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CEO Sentenced for Kicking Dog. (Should the Company Care?)
This is a case from a few months ago, popping up in the news again: CEO kicks dog, and is caught on elevator-cam. The business ethics question: is should the company care about his bad behaviour off-duty? BEH co-editor Chris
CEO Sentenced for Kicking Dog. (Should the Company Care?)
This is a case from a few months ago, popping up in the news again: CEO kicks dog, and is caught on elevator-cam. The business ethics question: is should the company care about his bad behaviour off-duty? BEH co-editor Chris
Iowa Lottery Employee Faces Charges
A lottery employee scamming the system for $14 million is just an extreme version of a much more common worry known as the agency problem. Of course, outright fraud isn’t the most usual kind of agency risk, but this example
Iowa Lottery Employee Faces Charges
A lottery employee scamming the system for $14 million is just an extreme version of a much more common worry known as the agency problem. Of course, outright fraud isn’t the most usual kind of agency risk, but this example
Entrepreneurs and Moral Disengagement
New from Journal of Business Ethics. >>> Personal Motives, Moral Disengagement, and Unethical Decisions by Entrepreneurs: Cognitive Mechanisms on the “Slippery Slope” Entrepreneurs sometimes make unethical decisions that have devastating effects on their companies, stakeholders, and themselves. We suggest that
Entrepreneurs and Moral Disengagement
New from Journal of Business Ethics. >>> Personal Motives, Moral Disengagement, and Unethical Decisions by Entrepreneurs: Cognitive Mechanisms on the “Slippery Slope” Entrepreneurs sometimes make unethical decisions that have devastating effects on their companies, stakeholders, and themselves. We suggest that
Blackwater Guards Jailed for 2007 Killing of Civilians
Four former employees of private security contractor, Blackwater, have been handed lengthy jail terms in relation to their roles in the killing of civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad, in 2007. There are legal, political, and diplomatic issues here, but also
Blackwater Guards Jailed for 2007 Killing of Civilians
Four former employees of private security contractor, Blackwater, have been handed lengthy jail terms in relation to their roles in the killing of civilians in Nisour Square, Baghdad, in 2007. There are legal, political, and diplomatic issues here, but also
CEO Institutes $70,000 Minimum Wage
Pretty much everyone will love this story. Some will love it because they see it as a move toward economic justice; others will love it because it involves a private decision, rather than one forced by government. Ethically, is it
CEO Institutes $70,000 Minimum Wage
Pretty much everyone will love this story. Some will love it because they see it as a move toward economic justice; others will love it because it involves a private decision, rather than one forced by government. Ethically, is it
Nestlé, California, and Water
A place that’s desperately short of water probably shouldn’t be exporting it. Nestlé is doing just that, and (according to the Salon story below) avoiding legal restrictions by partnering with Native American bands. >>> Nestlé’s despicable water-crisis profiteering: How it’s
Nestlé, California, and Water
A place that’s desperately short of water probably shouldn’t be exporting it. Nestlé is doing just that, and (according to the Salon story below) avoiding legal restrictions by partnering with Native American bands. >>> Nestlé’s despicable water-crisis profiteering: How it’s
Do Supplements Cause Cancer?
SO here’s a moral puzzle: what do you do when evidence comes forward that the product you make, rather than helping people, may instead be hurting people? Do you stop marketing it? Do you add a warning label? How many
Do Supplements Cause Cancer?
SO here’s a moral puzzle: what do you do when evidence comes forward that the product you make, rather than helping people, may instead be hurting people? Do you stop marketing it? Do you add a warning label? How many
Ethical Shoppers and Innovation-Seeking
It’s an interesting point: sometimes buying an ‘ethical’ product means trying something new and innovative. So makers of such products need to seek out (and maybe rely upon) shoppers who are adventuresome that way. >>> Open-minded shoppers willing to try
Ethical Shoppers and Innovation-Seeking
It’s an interesting point: sometimes buying an ‘ethical’ product means trying something new and innovative. So makers of such products need to seek out (and maybe rely upon) shoppers who are adventuresome that way. >>> Open-minded shoppers willing to try
Taxi Cartel Kingpin Seeks Bailout From NYC Officials
“Stakeholders” in 20th Century business model seeks reprieve from effects of disruptive innovation. >>> New York Taxi Mogul, Seeking a Bailout, Says He’s Too Big to Fail Mr. Freidman’s problem is not unlike that of any homeowner who bought real
Taxi Cartel Kingpin Seeks Bailout From NYC Officials
“Stakeholders” in 20th Century business model seeks reprieve from effects of disruptive innovation. >>> New York Taxi Mogul, Seeking a Bailout, Says He’s Too Big to Fail Mr. Freidman’s problem is not unlike that of any homeowner who bought real
Why Are There So Few Women Among Top B-School Deans?
Michigan (Ross) Dean explains it’s not as simple as sexism. >>> A Business School Dean Explains Why So Few Women Have a Job Like Hers Why are you one of only 10 female deans at the top 60 business schools?
Why Are There So Few Women Among Top B-School Deans?
Michigan (Ross) Dean explains it’s not as simple as sexism. >>> A Business School Dean Explains Why So Few Women Have a Job Like Hers Why are you one of only 10 female deans at the top 60 business schools?
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