COLLOQUIUM Bounded Ethicality by Max Bazerman (Harvard University)
To events overview| What | Colloquium |
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10-02-2010 from 12:30 to 14:00 |
| Where | Amsterdam |
| Address | University of Amsterdam Roesterseilend Complex Room E0.02 |
| Contact Email | E-Address |
| Attendees | Max Bazerman |
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Bounded ethicality describes the systematic and predictable psychological processes that lead people to engage in ethically questionable behaviors that are inconsistent with their own preferred ethics. The talk will briefly overview some of the ways in which our ethical behavior is bounded, and then move on to examine why we fail to notice the unethical behaviors of others.
Specifically, I will examine 1) the motivated tendency to overlook the unethical behavior of others when we recognize the unethical behavior would harm us, 2) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior unless it is clear, immediate, and direct, 3) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior when ethicality erodes slowly over time, and 4) the tendency to assess unethical behaviors only after the unethical behavior has resulted in a bad outcome, but not during the decision process.
Information about the speaker
Prof. Max Bazerman is a world-renowned professor of business administration at Harvard University (USA). His research focuses on decision making, negotiation, and ethics. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of eighteen books and over 200 research articles and chapters. His work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin, the Academy of Management Review, and the Academy of Management Journal. He is a member of the editorial boards of the American Behavioral Scientist, Journal of Management and Governance, Mind and Society, Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, and The Journal of Behavioral Finance, as well as a member of the international advisory board of the Negotiation Journal. Prof. Bazerman has received honorary degrees from Harvard University as well as the University of London-London Business School.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Please register in advance by sending an e-mail to L.L.Greer@uva.nl.
