Morals - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

The last few months have been trying for Maureen Park, the managing director of a small portfolio management firm. The firm's parent company, a large financial services concern, was performing below forecasts, and morale among Park's... View Details

Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn

Blog

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 moral and ethical... View Details

04 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

with regulators, its public reputation, and the morale of its employees. (Each of these factors has proven to be crucial to a firm's standing in the competitive landscape.) He hypothesized that the extent of the damage to a firm would... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion Social discord continues over Vietnam War and civil rights Watergate scandal undermines faith in authority... View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

face rejection are job requirements for entrepreneurs. “No one person can build a company,” says Dahod, reflecting that one of the most difficult moments in his career was when he sold Starent to Cisco and decided to build a new team. “I felt a View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

must decide its values. Identifying these values should be a collaborative, inclusive process at all levels. For example, common organizational values are "we are a people-first business" or "global impact in how people work" or even "do what is ethically or View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

massacre and reparations, I’m hopeful that we can all learn more about this dark period and the vexing question of how to address it,” notes Desai. While Oklahoma has acknowledged its moral responsibility, creating a memorial and giving... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

underrepresented communities. As the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, executives worked to continue these efforts, despite supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and erratic consumer spending. Beyond the moral imperatives of confronting... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

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Banking on Success

Morgan Stanley fit in the universe - and he could syndicate anything. Gordon Richardson, former governor of the Bank of England, remains a man of impeccable manners and morals and is endowed with a superb mind. At its core, the investment... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Oct 2000
News

Carlos A. Saladrigas: Hardworking Optimist

the relatives' house when federal agents removed Elián. "The silver lining in this difficult situation," says the diplomatic and optimistic Saladrigas, "is that the Cuban community has been brought together." Saladrigas traces his moral... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

corporate greed? Do you think there is a different mindset now for companies and executives to change and become more socially and morally responsible? A: In the midst of the current global economic crisis, people are outraged by highly... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

the time Conant was recruited, the company's share price had dropped from a high of $60 in 1998 to $30. Conant took a good long look at staff morale and didn't like what he saw. "We had a toxic culture. People were understandably... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

2010
Working Paper

Integrity: A Positive Model That Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality Abridged

By: Werner H. Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Steve Zaffron

We present a positive model of integrity that, as we distinguish and define integrity, provides powerful access to increased performance for individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. Our model reveals the causal link between integrity and increased... View Details

Keywords: Trust; Performance Productivity; Information Technology; Knowledge; Moral Sensibility; Opportunities; Competitive Advantage; Legal Liability; Cost vs Benefits

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28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

says, “but to what seems morally right during a particular period in certain circles.” The authors also differentiate between political incorrectness and other types of insensitive communications, such as hate speech. [div... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

ways." Haunted by a belief that scientific, technological, and material progress was outstripping society's capacity for moral self-governance, and that the professions that had traditionally provided social and View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society

economics of lending and borrowing, but with its moral dimensions. 2 Usury—or lending on interest—was condemned by nearly every ancient authority from Plato onward. Medieval theologians followed their lead, placing avarice at the head of... View Details

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Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

mergers, Parliament began to regulate the level of capital and the number of acquisitions permitted. William Gladstone, political leader and Christian socialist philosopher, believed the state had moral responsibilities to the public... View Details

July 2021
Case

'Why I Blew the Whistle': Mauro Botta v. PwC

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Sarah Mehta

Set in April 2021, this case tells the story of Mauro Botta, a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In 2016, Botta filed a whistleblower claim with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that PwC had failed to fulfill its obligations to remain... View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Corporate Governance; Accounting Industry; United States; California; San Jose