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Blog, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Teaching EthicsWorkplace Political Polarization
Corporate Culture, Human Rights, Personality & Personnel, Political Polarization, Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, ResearcherPositive Psychology & Ethical Organizations
Corporate Culture, Positive Organizational Psychology, Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, ResearcherSeeking Corporate Ethics Trainers and College Ethics Instructors for Research Survey
Blog, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Teaching EthicsHow the Sustainability Function in Corporations is Transforming
Blog, Compliance & Ethics Programs, Corporate Culture, Events, VideoIncentives
Incentives, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Research Summaries, ResearcherRemote Work
Practitioner, Professor, Remote Work, Research, Research Summaries, ResearcherCorruption
Corruption, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Research Summaries, ResearcherNegotiation
Negotiation, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Research Summaries, ResearcherSpeak-Up and Call-Out Culture
Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher, Speak-Up and Call-Out CultureCorporate Culture Assessment
Corporate Culture Assessment, Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, ResearcherWorkplace Surveillance
Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher, Workplace SurveillanceMotivated Reasoning
Behavioral Science One Sheets, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherGoals Gone Wild
Behavioral Science One Sheets, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherEthics Pays
Behavioral Science One Sheets, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherSpeak Up Culture
Behavioral Science One Sheets, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherNudging for Ethics
Behavioral Science One Sheets, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherEthical Fading
Behavioral Science One Sheets, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherBounded Ethicality
Behavioral Science One Sheets, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherBehavioral Legal Ethics, University of Tennessee, 2017
Course Syllabus, Leadership, Professor, Teaching EthicsLeading With Values, University of Michigan-Ross School of Business, 2013
Course Syllabus, Leadership, Professor, Teaching EthicsDesigning a Good Life, University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, 2015
Course Syllabus, Decision Making, Ethics Pays, Fairness, Professor, Teaching Ethics, TrustValues Based Leadership, Northwestern University-Kellogg School of Management, 2015
Corporate Culture, Course Syllabus, Leadership, Professor, Teaching EthicsEthical Leadership in the Global Economy, Boston University, 2016
Course Syllabus, Decision Making, Ethics Pays, Fairness, Professor, Teaching Ethics, TrustProfessional Responsibility, NYU Stern, 2017
Contextual Influences, Course Syllabus, Decision Making, Professor, Teaching EthicsCompany Snapshot: Conscious Capitalism- Core to The Container Store’s Success
Case Study, Corporate Culture, PractitionerThe third of three Company Snapshots, these research-based pieces by guest author Jessica Guo look at aspects of successful companies that can be examined for strategy and information of benefit to both active businesses and the academics that study them. See our first company snapshot examining culture and values at Costco and our second company snapshot looking at how values around sustainability and responsibility drive culture and integrity at Patagonia.
Company Snapshot: Conscious Capitalism- Core to The Container Store’s Success
According to a 2012 study by the global management consulting firm Hay Group, retail stores typically see turnover of 67% in part-time employees. Yet the Container Store, a leading storage and organizational products retailer, boasts an annual store employee turnover rate of only 10%.
The Container Store’s employee satisfaction translates directly into bottom-line success: the company has grown from a founding $35,000 investment in 1978—about $131,000 in today’s currency—to earn over $800 million in net sales in FY 2017. “A good capitalist will see the value of what we’re doing,” co-founder Kip Tindell says. “We would not be as profitable if we did less for our employees and vendors.”
Company Snapshot: “Don’t Buy Our Products” – Ethics at Patagonia
Case Study, Corporate Culture, PractitionerThe second of three Company Snapshots, these research-based pieces by guest author Jessica Guo look at aspects of successful companies that can be examined for strategy and information of benefit to both active businesses and the academics that study them. See our first company snapshot examining culture and values at Costco.
Company Snapshots: “Don’t Buy Our Products” – Ethics at Patagonia
When asked what he thought made a good company, Yvon Chouinard replied with one word: responsibility.
Despite being the founder of a retail consumer brand company Patagonia, Chouinard is also a conservationist who advocates for anti-consumerism. He believes that Patagonia has “made a contract with our customers to make clothing as responsibly as possible.” To that end, Chouinard actively encourages his consumers to “think twice before you buy a product from us. Do you really need it or are you just bored and want to buy something?”
Company Snapshot: At Costco, Culture is King
Case Study, Corporate Culture, PractitionerThe first of three Company Snapshots, these research-based pieces by guest author Jessica Guo look at aspects of successful companies that can be examined for strategy and information of benefit to both active businesses and the academics that study them. Additional Company Snapshots will be published on Mondays for the next two weeks.
Company Snapshots: At Costco, Culture is King
“Culture is not the most important thing in the world. It's the only thing.”
According to Jim Sinegal, founder of retail giant Costco, the company’s culture drives its business strategy. Costco’s success turns on its ability to recognize and respect what Sinegal calls “what we stand for in the customer's eyes, and what we mean to all of the stakeholders in our business.” Those core tenets include putting the customer first, rewarding its employees, and valuing its suppliers.
Head to Head: A conversation on behavioral science and ethics
E-Book, Leadership, Practitioner, Professor, Researcher, Teaching EthicsBook Summary: The Rule of Nobody
Book Summaries, Law, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherIn The Rule of Nobody, Philip Howard describes how bureaucracy is stifling U.S. institutions as well as the spirit of autonomy and free will among Americans. We live within a system whereby layers upon layers of often incomprehensible and inconsistent regulations, mandatory disclosures and requirements create a society that is “governed by dead laws” — meaning that since many of today’s laws are so outdated, they have been rendered irrelevant because layers of new (and sometimes inconsistent) laws have been enacted after them, or they have become otherwise destructive to the social good because they hamper progress.
The Rule of Nobody [homepage | public library]
By: Philip K. Howard
Summarized by Azish Filabi
The book is packed with examples of inept laws replacing common sense human judgment. In many cases, government agencies are comprised of well-meaning individuals who can’t apply their common sense and best judgment to resolve the problems they are hired to manage.
His recommendations for restoring human control of democracy and bringing about good government involves a series of reforms (summarized below) towards principles-based regulation, including appointing independent commissions to review and propose amendments to existing laws, to mandatory sunset provisions of all laws with budgetary impact, thus compelling Congress to consider the present needs of constituents when allocating expenditures.
Cheating in College: Why Students Do It and What Educators Can Do About It
Book Summaries, Cheating & Honesty, Practitioner, Professor, Researcher, Teaching EthicsMisbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics
Book Summaries, Cheating & Honesty, Contextual Influences, Decision Making, Fairness, Internal Reporting, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherWhat do economics, psychology, and experimental science have in common? As Richard Thaler implies in Misbehaving: The making of behavioral economics, most economists would say little to none — but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Misbehaving is, first and foremost, a story of how modern economics, finance, and theoretical analysis have become increasingly specialized and narrow without substantial practical value. Utilizing empirical studies and anecdotes, funny stories, and even some jokes, Thaler persuades the reader that behavioral studies — or psychology-motivated disciplines which focus on humans, not mythical rational agents — are here to stay.
Thaler’s findings have numerous and far-reaching implications for designing and implementing ethical systems within organizations. Read our book review and learn more.
Book Review: Margaret Heffernan’s “Beyond Measure”
Book Summaries, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherMargaret Heffernan's new book "Beyond Measure: The big impact of small changes," is an original manifesto for business leaders. Creating strong organizational cultures does not require multi-million dollar programs; instead, small actions by each employee- from Custodian to CEO- matter more and have the biggest impact.