Morality - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 1999
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Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (D)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development; Trends; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Law; Banking Industry; Nigeria

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January 2018
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Merck CEO Ken Frazier Quits President Trump's Advisory Council

By: Andy Zelleke and Brian Tilley

In the first six months of Donald Trump’s presidency, Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier appeared alongside Trump at least three times at press events, one of which commemorated the first and only meeting of the president’s Manufacturing Job Initiative (better known at the... View Details

Keywords: CEO Role; Politics; Corporate Governance; Moral Sensibility; Managerial Roles; United States

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April 2014
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Evil Genius? How Dishonesty Can Lead to Greater Creativity

By: F. Gino and S. Wiltermuth

We propose that dishonest and creative behavior have something in common: they both involve breaking rules. Because of this shared feature, creativity may lead to dishonesty (as shown in prior work), and dishonesty may lead to creativity (the hypothesis we tested in... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Creativity; Attitudes

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Tamara Lynn Nall

the lights on when the slow music starts! Consult to young entrepreneurs in my local community... Establish an endowment for African-American students at HBS... Be optimistic during the best and worst of times, standing true to my morals... View Details

13 Jun 2017
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https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52729 May 2017 Judgment and Decision Making Is Saving Lives Your Task or God's? Religiosity, Belief in God, and Moral Judgment By: Barak-Corren, Netta, and Max Bazerman Abstract—Should a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2020
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Air Pollution, State Anxiety, and Unethical Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review

By: J Lu, J. Lee, F. Gino and A. Galinsky

Lu, Lee, Gino, and Galinsky (2018) reported four studies demonstrating that air pollution predicted unethical behavior and that one mediating mechanism was state anxiety. In contrast, Heck and colleagues reported two null-effect studies on air pollution, trait... View Details

Keywords: State Anxiety; Pollution; Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Analysis

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24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

investor who would pay a higher price but will need significantly more time to complete due diligence. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807139 Publications The Moral Leader: Challenges,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Kaelin Goulet

an independent study. Maybe it was confronting some of my own personal failings. Apologies to Howard Roark, but good does not always come to hard-working people; weakness is not tantamount to moral failure. I want to treat struggle with... View Details

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

under the Rug: How Unethical Actions Lead to Forgetting of Moral Rules Authors:Lisa L. Shu and Francesca Gino Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (in press) Abstract Dishonest behavior can have various psychological... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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5.5 Admissions Integrity and Procedures | MBA

and degree programs in progress at the time of application; or the admitted candidate has engaged in academic or personal conduct that calls into question their honesty, maturity or moral character or is otherwise inconsistent with the... View Details

2023
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'It Wouldn’t Have Mattered Anyway': When Overdetermined Outcomes Justify Our Sins

By: Stephanie C. Lin, Julian J. Zlatev and Dale T. Miller

We identify and document an “overdetermined outcome defense” which occurs when one learns that circumstances besides one’s own actions were sufficient to produce a negative effect (e.g., deciding not to go to the gym, but later discovering that the gym had been... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Decision Making; Outcome or Result; Behavior

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Adam Smith - Vanderblue Collection | Baker Library

Adam Smith - Vanderblue Collection The Adam Smith – Vanderblue Collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of the works of Adam Smith in many translations and editions, including The Wealth of Nations , The Theory of Moral... View Details

23 Apr 2013
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responsibility, HBS has long tried to promote better business standards. Anteby's rich account reveals the surprising role of silence in HBS's process of codifying morals and values. As he describes, specifics are often left unspoken; for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Mar 2012
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Abstract Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be particularly... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010

related to improved project performance in some cases. Our results highlight a need for more nuanced approaches to leveraging experience in team management. Deed, Clear Conscience: When Cheating Leads to Moral Disengagement and Motivated... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Intriguing Questions

hiding it. The third lesson is that the success of a business person cannot be viewed through the narrow lens of financial wealth, but through a broader moral lens to examine the impact their actions have had on the ways business is... View Details

David Packard

creation of the "H-P Way," a unique kind of moral code that fostered company longevity and entrepreneurial spirit, while creating a sense of camaraderie among employees. View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

September 2017
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Harvard Men's Soccer

By: Alison Wood Brooks and Katherine Coffman

In the fall of 2016, the Crimson, Harvard’s undergraduate newspaper, broke a story revealing that the 2012 Harvard Men’s Soccer team had produced a sexually explicit “scouting report” about the Women’s Soccer team. The story generated national headlines and... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Gender; Social Issues

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01 Jun 2022
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3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)

can address the wealth gap that exists in this country. It doesn’t require a PhD, but it does require a sense of moral obligation. I believe if I can give you positive energy, you’ll return it. That’s the approach I bring to management... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

July 1991 (Revised March 1992)
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Integrity and Management

By: Joseph L. Badaracco

Describes the role that issues of personal integrity play in managers' decisions. Defines personal integrity, the factors that influence it, the situations in which it becomes particularly relevant to company decisions, and ways of overcoming the blind spots that can... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Moral Sensibility; Planning; Situation or Environment; Trust; Value

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