "Color Blindness and Interracial Interaction: Playing the Political Correctness Game." Psychological Science 17, no. 11 (November 2006): 949–953.
- Article
Blind Spots in Strategic Decision Making: The Case of Competitor Analysis
By: E. J. Zajac and M. H. Bazerman
Zajac, E. J., and M. H. Bazerman. "Blind Spots in Strategic Decision Making: The Case of Competitor Analysis." Academy of Management Review 16, no. 1 (January 1991): 37–56. (To be reprinted in C.A. Maritan and M.A. Peteraf, Competitive Strategy, Edward Elgar Publishing Strategic Management series.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, Negative News and Belief Updating
By: Bradley R. Staats, Diwas S. KC and Francesca Gino
Traditional models of operations management involve dynamic decision-making assuming optimal (Bayesian) updating. However, behavioral theory suggests that individuals exhibit bias in their beliefs and decisions. We conduct both a field study and two laboratory studies... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Operations; Egocentric Bias; Experience; Healthcare Operations; Prejudice and Bias; Behavior; Operations; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment
Staats, Bradley R., Diwas S. KC, and Francesca Gino. "Blinded by Experience: Prior Experience, Negative News and Belief Updating." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-015, August 2015.
- January 2016
- Article
Blind Loyalty?: How Group Loyalty Makes Us See Evil or Engage in It
By: John Angus D. Hildreth, Francesca Gino and Max Bazerman
Loyalty often drives corruption. Corporate scandals, political machinations, and sports cheating highlight how loyalty's pernicious nature manifests in collusion, conspiracy, cronyism, nepotism, and other forms of cheating. Yet loyalty is also touted as an ethical... View Details
Hildreth, John Angus D., Francesca Gino, and Max Bazerman. "Blind Loyalty? How Group Loyalty Makes Us See Evil or Engage in It." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 132 (January 2016): 16–36.
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Giving Back
It was in grade school that Jim Gibbons (MBA ’94) began to lose his sight due to macular degeneration, a retinal condition; by his junior year at Purdue, his vision loss was complete. Today, Gibbons is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International, a network... View Details
- 02 Jun 2013
- News
On the Job: Don't let shiny job blind you to realities
- 2022
- Working Paper
Are Experts Blinded by Feasibility?: Experimental Evidence from a NASA Robotics Challenge
By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Zoe Szajnfarber, Jason Crusan, Michael Menietti and Karim R. Lakhani
Resource allocation decisions play a dominant role in shaping a firm’s technological trajectory and competitive advantage. Recent work indicates that innovative firms and scientific institutions tend to exhibit an anti-novelty bias when evaluating new projects and... View Details
Keywords: Evaluations; Novelty; Feasibility; Field Experiment; Resource Allocation; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Decision Making
Lane, Jacqueline N., Zoe Szajnfarber, Jason Crusan, Michael Menietti, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Are Experts Blinded by Feasibility? Experimental Evidence from a NASA Robotics Challenge." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-071, May 2022.
- Article
Blinded by Anger or Feeling the Love: How Emotions Influence Advice Taking
By: F. Gino and M. E. Schweitzer
Gino, F., and M. E. Schweitzer. "Blinded by Anger or Feeling the Love: How Emotions Influence Advice Taking." Journal of Applied Psychology 93, no. 5 (September 2008): 1165–1173.
- 28 Dec 2018
- News
Answering a quick video call to help a blind person is ‘so awesome’
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
practices that place a great deal of weight on "attitude" and "listening skills." Trust is a cornerstone of an efficient and effective system. Bad things happen when it is undermined by unmet expectations or ethical View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 May 2015
- News