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Ethics in Practice
Business ethics Magazine ArticleAs the 1990s overtake us, public interest in ethics is at a historic high. While the press calls attention to blatant derelictions on Wall Street, in the defense industry, and in the Pentagon, and to questionable activities in the White House, in the attorney general’s office, and in Congress, observers wonder whether our society is […] -
Why Be Honest If Honesty Doesn't Pay
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleConscience explains why most business men and women keep their word and deal fairly with one another. There is no evidence that honesty pays, despite... -
One Weird Trick to Save $345 Billion
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA simple intervention could help taxpayers be more truthful. -
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Personal ethics Magazine ArticleDon’t reserve your best business thinking for your career. -
If You’re Loyal to a Group, Does It Compromise Your Ethics?
Business ethics Digital ArticleNew research on honesty. -
Ethics Without the Sermon
Business ethics Magazine Article“Like some Triassic reptile, the theoretical view of ethics lumbers along in the far past of Sunday School and Philosophy I, while the reality of practical business concerns is constantly measuring a wide range of competing claims on time and resources against the unrelenting and objective marketplace.” So writes the author of this article as […] -
How to Be a Leader Who Stays True to Their Ethics
Business ethics Digital ArticleStart by having an honest conversation with yourself. -
How (Un)ethical Are You?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAnswer true or false: "I am an ethical manager." If you answered "true," here's an uncomfortable fact: You're probably wrong. Most of us believe we can... -
Make Ethics a B-School Admissions Requirement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIf business schools are to consistently produce outstanding ethical leaders, they should not only focus on teaching ethics in the right way and living... -
How One Person Can Change the Conscience of an Organization
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThese four mindsets can help you transform the culture. -
Entrepreneurs and the Truth
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleChicanery is common in the start-up world: With so much at stake, founders are apt to exaggerate, obfuscate, and otherwise stretch the truth when courting... -
Research: We Make More Virtuous Choices When Using Pen and Paper
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA hard copy makes a decision feel more real. -
Winning at Influencer Marketing
Management Digital ArticleOver the past 20 years the social media influencer industry has completely rearranged the way information and culture are conceived, produced, marketed,... -
What Makes a Successful Celebrity Brand?
Marketing SpotlightStars are using their influencer status to launch their own products and capture more profits for themselves. -
Can Ethics Classes Cure Cheating?
Business ethics Digital ArticleIs it the responsibility of schools to teach ethics? I think it is – but only if it’s done the right way. MBA Students don’t necessarily care about Kant’s third formulation of the categorical imperative — they need a simple values toolkit that they can understand and have at the ready, not an impression that […] -
Keep a List of Unethical Things You'll Never Do
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticlePrevent moral lapses with a to-don't list. -
The Best Ways to Discuss Ethics
Business communication Digital Article[For more, visit the Communication Insight Center.] How we communicate about values and good conduct is a challenging task in the best of circumstances. And recent corporate history — Enron, WorldCom, Adelphia, Parmalat, Andersen — has not provided us with the best of circumstances. In addition to the big scandals, there’s a long and easily […] -
The HBR Debate Week 3: What About Ethics?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIn a shocking study published in 2006, Don McCabe of Rutgers University and fellow researchers found that MBAs cheat more than other graduate students... -
Banks with More Women on Their Boards Commit Less Fraud
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhen researchers from Cass Business School compared data on board diversity with fines levied for misconduct, they found that banks with more female directors... -
Women Act More Ethically Than Men When Representing Themselves - But Not When Representing Others
Leadership & Managing People ResearchA new study looks at how we're influenced by others' expectations.
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Moral Complexity in Leadership (Greed): How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy
Management Case Study11.95View Details The "Moral Complexity in Leadership" series of cases and teaching notes help business instructors harness the power of fiction to prepare students for... -
A Letter from Prison
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Stephen Richards, the former global head of sales at Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), is serving a seven year prison sentence for financial fraud. In the... -
Defining Moments: Leading When You're Being Followed (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case set follows Alex Stewart, who has built and runs a green energy development firm in the United States. After finding success finding and using... -
A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details This case should be used after students have read "A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (A) (UVA-E-0477). It provides a brief... -
When is Pricing Unethical? Pharmaceuticals, Rideshares, Soft Drinks, and Travel
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case provides many different examples of pricing with ethical concerns that are spread across two common pricing contexts-value pricing and dynamic... -
Netflix and Dave Chappelle (A)
Management Case Study11.95View Details In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave... -
Martha McCaskey
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Martha McCaskey, a project leader at a consulting firm, is asked to complete a project at a crucial point in her career. Successful completion of the... -
Ethics: Awareness
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Illustrative Transformations (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Susan, a first-year analyst at a trading firm, is the only woman among a tight-knit group of 30 analysts, now that Paulette has just been promoted to... -
Intersectionality
Management Case Study8.95View Details In late 2021, Netflix leadership had to deal with some fierce employee and public blowback after airing The Closer, a comedy special by comedian Dave... -
Facebook's Predicaments: Incidental, Inadvertent, or Intentional?
