Blind Spots Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It

Name: Blind Spots Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It
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ISBN: 9780691156224

ISBN-10: 0691156220

ISBN-13: 9780691156224

Edition: 2011

Authors: Max H. Bazerman, Ann E. Tenbrunsel

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When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. InBlind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to. From the collapse of Enron and corruption in the tobacco industry, to sales of the defective Ford Pinto, the downfall of Bernard Madoff, and the Challenger space shuttle disaster, the authors investigate the nature of ethical failures in the business world and beyond, and illustrate how we can become more ethical, bridging the gap between who we are and who we…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/23/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Gap between Intended and Actual Ethical Behavior



Why Traditional Approaches to Ethics Won't Save You



When We Act against Our Own Ethical Values



Why You Aren't as Ethical as You Think You Are



When We Ignore Unethical Behavior



Placing False Hope in the "Ethical Organization"



Why We Fail to Fix Our Corrupted Institutions



Narrowing the Gap: Interventions for Improving Ethical Behavior


Notes


Index