Ethical leadership can have negative consequences, researchers say
Ethical leadership is a good thing, right?
Economics & Business
Feb 7, 2018
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Kant, Hume, and the retailer's dilemma
If you're wondering how 18th century philosophers could possibly serve to guide 21st century retailers, this paper places their opposing perspectives on ethics in the context of how merchants react to customers who violate ...
Economics & Business
Nov 28, 2017
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Ethics and compliance officers face challenges to their legitimacy, study finds
Legislative changes that were introduced in response to corporate scandals in the 1980s and 1990s, and the many others since, have especially motivated larger companies to create ethics and compliance officer positions. These ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2017
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Study finds that industry norms influence journalists' ethical behavior
Tasked with feeding the 24-hour news cycle, journalists must constantly consider the ethical nature of their reporting. A new study from UT Dallas suggests that their behavior is heavily influenced by industry peers.
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2016
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Leaders can avoid whistleblower penalty
Employees who expose unethical behavior in organizations often face retaliation for speaking up. But company leaders who blow the whistle on such activity are less likely to be sanctioned, University of Michigan researchers ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2016
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When the boss's ethical behavior breaks bad
Is your boss ethical? Does he or she do what's right, as opposed to what's profitable?
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2016
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Not mere trickery: Effects of behavioral nudges persist despite disclosure
Nudging people toward particular decisions by presenting one option as the default can influence important life choices. However, many policymakers and some critics of behavioral interventions have raised serious ethical ...
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2015
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Why good people do bad things: Anticipating temptation may improve ethical behavior, study finds
Honest behavior is much like sticking to a diet. When facing an ethical dilemma, being aware of the temptation before it happens and thinking about the long-term consequences of misbehaving could help more people do the right ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2015
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In social hierarchies, moral stigma spreads down more than up
Moral suspicion trickles down social hierarchies, making a top leader's ethical transgressions especially damaging for the careers and reputations of colleagues and subordinates, according to new Stanford research.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2015
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Book urges scientists to wrestle with ethical dilemmas
Equipping social scientists for ethical challenges is the aim of a new book, "Ethical Challenges in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences: Case Studies and Commentaries" (Cambridge University Press), edited by Cornell psychologist ...
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2014
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