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- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
the flexibility that workers not only want but must have if they're going to handle their dual responsibilities." David Lovelace asserts that it is "clear that employees with higher morale will be more productive. An... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
as an ethical argument, actually. It's really just a different calculation of personal costs and benefits. Regarding people as individual value-maximizers is a valid point of view, but it certainly isn't the only one. Other people see the situation in View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
very presumptuous for business schools ... to feel they should 'weed out' or 'license' the moral credentials of students." Alexander Magoun echoed this view when he asked, "Would it not benefit society and corporate culture as a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Teaching Note
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
Restructuring Work for Your Company (16,149) A bungled corporate restructuring can turn a good idea into disaster. In a book excerpt, Stuart Gilson outlines the keys for a successful corporate makeover. Why Leaders Lose Their Way (12,085) Bill George discusses how... View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
his experience, added: "One common characteristic I encountered is that (the) vast majority of the leaders were morally stable and people who aspire (to a) high degree of integrity in how they solve the unknown by being honest with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
J. Sucher and Celia MooreHarvard Business School Supplement 612-020 Prepare students to make ethically charged decisions by exploring moral disengagement, a process that enables individuals to engage in negative behaviors, from small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
illustration of the earliest trends and dilemmas (c. 1900–1930), when business schools found themselves caught between their business connections and their striving for moral legitimacy in higher education. We show how several of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
particularly a very public one. But high leverage does its disadvantages. Obviously, it can increase the probability of bankruptcy. It can also create incentive problems. When equity holders have too little "skin in the game," View Details
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
Publications 2006 Emotion Review The Power of the Cognition/Emotion Distinction for Morality By: Bazerman, Max H., Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
by Reebok, an upstart competitor. Knight closeted himself in his office, faced the wall, and sat there, weak and sick and devastated for hours. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810077-PDF-ENG Moral Decision-Making:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Employee well-being. CEOs were concerned about their employees: their safety on the job; overall well-being; and their own task as leaders of “keeping up morale and managing people’s fears.” Having to make decisions under uncertainty... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
evaluating financing alternatives. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315137-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-029 Immigration Policy in Germany Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel faced economic and moral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
Decision Processes Poker-faced Morality: Concealing Emotions Leads to Utilitarian Decision Making By: Gino, Francesca, and J.J. Lee Abstract—This paper examines how making deliberate efforts to regulate aversive affective responses influences people's decisions in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
napalm, it turned to several companies with experience in chemicals manufacturing. One in particular—The Dow Chemical Company—bore the brunt of the moral opprobrium associated with the production of napalm. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
co-authors, Werner Erhard and Steve Zaffron, and I distinguish integrity from morality and ethics in the following way. Integrity in our model is honoring your word. As such, integrity is a purely positive phenomenon. It has nothing to do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
FJ Management Inc.
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Matthew G. Preble
In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company’s strategic direction. Maggelet, daughter of the company’s founder, has led FJ Management since 2009 when she stepped in as CEO... View Details
Keywords: Turnaround; Company History; Family Business; Transformation; Volatility; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Cash Flow; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Financial Management; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Leadership; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Negotiation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Ownership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy; Energy Industry; Travel Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Utah
Applegate, Lynda M., and Matthew G. Preble. "FJ Management Inc." Harvard Business School Case 818-028, September 2017. (Revised January 2019.)
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
http://hbr.org/search/113055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-044 A Brief History of the U.S. Tobacco Industry Controversy By: Sucher, Sandra J., and Henry McGee This history of the U.S. tobacco controversy is a reading for a class on "The Insider," a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank
By: Jonas Heese
In 2013, two employees debated whether to blow the whistle on their employer, Bell Bank, after completing an internal review that revealed undisclosed conflicts of interest. Bell Bank’s Asset Management business disproportionately invested clients’ money in Bell Bank’s... View Details
Keywords: Whistleblower; Whistleblowing; Mutual Funds; Conflicts Of Interest; Decision Making; Decisions; Judgments; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Financial Management; Investment; Investment Funds; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Law; Legal Liability; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Perspective; Trust; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
Heese, Jonas. "Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank." Harvard Business School Case 122-022, April 2022. (Revised August 2022.)
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
excerpts from leading commentators explaining and commenting on this trend and the economic and moral problems it poses. Instructors may also obtain a Teaching Note, written by this case's author, which provides suggestions for using this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne