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September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
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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

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03 Apr 2007
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Periodical:Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy (forthcoming) Abstract This essay aims to address the costs and benefits of constraining cultural displays in the workplace on legal, business, and moral terms. In this article, we invite... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

choices around success. In addition to the moral difficulties that are posed by celebrity's narcissism and materialism, there are seeds of self-destruction in the celebrity approach to high achievement. Many people and organizations under... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

all ages were convincingly behind Gates, albeit sometimes grudgingly ("I pick Bill Gates, not necessarily from a moral character or leadership standpoint, but from an 'influential' product penetration standpoint"). More typical were... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

06 Nov 2012
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beneficiaries of wrongdoing increases. Our results indicate that people use moral flexibility to justify their self-interested actions when such actions benefit others in addition to the self. Namely, our findings suggest that when... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA

CAMHS is a counseling and mental health support service that seeks to work collaboratively with students and the University to support individuals experiencing some measure of distress in their lives. Chaplain Resources Harvard Chaplains are available to offer... View Details

22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016

and the group—vicarious processes. We review literature in four domains—attitudes, emotions, moral behavior, and self-regulation—showing that group identification can lead to vicarious contagion, reducing individual differentiation and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

that there are a lot of heroic people in service organizations who feel compelled to be the best at everything. That's particularly evident in mission-driven and health care organizations, where managers feel a moral obligation to at... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

12 Apr 2011
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control rights and cash-flow rights in the borrowing firms exacerbates potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders, thereby increasing credit risk and monitoring needs. Consequently, lenders form syndicates... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Aug 2010
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Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers

Harvard naturalist, and how he had his student study a fish. The story is found here. The moral is to keep looking at every aspect of something till you get it all, and then keep on looking, for there’s always more to discover. It’s a... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

April 2022 (Revised August 2022)
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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

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16 Feb 2016
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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

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Director of the Emotion and Society Lab. Her research is primarily concerned with the role of emotions and attitudes in public life. Cherry’s books include UnMuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice (Oxford University Press) and, co-edited with... View Details

19 Sep 2017
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B). Set in 2015, it first describes Imprimis’s decision to introduce its own line of compounded eye drop medication called LessDrops. The case then examines the moral dilemma faced by CEO Mark Baum, who was struck by the problem of high... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2012
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since both types of acquirer (and the target) can access misvalued debt markets. However, moral hazard and insurance effect differences between types of buyers interact with potential debt misvaluation debt, leading to a dominance of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

technologically innovative company away from specialty glass, television tubes, and fiberglass production into newer, faster-growing profit-making areas. At the time, the economy is plagued by recession, worker morale is flagging, and the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Dec 2003
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Is That Really Your Best Offer?

them. Deception can also hinge on what's not said at the bargaining table. Some people may feel morally bound to respond truthfully to any questions posed to them directly but not obliged to volunteer information. The burden falls on you... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

diversity issues, notes, "Even companies that once were mostly interested in hiring women and minorities either out of a sense of moral obligation or merely to comply with the law now see the value that comes from broadening the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2012
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Rival Visions

Rousseau's notions about the moral virtues of nature might be realized in the United States—a new country where they could become rich landowners, doing well by doing good. That they had no experience as farmers and might well fail does... View Details

25 Jan 2011
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motivation (Study 3) and greater ability to justify their dishonest behavior (Study 4). Finally, a field study constructively replicates these effects and demonstrates that individuals who work in more creative positions are also more View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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FJ Management Inc.

First Look: April 3, 2007

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

The Way You See It

First Look: November 6

2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA

November 22, 2016

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

First Look: April 12

Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers

Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank

February 16, 2016

2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

First Look: May 8

Making the Case for Leadership

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

Diversity and Community

Rival Visions

First Look: Jan. 25