Morals - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

institutional clients. Adding a Harvard MBA to those skills, he says, gave him “the general management training and opportunities I knew I needed to pursue a strong leadership career in business.” Along with lifelong ties to classmates, he says courses such as The... View Details

December 2021
Case

Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-free Online Insurance Platform

By: Amit Goldenberg, Max Bazerman and Ruth Page

"Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-Free Online Insurance Platform" engages students with the challenge of how to influence other parties to not engage in fraud in the context of digital insurance. The case is centered around Slice, a digital insurance company that was... View Details

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Harassment at Work?

By: Lynn S. Paine and Dale Coxe

Presents three scenarios involving behavior that could arguably be called sexual harassment. The first scenario is set in a medical supply company in an unnamed emerging market region. The second is set in a New York-based securities firm. The third is set in a U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Groups and Teams; Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Behavior; Labor and Management Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY); United States

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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
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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

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization

that,” Manso-Brown said. “I want people to come at this work from an ethical and moral calling.” When an organization makes the commitment to be anti-racist, it creates a culture that values the collective and individual humanity of its... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

"Discover Your True North." Related Reading: When CEOs Become Activists A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

female entrepreneur in the turbulent economy of Kenya, Eva Muraya observes, "It's really up to the leadership of the business to define the moral code." Insights, Struggles, And Achievements These insights aside, Jones is interested in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Oct 1999
News

New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

today. Many of the field studies are oriented toward problems faced by small companies. Running and Growing the Small Company, an elective taught by Paul Marshall and Kent Bowen, picks up on this theme. We've got a lot of fascinating electives, including Joe... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

them with the same strong sense of morals that his parents instilled in him. “I think life is about doing the best that you can with what you are born with,” he remarks. “It’s a fascinating journey to discover what that is.” View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

23 Feb 2016
First Look

February 23, 2016

measure. The possibility of value incommensurability is thought to raise deep questions about practical reason and rational choice as well as related questions concerning topics as diverse as akrasia, moral dilemmas, the plausibility of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

economists, and financiers who declared a moral battle for freedom but instead gave rise to an age of greed, Madrick traces the lineage of some of our nation’s most pressing economic problems. Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

influence what will eventually happen in the boardroom. However, many open questions remain about the factors that enable even people with good intentions to commit unethical acts. What are the tools organizations and their managers can effectively use to remind... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

At Maverick, employees' morale had gone down, but no one had quit. In my conversations with the CEO, he was eager to learn how employees were feeling about the company, but did not express awareness of this problem. Q: In this firm or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

fault for everything that has gone wrong in their lives. These children often come from difficult circumstances. Many are raised by young, single parents, live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, attend substandard schools, and lack the moral... View Details

02 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017

moral of this story is not how to do crisis management faster and better in a lightning-fast digital world. It’s that even the nimblest and deftest crisis management response cannot contain the damage of going straight to “call security”... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

inexperienced, and called McCain's judgment into question. Like any great brand, Obama has built up a bond of trust with the American people. His election has also given the United States the opportunity to reestablish its moral... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

principle, be instantly acquired, clarity may take time to develop and may interact with credibility in complex ways so that relational contracts may often be difficult to build. Vicarious Dishonesty: When Psychological Closeness Creates Distance from One's View Details