Escalation Of Commitment - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jul 2011
What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

investment, for example)." As C. J. Cullinane put it, "we have to be adaptable and flexible but Too much adaptability can lead to lack of direction " RT said that there is "No shame in revising ideas—publicly and to... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Web

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace - Recruiting

productivity and safety. In a psychologically safe workplace, when mistakes are made and learned from, the company can move forward instead of repeating them in the future. Psychological safety is also closely aligned with a company’s... View Details

Web

A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

patterns of organizations as systems and human beings with sentiments and connections? As Fritz Roethlisberger later revealed in his autobiography, his aim, as well as that of Elton Mayo and others working... View Details

2021
Working Paper

False Signaling and Personal Moral Failings: Two Distinct Pathways to Hypocrisy with Unequal Moral Weight

By: Jillian J. Jordan and Roseanna Sommers

Moral engagement is a key feature of human nature: we hold moral values, condemn those who violate those values, and attempt to adhere to them ourselves. Yet moral engagement can make us appear hypocritical if we fail to behave morally. When does moral engagement risk... View Details

Keywords: Moral Engagement; Hypocrite; Dishonesty; Moral Values; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Values and Beliefs

Citation

Read Now

March 2020 (Revised June 2023)
Case

EyeControl: Inspiring Communication

By: Paul A. Gompers and Danielle Golan

Eye-controlled communication device startup EyeControl was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2016 by cofounders with a shared personal connection to locked-in syndrome—a neurological disorder that left sufferers cognitively sound, yet paralyzed, with the exception of eye... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Communication Technology; Business Startups; Expansion; Finance; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

April 2009 (Revised July 2009)
Module Note

Delivering Personally on Responsibility

By: Joshua D. Margolis

How can individuals equip themselves to exercise leadership in the face of moral adversity? This six-session module aims to prepare students to meet moral responsibility when it is simultaneously most essential and most difficult. Moral adversity refers to situations... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Leadership Development

Citation

Purchase

Web

Campus & Community | About

essential to responsible leadership in the modern business world. School Policies Our Community Values and the policies that support them embody our aspiration to be a model of leadership, honor, and integrity, and our View Details

Web

Africa - Global

networking and a shared commitment to advancing entrepreneurial excellence in Africa. Members of the HBSAN and ARC in attendance, expressed their gratitude for Professor Iyoha’s contributions and looked... View Details

29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

learned from the failures to inform next steps. Finally, the support of senior leadership not just the technical leadership on the front lines of innovation was a critical input to the success View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

Web

Community Values | About

Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Achieving this mission requires an environment of trust and mutual respect, free expression and inquiry, and a commitment to... View Details

Web

HBS - The year in Review

HBS. RISE Fellows As part of the School’s Action Plan for Advancing Racial Equity , 20 MBA students were selected as the inaugural recipients of the Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Fellowship.... View Details

Web

HBS Fund - Alumni

quickly to harness the most promising new ideas and innovations. Choose Your Impact You can choose to support one of five key areas or let the School direct your gift wherever it is most needed. Business in Global Society HBS believes... View Details

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

What began as a misunderstanding about specifications and deadlines between a manager at RLX, a software development firm, and a manager at Impress, one of its clients, had escalated into a conflict charged... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

Over the past year, I have watched several firms going through periods of transition. Some have been cofounders who realized that it was time for a more experienced leader to take their business to the next level. Some were just ready for... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

Web

About - Business & Environment

everything from being part of the deal teams to driving performance and innovation in Summa’s portfolio. Reynir is committed to being part of the solution to the significant... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Web

Volunteer - Alumni

writing Class Notes. As a valued alumni volunteer, you will have the opportunity to leverage your talents for meaningful and rewarding experiences. In alignment with the School's commitment to advancing racial equity , we are actively... View Details

August 2024 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Discerene Group: Long-Term Public-Markets Investing

By: Luis M. Viceira and Brent Schwarz

This case discusses active investing based on fundamental valuations and price distortions created by market events, and whether contractual terms between investment managers and their investors can help align incentives between long-term investors and active managers.... View Details

Citation

Educators

Purchase