Morals - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

Situation versus Character When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we often rely on explanations based on character. We think that good decisions and responsible behavior require people with integrity and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Mar 2018
News

Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

was ready to go, and who was just saying they were ready to go, because in the end, that was going to directly affect how successful we were. And number two, I had to figure out how do we respond. We've gotten an emboldened enemy on the ground. We've got a decrease in... View Details

August 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal

The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details

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28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

shipping systems, and felt driven by a moral obligation to remake every facet of the company's ecosystem. The initiative drastically changed how Interface manufactured, distributed, and sold its carpet--including the production of carpet... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

disaster. Editorial writers took no pains to spare McNamara's feelings. The moral I took away from his story is to avoid the perils of the hedgehog and its reliance on a single belief, in this case measurement, and the technology of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

Their self-interest—specifically, the need to maintain their moral and literal licenses to operate in these countries—requires it. "Although it may increase their cost of doing business, businesses have nonetheless taken the lead... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

the time-cards of their teammates and are quite effective at their job. Q: You note that much silence surrounds the practice of creating homers. Why is the practice not discussed more openly by employers and others? A: Homer making first raises the issue of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

25 Aug 2022
News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

decisions made by algorithms have a critical impact on the lives of individuals, who also have a legal or moral right to privacy. They will explore as well the connections between privacy and other areas of responsible AI, such as... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Ideas in Action

provocative counterpoint to the mega-hit book Who Moved My Cheese?, in which mice are forced to deal with change in their environment (a maze) because their cheese keeps disappearing. The moral seems to be, if you want to survive, adapt.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2008
News

Seth Klarman

dangerous messages and creates a giant moral hazard. Bernanke and Paulson have to realize that if we’re going to intervene when things are bad, we’re also going to intervene when things are good and take away the punch bowl before the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Dec 2004
News

The Future of Stem Cells

illnesses, positioning themselves in the mainstream,” predicts Debora Spar. “Venture capitalists will fund research into stem-cell science that runs in accordance with the wishes of society. Firms will cluster where the rules are transparent and where states are... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

The imperial encounter with political economy was neither uniform across political, economic, cultural, and religious constellations nor static across time. The contributions collected in this volume address, with undeniable pertinence for the struggles of later... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

helps modulate social interactions and emotion. Being kind is good for our own and our employees' mental health." And that translates to improved morale and performance. Here's what Psychology Today had to say about kind bosses: "They... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

conceptualize race and meritocracy. The book emphasizes the contradictions, moral conundrums, and tensions on campus related to affirmative action and diversity, and how these vary across racial and national lines. The book won multiple... View Details

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

Ukraine will likely intensify, roiling energy markets further and raising questions about the future of globalization, says HBS Professor Rawi Abdelal. Putin’s iron fist vs. Zelensky’s moral clarity Historian and HBS professor Nancy... View Details

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Dwight Angelini Real Estate Investing Finance Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Eva Ascarza Managing Customers for Growth Marketing Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 ^ back to top B Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Joseph Badaracco The Moral... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

acted when the stakes were high; from his growing depth as a moral actor; and from his sheer will to get up each morning and do what he could in service to his mission. In early September, Union forces scored a critical military victory.... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature, adds, "What we're seeing is an increasingly felt need for people to integrate the spiritual dimension of their lives into what they do for most of the day. People are... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

"How do we survive? It's like many of the great companies who survive corruption in their own countries. For us, the challenge is how to conduct our business in the most ethical way and according to the highest standards, moral standards.... View Details