Research Summaries - Ethical Systems

A man and a woman facing away from each other with arms crossed, indicating disagreement.

Workplace Political Polarization

Corporate Culture, Human Rights, Personality & Personnel, Political Polarization, Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher

Political polarization in the United States is increasing more rapidly than among other democratic-style governments (Brown University, 2020; Pew Research, 2014) and becoming more problematic in terms of workplace civility and productivity…

Positive Psychology & Ethical Organizations

Corporate Culture, Positive Organizational Psychology, Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher

The modern movement of Positive Psychology is often said to have begun when Martin Seligman, in a 1998 speech as APA President, introduced the idea of a “reoriented science that emphasizes the understanding and building of the most positive…

Incentives

Incentives, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Research Summaries, Researcher

Introduction Incentives in organizations take many forms. They can include monetary compensation and promotion as well as informal benefits, like influence or access, and social rewards (e.g. accolades, status, titles). They’re…

Remote Work

Practitioner, Professor, Remote Work, Research, Research Summaries, Researcher

Remote work, also often referred to as virtual work, telecommuting, or work-from-home, has expanded rapidly during COVID-19, assisted by advancing technology. As we witness this monumental change, our understanding of ethical culture, leadership,…

Corruption

Corruption, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Research Summaries, Researcher

Part of a 15th-century fresco depicting a two-faced "bad judge" double-dealing—taking bribes from a serf, on the left, and a nobleman, on the right. The leading non-governmental organization in the anti-corruption field, Transparency…

Negotiation

Negotiation, Practitioner, Professor, Research, Research Summaries, Researcher

Carl Seiler, Signing the Preliminary Treaty of Peace at Paris When people negotiate, they exchange information and solve problems interdependently. The process is rife with opportunities to use different strategies to achieve greater…

Speak-Up and Call-Out Culture

Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher, Speak-Up and Call-Out Culture

Speaking up inside an organization can be viewed as a risky exercise of employee voice that, like other prosocial behaviors, is more likely to occur in conditions of safety and security. Companies thrive when potentially useful information…

Corporate Culture Assessment

Corporate Culture Assessment, Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher

Corporate culture, a rather nebulous psychological construct, is nevertheless part of an organization’s personality. It informs employees—via expectations, standards, prohibitions, and norms, both written and unwritten—how to behave,…

Workplace Surveillance

Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher, Workplace Surveillance

Surveillance and monitoring in the workplace have evolved alongside advancing technologies, presenting ever-multiplying opportunities, risks, and emerging ethical questions. More pervasive and personal every year, the "datafication" of…

Trust

Practitioner, Professor, Research Summaries, Researcher, Trust

Ethics and trust are inextricably linked. We are interested in ethics in large part because we are concerned, even obsessed, with the question of who we can trust is a world where there is risk and uncertainty. In our relationships, we humans…