From the University of Melbourne press release via Physorg: Accounting manipulation occurs more often in firms that have a work culture that is centered on self-interest, according to a joint University of Melbourne and Tilburg…
From the Pamplin College of Business press release: Many studies have looked at the impact of sleep deprivation on workers’ health, safety, and morale, says Pamplin College of Business management assistant professor Christopher Barnes, but…
From the Washington University press release by Molly McElroy: As militaries develop autonomous robotic warriors to replace humans on the battlefield, new ethical questions emerge. If a robot in combat has a hardware malfunction or…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: It’s normal to not always act on your sense of compassion—for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you…
From the University of Kansas press release: From sacred religious texts to books to movies, light and darkness have always symbolized good and evil. But is it possible that abstract concepts such as good and…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: There are concerns that the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM—an internationally recognised classification of mental disorders produced by the American Psychiatric…
From the UC Berkeley press release: The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street” – that “greed is…
From the UC Riverside press release by Bettye Miller via HealthCanal: Why do some people behave morally while others do not? Sociologists at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Northridge have developed…
From the Emory University press release: An Emory University neuro-imaging study shows that personal values that people refuse to disavow, even when offered cash to do so, are processed differently in the brain than those…
From the Association of Psychological Science press release: News of employee misconduct always creates a whirlwind for the companies involved — think of Enron, Goldman Sachs and UBS, for example. But are these firms responsible…