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    Joshua D. Margolis

    Joshua Margolis is James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration and the Unit Head for the Organizational Behavior unit. He is also Faculty Chair of the Program for Leadership Development. His research and teaching revolve around leadership... View Details

    Keywords: furniture; health care; insurance industry; nonprofit industry; pharmaceuticals
    • January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
    • Case

    Return Logic, Inc. (B)

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
    Highlights how multiple rounds of financing work in practice and illustrates how terms agreed to in early-stage financing deals have an impact in later financing rounds. Also illustrates ethical issues that entrepreneurs confront as they build "dot-com" ventures. View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Negotiation Deal; Entrepreneurship; Ethics
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    • August 2017
    • Article

    Teaching Versus Living: Managerial Decision Making in the Gray

    By: Eugene F. Soltes
    Preparing students for the consequential ethical decisions that they will face in their careers is among the most difficult tasks of management education. I describe some of these challenges based on my book Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Organizational Culture; Business Education
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    Doubting Driverless Dilemmas

    By: Julian De Freitas, Sam E. Anthony, Andrea Censi and George A. Alvarez
    The alarm has been raised on so-called driverless dilemmas, in which autonomous vehicles will need to make high-stakes ethical decisions on the road. We argue that these arguments are too contrived to be of practical use, are an inappropriate method for making... View Details
    Keywords: Moral Judgment; Autonomous Vehicles; Driverless Policy; Transportation; Ethics; Judgments; Policy
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    • 16 Aug 2019
    • News

    When Businesses Violate the Public’s Trust

    • Third Quarter 2018
    • Article

    Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey

    By: Amir Amel-Zadeh and George Serafeim
    Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from mainstream (i.e., not SRI funds) investment organizations, we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Sustainability; Investment Management; Investment Strategy; Metrics; Standard Setting; Accounting Standards; Finance; Investment; Information; Environmental Sustainability; Governance; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy
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    • 27 Jun 2022
    • News

    The Power of Trust

    • October 1981 (Revised April 1984)
    • Case

    H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (A)

    Relates the April 1979 discovery of improper income transferal practices used at the H.J. Heinz Co. Background data on the company is presented, along with a detailed description of the organizational practices, the management incentive system, and the corporate... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Business Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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    • 02 Jul 2019
    • News

    Stopping White-Collar Crime at Your Company

    • 14 Nov 2011
    • News

    Creating a Global Business Code

    • 07 Jul 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

    Enron was an innovative company, and its downfall can be traced to supreme arrogance bred by considerable success, some extremely poor diversification decisions, and poorly conceived and implemented administrative practices that led, over... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
    • 25 Jun 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Does ‘Could’ Lead to Good? Toward a Theory of Moral Insight

    Keywords: by Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino & Joshua D. Margolis
    • 22 Jul 2021
    • News

    Sandra Sucher and Ram Charan

    • Fall 2021
    • Article

    Strategy as a Way of Life: Businesses Must Root Strategy in Moral Purpose to Thrive in a Complex, Rapidly Changing World

    By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
    Doing the ordinary things in life a little bit better every day elevates individuals. All of us gained mother's wisdom by living with her, by watching her from behind her, by being scolded by her, and being told over and over again, to be honest, not to tell a lie or... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Moral Sensibility; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    • September 1990 (Revised April 1993)
    • Case

    R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

    By: William J. Bruns Jr.
    Following the company's purchase as a part of a leveraged buyout, the new management team of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. had to decide what to do about the build-up of excess inventory of its independent wholesale customers. The case introduces students to the problems... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Customer Satisfaction; Business or Company Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Consumer Products Industry
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    • August 2023 (Revised January 2025)
    • Case

    The Gift Card Swap

    By: David G. Fubini, William Fubini, Patrick Sanguineti and Amy Chambers
    In this short vignette on ethics in consulting, Brenda Thompson, a new Associate at a prestigious consulting firm, learns that a fellow Associate is using the firm's meal expense benefits to pocket the difference between the maximum daily allowance and his actual... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Decisions; Consulting Industry
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    Leadership and Corporate Accountability

    By: Paul M. Healy
    This course focuses on the responsibilities of companies, their leaders, and their boards. Its aim is to deepend students' understanding of the economic, legal, and ethical dimensions of these responsibilities and to provide practical guidance on driving performance... View Details
    • April 2000
    • Case

    Professionals' Quandaries

    By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
    Presents five situations in which professionals face ethical dilemmas. View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Human Resources; Management Practices and Processes; Situation or Environment
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    • 05 May 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

    Harvard Business School professor Constance Bagley studies the intersection of business and law, and is interested in how companies can use legal resources as a competitive asset. In this interview, Bagley discusses ways businesses can make View Details
    Keywords: by Carla Tishler
    • February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
    • Case

    Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
    Fola Adeola, the CEO of Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank and one of its founders in 1991, is considering what should be done to maintain the bank's original vision and vitality in the face of its rapid growth and success in the marketplace. Known for its high ethical... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Organizational Culture; Ethics; Planning; Expansion; Business Processes; Law; Banking Industry; Nigeria
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