Max Bazerman
Harvard Business School professor and scholar of negotiation, decision-making and ethics; Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration; author of Better, Not Perfect (2020).
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Becoming more ethical means doing better than before, not maximizing value perfectly
To become a more ethical person, my goal isn’t to maximize value perfectly, but to do better than I have in the past and to do better next year than I’m doing now.
pon.harvard.eduSaid 31 Oct 2020This on korrents
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Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people
Our observation is that much of what goes wrong isn't caused by bad people doing bad things; it's caused by good people doing bad things without knowing that they're doing something bad.
news.gallup.comSaid 12 Jun 2008This on korrents
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Becoming more ethical means doing better than before, not maximizing value perfectly
To become a more ethical person, my goal isn’t to maximize value perfectly, but to do better than I have in the past and to do better next year than I’m doing now.
Ask a Negotiation Expert: Creating More Value—For All (Program on Negotiation Q&A) Said 31 Oct 2020
You can often create value for others without sacrifice, by deciding more wisely how to spend your time and what to do at work
It’s great if you want to trade some of your welfare for the welfare of others who need it more, but you can often create value for others without such sacrifices, simply by making wiser decisions about how you spend your time and what you do at work.
Ask a Negotiation Expert: Creating More Value—For All (Program on Negotiation Q&A) Said 31 Oct 2020
Too many not-for-profits forget that their main objective is creating value for those in need
Too many not-for-profits forget that their main objective is to create value for those in need.
Ask a Negotiation Expert: Creating More Value—For All (Program on Negotiation Q&A) Said 31 Oct 2020
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Not-for-profits destroy value when they hire for-profit fundraisers who keep a share of what they raise
Not-for-profits also destroy value when they hire for-profit fundraising companies that take a chunk of the money they raise.
Ask a Negotiation Expert: Creating More Value—For All (Program on Negotiation Q&A) Said 31 Oct 2020
Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people
Our observation is that much of what goes wrong isn't caused by bad people doing bad things; it's caused by good people doing bad things without knowing that they're doing something bad.
Evaluating Your Business Ethics (Gallup Business Journal Q&A) Said 12 Jun 2008
Setting goals makes otherwise-unethical behaviour more likely; goal setting is not bad but has overlooked problems
The fact that we set goals, then want to meet them, certainly increases the likelihood that we'll engage in behavior that we otherwise would have viewed as unethical. That doesn't mean goal setting is bad; it means it has problematic features that we often don't think about.
Evaluating Your Business Ethics (Gallup Business Journal Q&A) Said 12 Jun 2008
Managers should make corporate ethics clear and avoid sending subtle, conflicting signals
Step one is to make it clear what the corporate ethics are and not to send subtle, conflicting signals about what they want.
Evaluating Your Business Ethics (Gallup Business Journal Q&A) Said 12 Jun 2008
Better organizations recruit more effectively, because most people want to work for a high-quality organization
Another way of looking at it is that by being a better organization, companies can recruit people more effectively. Most people want to work for a high-quality organization rather than a low-quality organization.
Evaluating Your Business Ethics (Gallup Business Journal Q&A) Said 12 Jun 2008
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