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- July–August 2013
- Article
Relaxing the Taboo on Telling Our Own Stories: Upholding Professional Distance and Personal Involvement
By: Michel Anteby
Scholars studying organizations are typically discouraged from telling, in print, their own stories. The expression "telling our own stories" is used as a proxy for field research projects that, in their written form, explicitly rely on a scholar's personal involvement... View Details
Keywords: Fieldwork; Research Practiced; Distance; Involvement; Taboo; Practice; Ethics; Education Industry
Anteby, Michel. "Relaxing the Taboo on Telling Our Own Stories: Upholding Professional Distance and Personal Involvement." Organization Science 24, no. 4 (July–August 2013): 1277–1290.
- 15 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work
forget to outline next steps. Leave the conversation with a clear plan, so the gains made during the talk don’t fizzle out. Steve pledges to draft an email inquiring about his future opportunities at the company that his mother can send to other decisionmakers to move... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- May 2017
- Article
Sacred versus Pseudo-sacred Values: How People Cope with Taboo Trade-Offs
By: Philip E. Tetlock, Barbara A. Mellers and J. Peter Scoblic
Psychologists have documented widespread public deference to "sacred values" that communities, formally or informally, exempt from tradeoffs with secular limits, like money. This work has, however, been largely confined to low-stakes settings. As the stakes rise,... View Details
Tetlock, Philip E., Barbara A. Mellers, and J. Peter Scoblic. "Sacred versus Pseudo-sacred Values: How People Cope with Taboo Trade-Offs." American Economic Review 107, no. 5 (May 2017): 96–99.
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
In India’s rural villages, social norms dictate that women are to remain in the home, not out and about—and definitely not working. If a woman is seen working outside the home, her neighbors might think she’s a bad mother. They might also think that her husband is a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- October 2012
- Article
The Gifts We Keep on Giving: Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo
By: Gabrielle S. Adams, Francis J. Flynn and Michael I. Norton
Five studies investigate whether the practice of "regifting"-a social taboo-is as offensive to givers as regifters assume. Participants who imagined regifting thought that the original givers would be more offended than givers reported feeling, to such an extent that... View Details
Adams, Gabrielle S., Francis J. Flynn, and Michael I. Norton. "The Gifts We Keep on Giving: Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo." Psychological Science 23, no. 10 (October 2012): 1145–1150.
- December 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care (Abridged)
By: Rembrand Koning, Elie Ofek and Nicole Tempest Keller
An examination of the strategic marketing challenges facing Thinx as it tries to grow in the face of menstruation taboos and competition from large incumbents. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; United States
Koning, Rembrand, Elie Ofek, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 721-021, December 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- March 2020 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care
By: Rembrand Koning, Elie Ofek and Nicole Keller
An examination of the strategic marketing challenges facing Thinx as it tries to grow in the face of menstruation taboos and competition from large incumbents. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; United States
Koning, Rembrand, Elie Ofek, and Nicole Keller. "Thinx, Inc.—Breaking Barriers in Feminine Care." Harvard Business School Case 720-443, March 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
asked his staff to gather for a series of conversations about race. Two years later, when one of PwC’s own black employees was shot to death by an off-duty police officer, Ryan emailed his employees with a plea to keep talking. Yet, the explicit discussion of race is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
http://hbr.org/product/producing-prosperity-why-america-needs-a-manufactu/an/10345-HBK-ENG?referral=00304 Relaxing the Taboo on Telling Our Own Stories: Upholding Professional Distance and Personal Involvement Author: Michel Anteby... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
social stratification—the explicit discussion of race and organizational leadership is still considered taboo or irrelevant in many business circles. Recent research has indicated that CEOs (and lower-level managers) who champion... View Details
Keywords: Re: Mandi Nerenberg
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
business." Race is clearly "unfinished business" because of the plethora of conflicting emotions that are unleashed as we approach the taboo (Thomas, 1989). This tension speaks to the importance of this chapter as we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
shortages of cadavers (Agthong and Wiwanitkit 2002; Assemblée Nationale du Québec 2004; U.K. Department of Health 2005). However, trying to address the question of a shortage of cadavers often means facing the taboo on trading human... View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
might have thought of as taboo in a dialogue between consumers and companies. It's interesting to think how revealing something that is usually hidden can change the nature of the relationship. Companies may truly stand to benefit from... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
conversation and division about previously taboo political subjects, but also growing animosity toward people with different views. Among those with strongly-held views about societal issues, 20 percent would not be willing to work with... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
can make organizational learning happen by building teams that learn. Publisher's Link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-078797093X.html The Gifts We Keep on Giving: Documenting and Destigmatizing the Regifting Taboo... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel