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  • 02 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?

University. "A lot of prior work has focused on the consequences of unethical decision-making and the factors that lead people to be unethical," says Lisa Shu, a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting
  • 23 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 23

(forthcoming) Abstract Competition among firms yields many benefits but can also encourage firms to engage in corrupt or unethical activities. We argue that competition can lead organizations to provide services that customers demand but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 23

people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 22

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1416935 Ethical Discrepancy: Changing Our Attitudes to Resolve Moral Dissonance Authors:L.L. Shu, F. Gino, and M.H. Bazerman Publication:In Behavioral Business Ethics: Shaping an Emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

the Fuqua School of Business. Key concepts include: Creative students who showed a natural aptitude for divergent thinking tended to cheat more than linear thinkers. Creativity is a better predictor of unethical View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 04 Oct 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?

that unethical behavior can deny people their intellectual property." These are the latest examples of the effectiveness of speed as a competitive weapon that was described some years ago by George... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul

business that attracts more unethical people than usual?" Segel wondered. "There is the perception that it's very deal-oriented, and that's exciting to people," responded McCall. "The barriers to entry are quite low in... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate
  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act

actualize it, whatever your chosen path is. And I guess I realized that when I saw some people doing unethical things on Wall Street, I decided I wanted to fix it. And I became a professor and actually went through a human potential... View Details
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

important but non-specified goals, harm interpersonal relationships, corrode organizational culture, and motivate risky and unethical behaviors. Do Friends Influence Purchases in a Social Network? Download the PDF. In spite of the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

people's likelihood to cross ethical boundaries. A promotion focus leads individuals to be more likely to act unethically than a prevention focus (Studies 1, 2, and 3). These higher levels of dishonesty are explained by the influence of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

critical action phase. We draw on the research on behavioral forecasting, ethical fading, and cognitive distortions to gain insight into the forces driving these faulty perceptions and, noting how these misperceptions can lead to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

scientifically grounded way to align our speech and nonverbal behavior with our beliefs, abilities, and values to produce a synchronized inner state that resonates and connects with others. In this way, we can capture the inner strength... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

either fail to reach their full potential or cross the line into destructive or even unethical actions?" Design/methodology/approach—To find out, they interviewed many successful leaders of major organizations and studied the case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

behaviors with a motivation to change the status quo. Letting Misconduct Slide: The Acceptability of Gradual Erosion in Others' Unethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

it or not, almost all of us have been complicit in the unethical behavior of others. In Complicit, HBS professor Max Bazerman confronts our complicity head-on and offers strategies for recognizing and... View Details
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

Such changes did not occur in the case of honest behavior or consideration of the dishonest behavior of others. In addition, increasing moral saliency by having participants read or sign an honor code... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

Allegations and Government Contracting, forthcoming in the Journal of Accounting Research, was co-written by Heese and HBS Assistant Professor Gerardo Perez Cavazos. Empowering whistleblowers The False Claims Act enables individual whistleblowers to file suit on behalf... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction
  • 09 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

eligibility for a severance package valued at $47 million? “In the old days, your personal behavior was not seen as relevant to your role as a corporate leader, but now, if you’re a candidate for CEO of a large company, your personal... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

psychology that accounts for behaviors inconsistent with ethical beliefs and describe how people reconcile their immoral actions with their ethical goals through the process of moral disengagement. We then examine how the mind selectively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne