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      • 23 Feb 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Examining Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

      The late 20th century saw dramatic growth in incarceration rates in the United States. Of the more than 2.3 million people in US prisons, jails, and detention centers in 2020, 60 percent were Black or Latinx. Harvard Business School assistant professor Reshmaan Hussam probes the assumptions underlying the current prison system, with its huge racial disparities, and considers what could be done to address the crisis of the American criminal justice system in her case, “Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      New research on ethics and principles from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including white-collar crime, activist CEOs, and group loyalty.
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      • 29 Sep 2020
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Employee Performance vs. Company Values: A Manager’s Dilemma

      The Cold Call podcast celebrate its five-year anniversary with a classic case study. Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria discusses the dilemma of how to treat a brilliant individual performer who can't work with colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 22 Sep 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Older People Are Less Pessimistic about the Health Risks of COVID-19

      by Pedro Bordalo, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer

      The pandemic presents a unique opportunity to investigate formation of beliefs about an unprecedented, widespread, and life-threatening event. One finding: COVID-19 makes the prospect of disease and death particularly salient for the young.

      • 01 Jun 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Spreading the Health: Americans' Estimated and Ideal Distributions of Death and Health(care)

      by Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton

      Across varying political ideologies and income levels, Americans both underestimate the current extent of inequality of mortality and healthcare, and prefer each to be more equally distributed.

      • 19 May 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Stereotypes and Politics

      by Pedro Bordalo, Marco Tabellini, and David Yang

      Stereotypes exaggerate true differences across groups. This study identifies factors that shape and distort individuals’ beliefs about others’ political and social attitudes.

      • 11 Dec 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      When to Apply?

      by Katherine Coffman, Manuela Collis, and Leena Kulkarni

      Using a series of experiments, the authors studied gender differences in how job-seekers perceive their own qualifications for different opportunities and how this affects their decision to apply. Results suggest that soft touch employer interventions can improve the diversity of applicant pools even if candidate beliefs about their own ability are unchanged.

      • 20 May 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

      by Michael Blanding

      Are product sales affected by the CEO's stance on political and social issues? Michael Toffel and Aaron Chatterji study how consumers react to vocal chief executives. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 14 May 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

      by Michael Blanding

      Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics allow companies to create more effective codes of business conduct, says Eugene Soltes. But technology isn't the only solution. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 07 May 2019
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Managers, Are You Prepared to Handle Religion in the Workplace?

      Managers face growing challenges related to religion in the workplace as religious discrimination claims and monetary settlements increase. Derek van Bever discusses two examples that made their way to the US Supreme Court. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 01 May 2019
      • What Do You Think?

      What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP Readers comment on how YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki should solve its “sustainability” versus "respectability" problem. What should YouTube do? asks James Heskett. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 01 May 2019
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose

      by Malcolm S. Salter

      Shareholder value maximization has become the de facto expression of the institutional purpose guiding many managers’ decision making. The author proposes an alternative, justice-based guideline for corporate purpose based on established moral and organizational principles.

      • 04 Apr 2019
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

      Bill George discusses his case study, "Facebook Confronts a Crisis of Trust," including why Zuckerberg handled the crisis as he did, the role of companies in protecting privacy, and the pros and cons of regulation. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 04 Mar 2019
      • What Do You Think?

      What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP: As companies increasingly build business models around our personal data, what can be done to fight back? James Heskett's readers suggest there are no easy answers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 14 Jan 2019
      • Op-Ed

      These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

      by Bill George

      At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, these four corporate leaders stepped forward—and changed how we think of leadership forever, says Bill George. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Dec 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

      by Michael Blanding

      Women caught in misconduct were 20 percent more likely to be fired and 30 percent less likely to find new employment in the financial services industry, reports new research by Mark Egan and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 20 Aug 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All

      by Michael Blanding

      Retailers often compare a "sale" price to the original price. Donald Ngwe says consumers should be skeptical of those original prices — and so should regulators. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 Jul 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

      by Dina Gerdeman

      You may think you are an ethical person, but self-interest can cloud your judgment when you sit down at the bargaining table, says Max Bazerman. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 03 Jul 2018
      • What Do You Think?

      Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP Respondents to this month’s James Heskett column provided a resounding “no” to the question of whether Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella should accede to the wishes of a vocal minority of employees and cancel ICE contracts. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 11 Jan 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales

      by Andrea Barbon, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, and Augustin Landier

      This study finds that brokers tend to reveal the occurrence of a fire sale to their best clients, allowing them to generate significant profits by predating on the liquidating fund. Such information leakage comes at the expense of higher price impact, and leads to a more costly liquidation for the fire sale originator.

      • 08 Jan 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

      by Michael Blanding

      One in twelve financial advisors have been disciplined for serious misconduct, according to a recent study by finance professor Mark Egan and colleagues. The bad apples are rarely punished. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Nov 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Equity Concerns Are Narrowly Framed

      by Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler

      This paper based on a large online study finds that individuals tend to differentiate in their concerns about fairness along specific dimensions, especially time and money, and are much more worried about fairness in one (time) than the other (money). These attitudes may help explain a seemingly wide variety of phenomena.

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