Publications

30 Apr 2024
News

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

Web

Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021

Middle East & North Africa Middle East & North Africa Helping Leaders Chart an Ethical Path Pictured: Plastic bottles are sorted for recycling at Cedar Environmental on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. Professor Nien-hê Hsieh tries to bring his students to the “gray... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics

indispensable to successful leadership — incorporating ethical values into business decision-making. And to provide students with more opportunities to meet such outstanding alumni, for the first time the Alumni Achievement Awards were... View Details

April 2011
Article

Ethical Breakdowns: Good People often Let Bad Things Happen. Why?

By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel

Companies are spending a great deal of time and money to install codes of ethics, ethics training, compliance programs, and in-house watchdogs. If these efforts worked, the money would be well spent. But unethical behavior appears to be on the rise. The authors observe... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Behavior; Conflict of Interests

2007
Book

Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Edward Weisband

This edited volume contributes analytical depth to the diverse debates on accountability in modern organizations. It explores the nature, forms and impacts of accountability efforts in civil society organizations, public and inter-governmental agencies, and private... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Business and Government Relations

01 Apr 2008
Working Paper Summaries

No Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments

Keywords: by Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore & Max H. Bazerman

February 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

CRISPR and the Ethics of Germline Editing

By: Amitabh Chandra, Spencer Lee-Rey and Douglas Melton

2015
Book

Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy

By: Georges Enderle and Patrick E. Murphy

July 1984
Case

Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (A)

Intended to advance understanding of corporate responsibility in the context of a bankruptcy decision. The case documents the implementation of a turnaround plan for financially ailing Braniff International. This includes a new marketing and operations strategy,... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy

2006
Chapter

The New Realities of International Business Ethics

By: Laura Nash

October 1998 (Revised April 2000)
Case

Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

July 1984
Supplement

Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (B)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

13 Mar 2009
News

Are Ethic Lapses Responsible For Bad Economy?

06 Sep 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Why We Aren’t as Ethical as We Think We Are: A Temporal Explanation

Keywords: by Ann E. Tenbrunsel, Kristina A. Diekmann, Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni & Max H. Bazerman

March 2013 (Revised March 2015)
Case

iMatari

By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble

In late 2012, recent Harvard Business School graduate Hannah Lopez is given the opportunity to lead entry into a new market for Plámo, a company that created startup companies in Europe and emerging markets based upon existing successful business models. She had only... View Details

Keywords: Ethical Behavior; Ethical Judgment; Entrepreneurship; Imitation; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Europe; Middle East