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  • 06 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

identified four different approaches people used to perform necessary evils effectively, so that the task got done and the victims were treated with decency and respect.” Margolis, an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

Misconduct: The Effect of Gradual Degradation on the Failure to Notice Others' Unethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Four laboratory studies show that people are more likely to accept others' unethical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

Publication:Wiley Encyclopedia of Management Abstract Now in its third edition, this multi-volume Encyclopedia of Management has been revised and updated to chart the major developments that have occurred in digital technologies, ethics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Abstract—Antisocial behavior is often assumed to reflect aberrant risk processing. However, many of the most significant forms of antisocial behavior, including crime, reflect the outcomes of decisions made under conditions of ambiguity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We hypothesize first, that prior industry experience shapes a set of shared beliefs resulting in similar and concurrent firm behavior; second, that firms will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2012
  • Article

The Impact of Relative Standards on the Propensity to Disclose

By: Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie John and George Loewenstein
Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others' readiness to divulge. Study 1A shows a "herding" effect, such that survey respondents are more willing to... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Surveys; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Judgments; Consumer Behavior; Standards
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  • 01 Jul 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

abandon their ethics to get it.” When applied to individuals, the question prompted an interesting exchange between Sandeep and Phillippe Gouamba regarding the effect of wealth and poverty on the tendency of managers to employ super... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

cast may deviate dramatically from pure QV predictions because of the complex and refined nature of equilibrium play. Most plausibly, voting behavior and outcomes would be determined predominately by social and psychological forces, would... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

Gino, F., and C. Mogilner Abstract—Money, a resource that absorbs much daily attention, seems to be present in much unethical behavior thereby suggesting that money itself may corrupt. This research examines a way to offset such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2003 (Revised May 2004)
  • Case

Sears Auto Centers (A) (Abridged)

By: Lynn S. Paine
In the early 1990s Sears faced and allegations by the California Department of Consumer Affairs that the company's auto repair centers had been overbilling customers and making unnecessary repairs. Top management must evaluate the problem and come up with a plan to... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Compensation and Benefits; Management Teams; Employees; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry
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  • July 1993 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Sears Auto Centers (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
The CEO of Sears must decide how to respond to allegations that the company's auto repair division has been misleading consumers and charging them for unnecessary repairs. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Compensation and Benefits; Management Teams; Employees; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Improvement; Auto Industry
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  • 09 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

engagements, what many have suggested has led to pushing ethical standards that has tarnished some firms’ reputations. The pursuit of higher compensation One of the most notable shifts is the expectation among partners of increasing... View Details
Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting
  • 30 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

competent and reliable. It is a judgment that one makes from information about the other's behavior in specific situations. In contrast, affect-based trust refers to trust from the heart, a bond that arises from one's own emotions and a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 20, 2016

growing body of research yields ample evidence that individuals’ behavior often reflects an apparent concern for moral considerations. Using a broad definition of morality—to include varied non-egoistic motivations such as fairness,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

two recently identified bounds: bounded ethicality and bounded awareness. By organizing diverse theories into a clear framework, the taxonomy should aid researchers and educators in identifying new strategies for improving decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=206046   PublicationsLasting Success for the Christian in Business Author:Laura L. Nash Periodical:Business and Professional Ethics Journal 23, no. 4 (spring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

in external auditing, and 6) auditing management information systems.   Working PapersEmployee Selection as a Control System Author:Dennis Campbell Abstract Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

(2) Review prior research on behavioral decision making to identify ideas that may be relevant to the domain of psychological influence; (3) Provide a series of examples of how behavioral decision research... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

justify the actions of this individual and to behave more selfishly and less ethically themselves. We also establish the mechanism explaining this effect: when participants felt psychologically close to someone who had behaved selfishly,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel