Resources

The 1920 Farrow’s Bank failure: a case of managerial hubris? (2014)
"Thomas Farrow had …. become afflicted by managerial hubris. This was reflected most clearly in the fact that he increasingly came to view himself as being somehow above and beyond...
Morality, competition, and the firm: the market failures approach to business ethics. (2014)
“an exciting thesis... to derive business ethics from the pursuit of market efficiency, rather from everyday morality.” Joseph Heath, Professor in the Department of Philosophy as well as the School...
The myth of the strong leader: political leadership in the modern age. (2014)
"Brown warns of the dangers of leaders who, whether in a democracy or a tyranny, seek to dominate policy and all those around them. The reality or the delusion of unchallenged...

The myth of the strong leader? BBC Radio 4, 2014. Is it better to lead from the front, or advise from the side-line?
"Host Tom Sutcliffe asks whether it's better to lead from the front, or advise from the side-line. Richard Hytner celebrates the latter: those who wield influence and authority away from...
The problem with finance. (2014)
"...it takes a long time to change a faulty culture, especially one that makes economic sense for the people inside it.” Edward Hadas, Economics Editor, Reuters Breakingviews.com 6 November 2014...

Looking for hubris but finding realism in company annual report CEO letters to shareholders: an analysis using DICTION software (2014)
"Language with statistically significantly high scores for ‘realism’ and ‘human interest’ is not a distinctive marker of CEO hubris, but rather, is a generic feature of language use in letters...

Reckless endangerment: The failure of HBOS. (2014)
"..looks at the failure of HBOS using a behavioural finance perspective, in particular considering the cognitive biases (such as over-confidence and groupthink) that may have led directors to underestimate the...
The psychology of power: temptation at the top. (2014)
"scrutinizes some of the best-known politicians… (and finds) all gave in to a slightly amended version of the seven temptations or mortal sins.." Jaap van Ginneken, psychologist and former Associate...

Hubris syndrome and the Arab spring: shared ideology or folie partagée? (2014). Can leaders’ hubris expand into a collective form?
"All the deposed rulers in the Arab Spring appear to fulfil the proposed diagnostic criteria for hubris syndrome as described by Lord Owen. They have been replaced by ‘democratically’ elected...

Exploring signs of hubris in CEO language (2014). Can software identify hubristic CEO-speak?
"Reports on the authors' study into whether DICTION computer-assisted text analysis software could help identify hubristic language from Chief Executive Officers. The results, although mixed, show some promise Amernic, J:...