Publications

Keywords: Ethics; Higher Education

2007
Book

Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Edward Weisband

This edited volume contributes analytical depth to the diverse debates on accountability in modern organizations. It explores the nature, forms and impacts of accountability efforts in civil society organizations, public and inter-governmental agencies, and private... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Business and Government Relations

2003 - 2003
Lecture

Achieving Business Excellence: Foundations of Ethical Leadership." Lecturer. "Ethics as an Imperative in a Successful Economy

Keywords: Leadership; Ethics

July 1982 (Revised April 1984)
Background Note

Some Avenues for Ethical Analysis in General Management

Provides a general framework for the analysis of ethics-related case studies in business policy, drawing upon categories from the discipline of moral philosophy. View Details

Keywords: Management; Analysis; Ethics

2020
Book

Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire from the nineteenth century until the present. It places the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Corruption; Business History; Ethics; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; Middle East; Central Asia; Turkey

July 1984
Case

Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (A)

Intended to advance understanding of corporate responsibility in the context of a bankruptcy decision. The case documents the implementation of a turnaround plan for financially ailing Braniff International. This includes a new marketing and operations strategy,... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy

2004
Chapter

Responsibility, Inconsistency, and the Paradoxes of Morality in Human Nature: de Waal's Window into Business Ethics

By: Joshua D. Margolis

Keywords: Ethics

Article

Automatic Ethics: Implicit Assumptions and Ethical Managerial Conduct

By: Scott J. Reynolds, Keith Leavitt and K. A. DeCelles

We empirically examine the reflexive or automatic aspects of moral decision making. To begin, we develop and validate a measure of an individual’s implicit assumption regarding the inherent morality of business. Then, using an in-basket exercise, we demonstrate that an... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Decision Choices and Conditions

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26 Mar 2009
Lecture

Ethics in Business." Panelist, "Smith Women Mean Business.

Keywords: Ethics; Business Ventures

March 2013 (Revised March 2015)
Case

iMatari

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble

In late 2012, recent Harvard Business School graduate Hannah Lopez is given the opportunity to lead entry into a new market for Plámo, a company that created startup companies in Europe and emerging markets based upon existing successful business models. She had only... View Details

Keywords: Ethical Behavior; Ethical Judgment; Entrepreneurship; Imitation; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Europe; Middle East

28 Apr 1997
Lecture

Ethics Education in Business Schools: The Evolution of an Idea." Speaker. "Smith College Club of Cambridge

Keywords: Ethics; Education; Higher Education; Innovation and Invention

09 Jun 2006
Keynote Speech

The Case for Global Business Standards: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Economy." Keynote speaker. "POLITEIA Annual Forum

By: Lynn Paine

Keywords: Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Global Range

19 Nov 2004
Lecture

Excellence in practice: unsolved mysteries and research questions from the field." Presenter. "The 2004 Ruffin Lectures: Business Ethics and Business Excellence

November 2021 (Revised November 2023)
Case

Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place

By: Paul M. Healy, Debora L. Spar and Amy Klopfenstein

In 2020, Amazon, the $386 billion online retail behemoth, built an eight-story shelter for women and families experiencing homelessness on its expanding headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The shelter, operated in partnership with a non-profit organization known as... View Details

Keywords: Business Ethics; Homelessness; Business And Society; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Corporate Accountability; Urban Development; Society; Information Technology; Ethics; Technology Industry; Seattle; United States; North America

24 Mar 2003
Lecture

Corporate Excellence in the Post-Enron Era." Lecturer. "Rex and Alice A. Martin Global Business Ethics Lecture Series.

Keywords: Success; Organizations

September 1987
Article

The Board's Role in Influencing the Corporation's Ethical Climate

By: L. S. Paine

Keywords: Governance; Business Ventures; Ethics

2020
Chapter

Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones

This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details

Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India

August 2009
Case

Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Values and Ethical Challenges

By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling

Keywords: Business Education; Values and Beliefs; Ethics

5 Jun 1997
Lecture

Ethics in Tomorrow's Company." Guest speaker. "Best Practices Forum

Keywords: Business Ventures; Ethics