Management Case Study11.95View Details By October 2021, the US social media giant Facebook Inc. had been dominating the social media market globally with the highest number of active users.... -
How to Become Famous: Lost Einsteins, Forgotten Superstars, and How the Beatles Came to Be
30.00View Details Fame is like lightning. Taylor Swift, Bob Dylan, Leonardo da Vinci, Jane Austen, Oprah Winfrey--all of them were struck. Why? What if they hadn't been?... -
Analyst's Dilemma (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young investment banker returns home one night to find that her roommate and best friend has been laid off from Universal Bank because Universal is... -
Chris and Alison Weston (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Chris and Alison Weston describe how they, a well-educated middle class couple, ended up committing mail fraud, for which they each served a year and... -
The Kommon Goods: Creating Change Through Social Entrepreneurship
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The online eco-lifestyle start-up The Kommon Goods, founded by Alvin Li, a young Hong Kong social consultant and entrepreneur, seeks to change consumer... -
Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry
Finance & Accounting Book30.00View Details A riveting look at the perpetrators, victims, and whistleblowers behind financial crimes, from forensic accounting expert and documentarian Kelly Richmond... -
Pink, White, and Blue: A Transgender Sailor, the U.S. Navy, and a Right vs. Right Ethical Dilemma
Management Case Study11.95View Details Pink, White and Blue is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate courses in management, business ethics, organizational behavior, leadership, or human... -
Gwen Berry and the Politics of Protest (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In the summer of 2019, notable track and field athlete Gwen Berry was representing Team USA at the Pan American Games in Peru when, having won the hammer... -
Raymond Jefferson: Trial by Fire
Management Case Study11.95View Details In the spring of 2021, Raymond (Ray) Jefferson applied for a job in President Joseph Biden's administration. Ten years earlier, false allegations were... -
Employee Activism
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Liz O'Sullivan, an employee at a fast-growing technology company called Clarifi, had a moral dilemma: She disagreed with Clarifi's decision to sell its...
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Ethics in Practice
Business ethics Magazine ArticleAs the 1990s overtake us, public interest in ethics is at a historic high. While the press calls attention to blatant derelictions on Wall Street, in the defense industry, and in the Pentagon, and to questionable activities in the White House, in the attorney general’s office, and in Congress, observers wonder whether our society is […] -
Moral Complexity in Leadership (Greed): How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy
Management Case Study11.95View Details The "Moral Complexity in Leadership" series of cases and teaching notes help business instructors harness the power of fiction to prepare students for... -
What I Wish I Had Known About My Mother
Personal purpose and values First PersonWhat may feel like unrequited love between immigrant parents and their first-generation children is often rooted in misunderstandings. -
A Letter from Prison
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Stephen Richards, the former global head of sales at Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), is serving a seven year prison sentence for financial fraud. In the... -
Why Be Honest If Honesty Doesn't Pay
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleConscience explains why most business men and women keep their word and deal fairly with one another. There is no evidence that honesty pays, despite... -
One Weird Trick to Save $345 Billion
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA simple intervention could help taxpayers be more truthful. -
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Personal ethics Magazine ArticleDon’t reserve your best business thinking for your career. -
Defining Moments: Leading When You're Being Followed (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case set follows Alex Stewart, who has built and runs a green energy development firm in the United States. After finding success finding and using... -
A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details This case should be used after students have read "A Dolphin Bullied: Jonathan Martin's NFL Experience in Miami (A) (UVA-E-0477). It provides a brief... -
The Power of an Apology: Our Favorite Reads
Communication ListicleWhen was the last time you said sorry?