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UrduNew research from three professors in the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business examines how firms are addressing the problem of corporate scandal through the language in their public ethics documents.
Tag: Business Ethics
Researcher studies what causes entrepreneurs like Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes to cross ethical lines
Elizabeth Holmes is being sentenced Nov. 18 for defrauding investors in her Theranos start-up, a crime that inspired a University of Iowa researcher to study how entrepreneurs factor ethics into their decision making. Miranda Welbourne Eleazar is assistant professor of…
GW Experts Available to Discuss Returning to the Office This Fall
WASHINGTON (June 30, 2021) — Now that COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States have gone way up, many employers are calling workers back to the office. However, surveys show that many employees enjoy working from home and do not want…
Study Indicates Deliberate Hiring of Unethical Management Accountants
Dark personality traits — questionable ethical standards, narcissistic tendencies – are often framed as an accidental byproduct of selecting earnings managers who fit the stereotype of a strong leader. But new research in the Journal of Business Ethics finds this is often no accident.
Building a New Tool for Assessing Fair Labor
Researchers are creating a tool that incorporates the many existing fair labor programs and offers a single index that consumers, and companies, can look at and understand.
UNC Charlotte Research Shows Price Pharmaceutical Firms Pay for Illegal Practices
Large pharmaceutical firms paid over $33 billion in penalties over the past 13 years for illegal practices, according to new research from a UNC Charlotte researcher. The study, published in today’s Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), found that 85%…
Rutgers Ethics Professor Available to Discuss Dirty Money, Charitable Donations
Professor Joanne B. Ciulla, director of the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School–New Brunswick and Newark, is available to discuss the ethics of charitable giving and why donors and organizations may give. Ciulla recently wrote on the topic…
COVID-19 and the Ethical Questions it Poses
The coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented in its impact, leaving no aspect of life unaffected from its arrival in late 2019. From day-to-day impacts on work, school, social gatherings, and travel, to larger shockwaves to the world’s economy and health…
Minority-Owned Banks: Doing More with Less
Minority-owned banks offer a valuable function in providing equitable support to minority communities and small-businesses. While they receive some government benefits, they also receive criticism for the support and a perception they’re “risky.” Is that criticism founded? Research analyzes actual outputs and inputs.
Retail Health Clinic Leaders Help Flatten the Curve of COVID-19
The actions taken by retail health clinics — small primary care clinics located within retail outlets like Walmart’s Care Clinics or CVS’ MinuteClinic — will have a significant impact on public safety, and their actions may prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from overwhelming the U.S. health care system. Darden Professor Dennie Kim explains.
Minority-Owned Banks: Past and Present
From the Civil War and Reconstruction to Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon to Jay-Z and Killer Mike: Darden experts discuss the history of minority depository institutions, the integral service they provide diverse communities and the challenges that still exist.
Financial Pressure Makes CFOs Less Likely to Blow the Whistle on Potential Fraud
A recent study finds that corporate financial managers do a great job of detecting signs of potential fraud, but are less likely to voice these concerns externally when their company is under pressure to meet a financial target.
Diversity Practices: Challenges and Strategies
Years of inequality have led to lasting challenges faced by minorities in opportunities for advancement. Efforts to “manage diversity” could benefit from education about historical context, as well as contemporary experience, that lead to low inclusion. Courtney McCluney discusses challenges of diversity practices and potential solutions.
First: Do No Harm. Second: Strategize for Stakeholders After You Do.
Stakeholders don’t just respond to companies’ harmful practices — they respond to perceived harm. Darden Professor Andy Wicks examines how companies should respond to stakeholders’ responses. For example: Assembly Bill 5. Are Uber drivers employees or contractors? Stakeholders and the company disagree.
How to Design for Real Race-Intelligent Inclusion
Do diversity and inclusion efforts do what they’re intended to? Professor Martin Davidson, Darden’s senior associate dean and global chief diversity officer, discusses workplace practices that encourage a culture of race-intelligent inclusion and greater understanding of the needs of black people.