Tag Archive for: Research

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A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior

[This essay was originally posted on contributor Dan Ariely's personal blog.] You make decisions all the time. What should you eat for breakfast? Which route should you take to work? How much are you willing to pay for local, pasture-raised…
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Too close to the line: a convergence of culture, law and behavioral ethics

[This essay was originally posted at The Conflict of Interest Blog.] Image via Wikimedia Commons. To “walk the line” means something very different to those who prosecute business crime cases than it did to Johnny Cash. For instance,…
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Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 2/3-2/9

Survey: Workplace Misconduct at Historic Low, from the Ethics Resource Center In case you missed our previous blog post, the 2013 National Business Ethics Survey came out last week, with fairly encouraging results. Sampling over 6,400…
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Good News: Workplace Misconduct is Declining Steadily

On February 4 the Ethics Resource Center released the latest National Business Ethics Survey (NBES). Sampling over 6,400 workers across the country, the report found that 41% of those surveyed said they have observed misconduct on the job,…
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Week That Was in Ethical Systems, 1/20-1/26

The Value of Corporate Culture, in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation The authors discuss their recent NBER working paper, in which they find that "high levels of perceived integrity are positively…
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The Lucifer Effect

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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo Random House Publishing Group, 1st Ed. Reprint (2008) (public library) Summarized by Joshua Elle Overview In a compelling story of his own life's journey, Phil…
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Ameliorating Conflicts of Interest and Corruption in Auditing

Image: Chester Higgins, via Wikimedia Commons. Negative externalities such as pollution can be controlled, but only if all stakeholders are working together instead of at cross purposes. Auditors are usually hired and paid by the firms…
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Finance Tackling Ethical Conduct, But Issues Remain

  Image: The Economist Insights An Economist Intelligence Unit report sponsored by CFA Institute "examines the role of integrity and knowledge in restoring culture in the financial services industry and in building a more resilient…
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High-Status, Successful Employees More Likely to Use Deception

A working paper at Harvard Business School reports that successful, higher-status employees are more likely to react to unfavorable comparisons with peers by engaging in deception designed to make the comparisons less unfavorable. The authors…
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Fair Leadership is Good Business

The Guardian reported earlier this week on a new study showing a strong connection between whether employees perceive their leaders as fair and those leaders' ability to effect positive change in their organizations.   Fairness impacts…