Personal ethics

You are an up and coming leader and have just found the perfect stretch job opportunity. How much can you "dress up" your resume to make yourself as strong...

You are an up and coming leader and have just found the perfect stretch job opportunity. How much can you “dress up” your resume to make yourself as strong a candidate as possible without crossing the ethical line of deception? Consider a few conflicting thoughts: Over 50% of people lie on their resume. A Monster.com […]

In a shocking study published in 2006, Don McCabe of Rutgers University and fellow researchers found that MBAs cheat more than other graduate students in the U.S. and Canada. This week’s portion of the HBR Debate on “How to Fix Business Schools” focused in on the problem of ethical lapses among business students and what […]

Chicanery is common in the start-up world: With so much at stake, founders are apt to exaggerate, obfuscate, and otherwise stretch the truth when courting...

Moral judgments rest on both intent and control.

New research on honesty.

What should managers working abroad do when they encounter business practices that seem unethical? Should they, in the spirit of cultural relativism,...

These four mindsets can help you transform the culture.

As the 1990s overtake us, public interest in ethics is at a historic high. While the press calls attention to blatant derelictions on Wall Street, in the defense industry, and in the Pentagon, and to questionable activities in the White House, in the attorney general’s office, and in Congress, observers wonder whether our society is […]

Virtue matters too.

Prevent moral lapses with a to-don't list.

Business, like poker, is often a game of strategic bluffs. The worlds of private and business life are separate and demand separate codes of ethics. The...

Harvard Business School's Christensen teaches aspiring MBAs how to apply management and innovation theories to build stronger companies. But he also believes...

They need to know work is still important.

Create an organization that helps employees behave more honorably.

The frail, forlorn face of Rupert Murdoch in the news exposes the vulnerability at the heart of his News Corporation media empire: his reputation for...

The former top editor of the Boston Globe and the Washington Post talks about the Globe's investigation of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal, attacks...

When researchers from Cass Business School compared data on board diversity with fines levied for misconduct, they found that banks with more female directors...

First, decide whether you should say something at all.

Answer true or false: "I am an ethical manager." If you answered "true," here's an uncomfortable fact: You're probably wrong. Most of us believe we can...