ethics - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

really hating the other person, it tends to escalate and deals break down that way. Greed kicks in; whereas if your religion is from an ethic of love—which sounds so squishy—in fact it can be the anchor for good business practices. So... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2000
Article

Moral Desert, Fairness and Legitimate Expectations in the Market

By: Nien-he Hsieh

Keywords: Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Markets

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January 1997
Case

HBS Honor Code, The: Laying a Foundation

By: Henry B. Reiling, Amy Burroughs, Jay Haynes and Taggart M Romney

Keywords: Ethics

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Too Tired to Tell the Truth: Self-control Resource Depletion and Dishonesty

By: N. Mead, R. F. Baumeister, F. Gino, M. E. Schweitzer and D. Ariely

Keywords: Ethics

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22 Nov 2015
News

Start-Up Leaders Embrace Lobbying as Part of the Job

ethical and business-oriented, and that means engaging in Washington early.” The article goes on to note that while Hello Alfred is unique among recent startups in its employment approach, offering benefits and job training, “[Sapone]... View Details

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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

delves into critical questions at the heart of this transformation: How will GenAI reshape modern enterprise? What strategies should businesses adopt to integrate this technology effectively? How can existing data be leveraged to unlock new opportunities? What are the... View Details

30 Aug 2018
News

“No Interest in Being the Only”

Raised in Los Angeles, Leslie Hale (MBA 2001) grew up cleaning her parents’ day-care centers. The granddaughter of a Tennessee sharecropper, Hale cites extended family support and a well-developed work ethic as contributing factors to her... View Details

2013
Book

Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education

By: Michel Anteby

Corporate accountability is never far from the front page and Harvard Business School trains many future business leaders. But how does HBS formally and informally ensure its members embrace proper business standards? Relying on his faculty experience, Michel Anteby... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Business Education; Higher Education; Education; Education Industry; United States

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05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business

well by defrauding investors." Nonprofit organizations "like our own universities, museums, churches—whose leaders should be talking about this, and talking about it more than they are, who should be providing some of the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

20 Feb 2019
News

Dean Nohria: Business Schools have a Vital Role in Teaching Trust

decision through the triple lens of their economic, legal and ethical responsibilities,” says Nohria. “Beginning in 2020, the curriculum will go further by asking students to consider what proactive, positive things they should be doing... View Details

2015
Working Paper

Misconduct in Financial Services: Differences across Organizations

By: Jennifer Brown and Dylan Minor

We examine misconduct in financial services. We propose a theory in which experts extract surplus based on the value of their firm's brand and their own skills. Using sales complaint data for insurance agents, we find that agents working exclusively for large branded... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Insurance; Sales; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry

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2013
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The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially important in our uncertain, high-pressure, turbulent world. In this book, Joseph Badaracco answers this question in practical and, at times, provocative ways. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Leadership Style

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July 2011
Article

Unable to Resist Temptation: How Self-control Depletion Promotes Unethical Behavior

By: F. Gino, M. Schweitzer, N. Mead and D. Ariely

Keywords: Ethics; Behavior

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14 May 2004
Lecture

Faculty Development

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Values and Beliefs

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1 Oct 2004
Lecture

Professional Roles, Responsibilities and Values

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Values and Beliefs

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2009
Book

Quanto Sei (a)Morale?: Leadership Etica E Psicologia Della Decisione

By: Max Bazerman

This is a collection of my papers on ethics, translated into Italian. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Ethics; Leadership

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February 2007
Module Note

American Ground Summary: Assuming Leadership

By: Sandra J. Sucher

A summary of the major themes discussed in the thirteenth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Moral Sensibility

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October 2004 (Revised March 2006)
Background Note

Learning from Scandals: Responsibility of Professional Organizations

By: Ashish Nanda

This case comments on the responsibility of professional organizations to respond openly to public accusations of wrongdoing by its members. It briefly relates the circumstances of the sexual abuse scandal in the Boston archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church and the... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Ethics

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