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Automating Morality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Quinn, TomCase HBS-324007-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs autonomy became a more significant part of modern life - most notably in autonomous vehicles (AVs), such as Teslas - ethical debates about whether and how to impart ethics to machines heated up. Utilitarians pointed out that autonomous vehicles crashed much less often than human-driven cars, making their adoption a net positive in terms of lives saved; deontologists worried about the implications of programming a car to swerve to kill its pass...Starting at €8.20
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Discipline of Building Character
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-98201-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. What is the difference between an ethical decision and what the author, Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Badaracco, Jr., calls a defining moment? An ethical decision typically involves choosing between two options: one we know to be right and another we kn...Starting at €8.20
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Protect Your Company or Your Cousin (HBR Case Study)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R2102X-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn this fictional case, a customer experience manager is torn between loyalty to her family and to her employer after she gets inside information from her cousin suggesting that one of the company's suppliers might not be able to make good on its contractual obligations. If she shares what she's learned with her manager, her company might elect not to renew its contract with the supplier. But passing along the information would mean betraying a p...Starting at €8.20
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Protect Your Company or Your Cousin (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R2102Z-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn this fictional case, a customer experience manager is torn between loyalty to her family and to her employer after she gets inside information from her cousin suggesting that one of the company's suppliers might not be able to make good on its contractual obligations. If she shares what she's learned with her manager, her company might elect not to renew its contract with the supplier. But passing along the information would mean betraying a p...Starting at €8.20
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PepsiCo, Profits, and Food: The Belt Tightens
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-314055-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe case describes the issues facing Indra Nooyi after five years of PepsiCo's new and controversial nutrition strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Protect Your Company or Your Cousin? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R2102M-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn this fictional case, a customer experience manager is torn between loyalty to her family and to her employer after she gets inside information from her cousin suggesting that one of the company's suppliers might not be able to make good on its contractual obligations. If she shares what she's learned with her manager, her company might elect not to renew its contract with the supplier. But passing along the information would mean betraying a p...Starting at €8.20
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Ethical Analysis: Situation versus Character
Nohria, Nitin; Sucher, Sandra J.; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Gurtler, BridgetCase HBS-316078-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhen we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we often rely on explanations based on character. We think that good decisions and responsible behavior require people with integrity and strong character, and immoral behavior originates with people with little integrity and weak character. However, important research in recent decades strongly suggests that situational factors often dominate character in ethical decision-maki...Starting at €8.20