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Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
Drivers on Interstate 25 in Colorado have been speculating about the fate of hundreds of Volkswagen cars sitting in a lot near Pikes Peak International Raceway. It’s one of 37 sites in the United States where the automaker is storing 300,000 diesel cars it recalled... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
tempting to shoplift a small item, the opportunity to make millions of dollars by insider trading or cheating on a large contract is far more enticing.) As a result, businesspeople must always remain aware of and sensitive to their... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
organization, goals are failing. This is what Staw and Boettger found many years ago. When employees care exclusively about reaching a goal, and bad things can happen if they fail, cheating goes up. This is the most important result in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Spot a Liar
cheat in business." Malhotra, the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, coauthored the paper with Associate Professor Lyn M. Van Swol and doctoral candidate Michael T. Braun, both from the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
culture change came too late. At Zappos, some believe that the change came too early or was even unnecessary. The two cases illustrate challenges that leaders face in getting the timing of their decisions right. How could the problem of View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
is for companies to frame goals in terms of promotion, and what we show here is that this might actually lead to cheating as a side effect.” The dichotomy raises an important question: If employees are generally focused on the benefits of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
overstatement of expenses. Obviously, many taxpayers give in to the temptation to cheat on their taxes—in spite of the requirement for them to sign a statement declaring that the information on the form is "true, correct, and complete."... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sports: Lessons for Managers
upswing in applications. Other universities have benefitted similarly. The reality behind the "Flutie Effect." Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal A case study looks at the behavior of teammates who were swept up... View Details
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
to cheat was tempting, where monitoring seemed absent, and where there was a clear benefit from cheating,” says Gino. “That seems to approximate reality, in terms of the real perils that exist within an organization.” Unbeknownst to the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18
Ayal, and Dan Ariely Abstract In three experiments, we examine whether individuals cheat more when other individuals can benefit from their cheating (they do) and when the number of beneficiaries of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
feel guilty and have increased levels of negative affect after engaging in unethical behavior (Studies 1a and 1b), individuals who cheat on different problem-solving tasks consistently experience more positive affect than those who do not... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015
biological antecedents and consequences of unethical conduct-using salivary collection of hormones (testosterone and cortisol). We hypothesized that pre-performance cortisol would interact with pre-performance levels of testosterone to regulate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
abrupt shift. In the studies, participants served in the role of watchdogs charged with catching cheating in a series of trials. The cheating they observed increased either gradually or abruptly; people were... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
ethically by cheating less. We further found that priming time reduces cheating by making people reflect on who they are. Implications for the use of time versus money primes in discouraging or promoting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It's time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
the Fuqua School of Business. Key concepts include: Creative students who showed a natural aptitude for divergent thinking tended to cheat more than linear thinkers. Creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
that may make the devil more salient and push us toward the wrong path," she said. "The forces that tend to lead us down the wrong path are quite subtle we're often aware that we're cheating but aren't aware of the forces that... View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
Reading: Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal Creating a Global Business Code What do you think about this research? Have you been unjustly punished for the sins... View Details