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  • 10 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 10

approaches to address the increasing demand from society for a deeper understanding of what causes even good people to cross ethical boundaries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-054.pdf Management View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    David G. Fubini

    David G. Fubini is a Senior Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior Unit and leader of the Leading Professional Services Firm and Mergers & Acquisitions Programs for Harvard Business School’s Executive Education. His MBA teaching has concentrated on teaching the... View Details

      Michael A. Wheeler

      Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

      Keywords: arts; construction; e-commerce industry; energy; federal government; green technology; internet; legal services; nonprofit industry; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; publishing industry; real estate; service industry; sports; state government; utilities
      • January 1993 (Revised June 1993)
      • Background Note

      Challenge of Commitment,The

      By: Michael Beer and Michael J. Gibbs
      Defines commitment, describes the psychological and organizational factors that underly it, and provides a comprehensive discussion of the policies and practices managers can employ to enhance commitment. Identifies control and commitment as two critical strategies... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Strategy
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      • April 1986 (Revised July 1986)
      • Supplement

      Duncan Field (B)

      By: Howard H. Stevenson
      Following the acquisition of a new business, the manager is approached for the "continuation" of a regular payment for services to "insure labor peace" and maintain a parking lot. The case allows discussion of ethical, legal, and practical issues involved. View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Ethics; Law; Management; Service Industry
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      • Program

      Competing in the Age of AI—Virtual

      capabilities that can help your business succeed in today's data-driven environments, you will discover how you can lead your company's transformation into an AI-first leader. Along with learning how to unlock new growth potential, you will deepen your understanding of... View Details
      • 2018
      • Book

      Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level

      By: James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger)
      As professors and practitioners with careers devoted to negotiation, we are often asked “Who are the world’s best negotiators? What makes them effective?” Inevitably Henry Kissinger’s name comes up as an elite, if controversial, negotiator from whom we can learn a... View Details
      Keywords: History; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Personal Development and Career; Negotiation Style; United States
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      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      Cleaning House: The Impact of Information Technology on Employee Corruption and Performance

      By: Lamar Pierce, Daniel Snow and Andrew McAfee
      This paper examines how firm investments in technology-based employee monitoring impact both misconduct and productivity. We use unique and detailed theft and sales data from 392 restaurant locations from five firms that adopt a theft monitoring information technology... View Details
      Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Information Technology; Ethics; Performance Productivity; Employees
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      • April–June 2022
      • Other Article

      Commentary on 'Causal Decision Making and Causal Effect Estimation Are Not the Same... and Why It Matters'

      By: Edward McFowland III
      There has been a substantial discussion in various methodological and applied literatures around causal inference; especially in the use of machine learning and statistical models to understand heterogeneity in treatment effects and to make optimal decision... View Details
      Keywords: Causal Inference; Treatment Effect Estimation; Treatment Assignment Policy; Human-in-the-loop; Decision Making; Fairness
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      • 03 Apr 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: April 3, 2007

      recommendations and zero pressure following hold recommendations. We discuss possible explanations for the differences in trading response, including information costs and investor naivete. The Business, Legal, and Ethical Ramifications... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 10 Jan 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

      How did he do these deals? What strategies and tactics worked and what failed? Why and under what conditions? What ethical challenges does this approach present? Is there an underlying logic and method to his approach that, well beyond... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 01 Mar 2016
      • News

      What if we had a Secretary of the Future?

      • 01 Aug 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

      brand as well as when the brand with which consumers flirt is similar to their preferred brand. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53001 April 2017 Business Ethics Quarterly The Responsibilities and Role of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Article

      Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization

      By: Shoshana Zuboff
      This article describes an emergent logic of accumulation in the networked sphere, 'surveillance capitalism,' and considers its implications for 'information civilization.' The institutionalizing practices and operational assumptions of Google Inc. are the... View Details
      Keywords: Surveillance Capitalism; Big Data; Google; Information Society; Privacy; Internet Of Everything; Rights; Economic Systems; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics
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      • July 2006 (Revised August 2007)
      • Case

      Charles Veillon, S.A. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
      The top management team at Charles Veillon, a Swiss mail-order company, is considering whether to work with a human rights organization to monitor the labor practices of its suppliers. A particular concern is avoiding child labor and other forms of workplace coercion.... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Labor; Rights; Nonprofit Organizations; Switzerland
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      • 22 Jun 2015
      • News

      Interview: professor Robert G. Eccles, Harvard Business School

      • December 2006 (Revised January 2007)
      • Case

      Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment

      By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Rafael M. Di Tella and Prabakar (PK) Kothandaraman
      Shortly after Infosys was founded in 1981, its managers faced a major turning point when they made a decision to operate without giving in to the petty corruption rife in the Indian economy. Within just a few years, that decision had truly defined the company. Over the... View Details
      Keywords: History; Management Style; Moral Sensibility; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Decisions; Business Growth and Maturation; Situation or Environment; Crime and Corruption; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry; India
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      • 2012
      • Book

      Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

      By: Amy C. Edmondson
      Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Values and Beliefs; Innovation and Invention; Management; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Research; Strategy; Complexity; Value
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      • January 1997 (Revised October 1997)
      • Case

      Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. Nigeria

      A new bank rose from nothing to sixth place in Nigeria by turning its back on traditional practices (corruption, bribery, political favoritism) and adopting policies of high integrity and high employee involvement. They said it couldn't be done, but it was. The... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Success; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Nigeria
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      • 2013
      • Book

      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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