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Consists mainly of excerpts from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill. Mill explains what utilitarianism is and gives his rationale for accepting it as a moral philosophy. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Outcome or Result; Value

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01 Jun 1997
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expert on corporate responsibility issues, notes that mergers and acquisitions involve a wide array of ethical questions, some of which relate to the degree of "fit" between the value systems of the merging firms. "A mismatch can... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

Unethical Behavior.") Four laboratory studies show that people are more likely to overlook others' unethical behavior when ethical degradation occurs slowly rather than in one abrupt shift. Participants served in the role of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Junaidi

my chin up when I lose. I learned what my strengths and what my weaknesses are. I learned how to strengthen my friendships and how to build new relationships. I learned how to be ethical and to respect rules and regulations. I learned how... View Details

13 Sep 2016
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September 13, 2016

forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Bounded Awareness: Implications for Ethical Decision Making By: Bazerman, Max, and Ovul Sezer Abstract—In many of the business scandals of the new millennium, the... View Details

13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry

business class at the University of Texas. That post led him to become an adjunct professor. “I found out I loved teaching, and even got to use some HBS cases in my business ethics class,” he says. Once ordained, Quainton served in a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 1996
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Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business

Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Responsibility initiative. Professors Thomas R. Piper and Lynn Sharp Paine emphasized the importance of both ethics and economics for outstanding organizations. They argued that the only zone of... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Corruption 101

that underlie corruption everywhere. As an emerging professional he must also carefully weigh the trust value of the personal relationships he is forming; his own comfort zone for ethical trade-offs; and the inherent uncertainties of... View Details

Keywords: Crop Production; Agriculture; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

judged the ethically questionable behavior of others more harshly, suggesting that childhood memories lead to altruistic punishment. Finally, in Experiment 4, compared to a control condition, both positively valenced and negatively... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 May 2016
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The Age of Consignment

“Ethical elimination” is the necessary corollary of ethical consumption, writes the New York Times, and HBS alumni are leading the way with online resell companies that make it easy to get rid of—and even make a profit from—your old... View Details

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