Do gender stereotypes about female gullibility make women more likely to be deceived in business negotiations? New research, led by Laura Kray of Berkeley-Haas, indicates that the answer is yes. [getty src=”137546656?et=cjGvieaEREBdNf56yK1IHg&sig=ILGPlEsLeWb1OcNYLBF5GSMRjU6Uxsn3TQHTQ7ErTzM=” width=”507″ height=”338″] The…
By Ernesto Dal Bó Do moral ideas have power? We would like to think so. We all appeal to certain actions being “right” as a way to justify why we want certain things done. And…
It’s no secret that one of Berkeley-Haas’s defining characteristics is its emphasis on placing business in the larger context of social and environmental responsibility. The school’s four defining principles, starting with “Question the Status Quo”…
By Omar Romero-Hernandez, Tiger Li, Tanya Shiu and Jorge Zapata Barbara. Each year, the world’s human population generates well over 1 billion tons of solid waste, and that volume is on track to grow 70…
NPR’s Morning Edition offered a fascinating look at research by the Institute’s Laura Kray on the gender gap on business ethics and why it discourages women from entering business school. Kray, professor of leadership in…
By Lisa Feldman It surprises me, but many people still assume that MBA students focus only on traditional business careers. For a long time, it is true, business schools attracted a high proportion of young…
Nearly one year after more than 1,100 Bangladeshi workers died in the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory, corporations and governments are still struggling with how to enforce decent working conditions in global supply…
By Kristiana Raube When CVS Caremark announced on Feb. 5 that it will ban cigarette sales in all its drug stores, it raised fascinating questions about the link between corporate social responsibility and the bottom…
By Adair Morse and Jo-Ellen Pozner Forbes recently declared that 2014 would be “the Year of the Whistleblower,” while the Wall Street Journal essentially predicted that this would be the Year of the General Counsel …
By David Vogel Last month, the New York Times published a front-page story that may signal an historic shift in the willingness of the American business community to address the risks of global climate change….