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Unethical Decision Making in Organizations
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- 7 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Subtitles in German
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Syllabus
- Week 1 - Week 1- Ethical and unethical decision making
Have you ever asked yourself the following questions ? Why do human beings act in an illegal and unethical way? Why and under what conditions do we become evil? What motivates harm doing and what is the explanatory power of human nature and human culture? What... - Week 2 - Week 2- Introduction to unethical decisions in organizations
In this week, we will first reflect upon the wisdom of a famous fairy tale in order to understand the power contexts have on individuals. Subsequently, we will zoom into one of the most famous corporate scandals, the Ford Pinto case which demonstrates the powe... - Week 3 - Week 3- The power of frames: How people construct their reality
In this third week, we will examine how framing can contribute to unethical decision making. After having introduced you to the concept of framing in general, we will use it to interpret the Enron scandal. We will then discuss the recent Lehman Brothers collap... - Week 4 - Week 4- The power of routines
In this week, we will first look at how people and organizations (can) simplify information processing and decision making, namely by using heuristics and by establishing routines. Subsequently, we will examine key driving forces of ethical blindness in organi... - Week 5 - Week 5- The power of strong situations
In this week, we will shift the focus to the environment of the decision maker and we will start by inspecting the immediate context. People are often in situations that have a strong influence on how they think and behave. Most of this influence comes from th... - Week 6 - Week 6 - The power of institutions
In this week, we will start by examining the impact of time on decision making. Subsequently, we will discuss the third contextual layer that we posit in our model of ethical blindness: the institutional context in which organizations are embedded. We will ana... - Week 7 - Week 7- The wind of change: how to fight ethical blindness
After having discussed for six weeks the forces that promote ethical blindness, we will now concentrate on defence strategies. This week, we will examine how we can fight against ethical blindness as individuals and as leaders in organizations.
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Guido Palazzo
Professor of Business Ethics
Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC-Lausanne)
Ulrich Hoffrage
Professor of Decision Theory
Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC-Lausanne)
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