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  • 29 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

"probably not related." "In the United States, people assume tipping and bribery are not related," Torfason says. "There's a clear distinction between professions that are tipped and situations where informal... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

documented as far back as the Egyptian dynasties. While the World Bank estimates that international bribery exceeds $1.5 trillion annually, the larger and more subtle effects of corruption on economies and populations is incalculable.... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS

data analytics group at Control Risks, a smaller, more niche consulting firm, he offered to bring me on as his first hire. I jumped at the opportunity to learn how a team is built from the ground-up. Within days of joining, we got a massive project in Brazil to uncover... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

conflicts of interest, myriad examples of bribery and extortion, unfair and predatory competition, theft and misappropriation of information, civic and environmental irresponsibility. Unfortunately, we have no reliable gauge of how the... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 01 Jan 2014
  • News

To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

$how Me the Money

price-fixing, and influence peddling. But bribery is corruption’s most recognizable face, with some $40 billion annually doled out to corrupt government officials, TI says. Half of the executives in a 2009 TI global survey said that View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery By: Serafeim, George Abstract—Using survey data from firms around the world I analyze how detection of bribery has impacted a firm's competitiveness over the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 25

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45998 Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery By: Serafeim, George Abstract—Using survey data collected from senior corporate executives around the world I analyze how detection of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development

can share their experiences on IPaidaBribe.com. In its first six months, the website received 250,000 hits and logged 5,000 bribery reports. Healy urges business leaders to take action by enforcing strong anti-corruption policies that... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • News

Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

corruption and socially responsible behavior influence corporate profitability. He has found that bribery and corruption, while they may boost sales, lead to a loss in profits. Businesses that tackle environmental, social, and governance... View Details
  • 07 Nov 2019
  • News

Scranton Elects First Female Mayor

fill out the remaining two years of former mayor Bill Courtright’s term. (Courtright, who faces federal corruption charges of bribery and extortion, resigned in July.) Cognetti moved to Scranton in 2016 following stints at Goldman Sachs... View Details
Keywords: politics; leadership; women; career paths; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

corporate culture— and not against the law in Germany until 1999. The competitive environment and permissive culture both played a role in the future bribery scandal. "There are three elements that lead individuals in companies to get... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Chai Ling

persistently - the push for human rights and the rule of law in China. Without those concepts in place, the country's economy will never develop properly." She adds that "the most-respected American companies in China are the ones that adhere to those principles and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; photograph by Webb Chappell
  • 16 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 16

Goldberg and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Supplement 313-019 The international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

corruption is quite detrimental to economic progress. It really depends on the form of corruption and how markets are organized. Q: What negative impact could paying bribes have on managers, even in countries where bribery is common? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell
  • 23 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

bribery and corruption. To guard against the possibility that countries that required mandatory reporting were simply more conscientious about social issues, the researchers performed a time-series analysis that compared countries before... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • News

Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path

should not make any compromises. “We had read so many cases about well-meaning people who made compromises that led them astray,” she says. But another classmate, who lived in a country that accepted bribery as a fact of life, challenged... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 24

and bribe others in order to receive special services in the future. Indeed, in a pair of follow-up survey studies, we find evidence that the link between tipping and bribery can be partly accounted for by prospective orientation.  ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021

made compromises that led them astray,” she says. But another classmate, who lived in a country that accepted bribery as a fact of life, challenged Tercek’s view: Would she think that if she had grown up without robust public and private... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2015
  • First Look

First Look Tuesday

Psychological Framework of Unethical Behavior at Work By: Moore, C., and F. Gino Abstract—Many of the scandalous organizational practices that have come to light in the last decade-rigging LIBOR, misselling payment protection insurance, rampant Wall Street insider... View Details
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