Tag Archive for: Book Summaries
Nudge
Book Summaries, Cheating & Honesty, Contextual Influences, Decision Making, FairnessNudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
Penguin Books, Revised & Expanded edition (2009) (public library)
Summarized by Erick Rabin
Introduction
Choice Architecture involves…
Sidetracked
Book Summaries, Decision Making, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherSidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan
by Francesca Gino [Important context: this author has several publications retracted or under review]
Harvard Business Review Press (2013) (public library)
Summarized…
Give and Take
Book Summaries, Contextual Influences, Decision Making, Leadership, Personality & Personnel, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherGive and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
by Adam Grant
Penguin Group (2013) (public library)
Summarized by Joshua Elle
Overview
Adam Grant combines personal accounts and contemporary research, both made readily accessible, to build…
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Book Summaries, Contextual Influences, Corporate Culture, Decision Making, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherSwitch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Crown Business, 1st Ed. (2010) (public library)
Summarized by Jennifer Fang
Overview
Change is difficult, or so most people believe. Switch identifies the crucial…
The Lucifer Effect
Book Summaries, Cheating & Honesty, Conflicts of Interest, Contextual Influences, Corruption, Fairness, Human Rights, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherThe Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip Zimbardo
Random House Publishing Group, 1st Ed. Reprint (2008) (public library)
Summarized by Joshua Elle
Overview
In a compelling story of his own life's journey, Phil…
Blind Spots Review by Jeff Kaplan
BlogAlthough we plan to add a full-length book summary in the near future, lawyer and ethical systems researcher Jeff Kaplan has already written a review of Blind Spots (homepage, amazon, B&N, public library), by Max Bazerman…
Cultivating Conscience
Book Summaries, Ethics Pays, Law, Personality & Personnel, Practitioner, Professor, ResearcherCultivating Conscience: How Good Laws Make Good People
by Lynn Stout (public library)
Summarized by David Newman
Overview
Conscience, or unselfish prosocial behavior, is a real and powerful force. A growing body of empirical evidence shows…
Managing Business Ethics
Book Summaries, Cheating & Honesty, Compliance & Ethics Programs, Practitioner, Professor, Researcher, Teaching EthicsManaging Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How To Do It Right
by Linda K. Treviño and Katherine A. Nelson
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 5th ed. (2011) (public library)
Summarized by David Newman
Overview
Treviño and Nelson present…