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SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT: Todd Haugh offers insight on corporate governance

Todd Haugh, an assistant professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, specializes in research on the connections between white collar and corporate crime and behavioral ethics.  Haugh’s…

Considering money: Dan Ariely argues there is more to life than money

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A year since Dan Ariely published “Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter,” the social scientist and Duke University professor, writes “I’ve learned a lot about the truly meaningful value of non-monetary rewards in engagement, motivation, habits, loyalty, wellness and more.” Here Ethical Systems’ editor reflects on culture and values against the backdrop of Ariely’s hypothesis.

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Data & Behavioral Science: a new approach to risk management

I recently sat on a panel at an event hosted by Ropes and Gray LLP in connection with the launch of their new report, Data & Behavioral Science: a new approach to risk management.  The report summarizes survey results from 300 senior…

SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT: Dolly Chugh discusses her new book

Dolly Chugh's new book “The Person You Mean to Be” serves as a guide to tackling issues from sexism to racism

Purpose driven companies are winners

Caterina Bulgarella argues that purpose focused companies come out ahead in more ways than one. 

September’s In the News: Jonathan Haidt’s Times’ column; David Mayer on Ohio State’s controversy and more

Ethical Systems' collaborators have had a busy September including op-ed's in The New York Times, publications in the Harvard Business Review and the launch of new books. 

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Trying to solve an ethical dilemma? Start with changing your mindset

Companies wishing to give employees an effective decision-making framework to confront ethical dilemmas now have a new tool in their arsenal.  Recent findings from researchers Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino [Important context: this author has…

Don’t quit, not just yet

Employees who are stressed out at work should consider learning something new, according to new research by David Mayer, a professor at the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Ethical Systems’ collaborator. Read more. 

SCHOLAR SPOTLIGHT: Yuval Feldman shares about his new book “The Law of Good People”

Yuval Feldman, the Mori Lazarof professor of legal research at Bar-Ilan University’s law school, recently published his first book "The Law of Good People" by Cambridge University Press. Learn more about what motivated him to pursue the intersections of law and psychology 

 

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Featured Expert Interview: Noel Boyland, on well-being, higher purpose, and connecting companies with the research community

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What are your current areas of work and research?

I'm currently involved in several somewhat overlapping activities.  First, I am working with Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight, founded by ES collaborator Dan Ariely, on a project involving the development and deployment of a peer-to-peer fundraising platform that will be used to co-fund health insurance for low income Kenyans.  This platform will incorporate the latest insights in behavioral science as it relates to altruistic behavior as well as serve as an experimentation platform to test hypotheses as to what features are most effective and then integrate those new insights.