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- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
instance, estimates of U.S. annual losses indicate $1 trillion paid in bribes, $270 billion lost due to unreported income, as well as $42 billion lost in retail due to shoplifting and employee theft. In this article we draw on insights from the growing fields of moral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
and 90%. Executives can dramatically increase their odds of success, the authors argue, if they understand how to select targets, how much to pay for them, and whether and how to integrate them. The most common reasons for making an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake
competitiveness of a particular county or state, and the intensity of the media coverage in the area. Another reason the teen years are so critical The researchers determined that growing up in a county where young voters’ peers were 10... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
account is one that frames the purpose of the for-profit corporation in terms of its function in allowing members of society to meet their wants and needs by coordinating labor and capital in the production of goods and services. August 2013 The Handbook of Global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change
concretely show what this buys humans over AI.” With many companies looking to AI to streamline processes and increase productivity, the research shines a light on the limitations of the technology, says De Freitas, who is also director of the View Details
- 2017
- Book
Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Green Business; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Business History; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; Oceania
Jones, Geoffrey. Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
paltered in some or most of their negotiations, whereas a smaller number, 21 percent, said that they lied by commission. Perhaps they palter more often because it doesn’t make them feel as badly as outright lying. The researchers found that negotiators consider... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
impact, especially on practitioners. A central reason is that Porter addresses very specific needs of different practitioner constituencies, providing a framework and actionable ideas they could easily relate to. The final section turns... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing
employees, where the compensation for whistleblowing is a larger percentage of their lifetime earnings. White: Why do whistleblowers contact regulators? Heese: In our research, the reason that someone went to the regulator was not a... View Details
Keywords: by April White
- 15 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better
Think you’re a better driver than most people? You’re not alone. And you may be one reason self-driving cars haven’t taken off. About 77 percent of participants surveyed in a new study rated themselves superior to automated vehicles,... View Details
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
to ask the right questions about opportunities, risks, and legal and ethical danger zones, and set the boundary conditions to guide the deployment of digital tools and data. Roundtable participants who are digital natives expect... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- What Do You Think?
Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent?
respondents, (2) it works, and (3) there are a number of reasons why others don't or can't practice it. Timothy Lynn Burchfield provided an eloquent endorsement of the concept this way: "Those who serve (vs. power or buy) their way... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
adverse selection and moral hazard, which implies that the social benefits of bank monitoring must for incentive reasons be shared between depositors and banks. Consequently, socially too few deposits are made in equilibrium. Deposit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Resource Allocations across Social Categories Authors:Stephen M. Garcia, Max Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, Avishalom Tor, and Dale T. Miller Publication:Special Issue on Behavioral Ethics: A New Empirical Perspective on Business Ethics... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
with outstanding financial results.— Lynn S. Paine This shift in our understanding of the corporate personality has profound implications for management. Among other things, it means that managers must develop more robust ethical View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- Article
Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making
By: Marlyse F. Haward, Leslie K. John, John M. Lorenz and Baruch Fischhoff
Objective: To examine whether parents' delivery room management decisions for extremely preterm infants are influenced by (a) the degree of detail with which options-comfort care (CC) or intensive care (IC)-are presented or (b) their order of presentation. Methods: 309... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Family and Family Relationships; Health Care and Treatment
Haward, Marlyse F., Leslie K. John, John M. Lorenz, and Baruch Fischhoff. "Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making." Pediatrics 129, no. 5 (May 2012): 891–902.
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
could expect to receive and, if the startup did fail, what impact would that have on her career and reputation? Lopez was also starting to worry about the ethical implications of Plámo's style of entrepreneurship. She worried that by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
In a fraught ethics and legal climate, leaders need to know how to steer clear of trouble more than ever. Corporate Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions, released in September, offers a comprehensive resource on everything from the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
not even be sure how. Yet reflection is important; it gives us a chance to pause and figure out what really matters, especially when struggling with a difficult issue professionally or personally, says Joseph Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
sustainability. He sounded great! He was well versed in the vocabulary and actions of the fight to save the environment, using terms like “clean energy” and “going green,” and discussed how his company was committed to sustainability goals. We nodded along happily... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert