Resources
Reith Lecture: does the west’s decline reflect some deterioration in our institutions? (June 2012)
"Institutions … determine modern historical outcomes, more than natural forces like the weather, geography or even the incidence of disease.” Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard, fellow of...
CEO narcissism and the takeover process: from private initiation to deal completion. (May 2012)
"Narcissistic CEOs at target companies get higher bid premiums, while narcissistic CEOs of acquiring companies negotiate takeover attempts quicker. For both targets and acquirers, a narcissist at the helm lowers...
Conference 2012: John Harris – Selection, coaching and mentoring
Harris, John. "Organisational leadership is a moral activity. It is about obligations and confronting rather than avoiding ethical dilemmas. An organisation's culture is a Main Board responsibility. John Harris...
Conference 2012: Alastair Scotland – Doctors, power and performance
"Contracts are needed to balance the power of doctors, creating a more equal relationship between the profession and society, and between individual practitioners and those they work with. Professor...
Successful psychopaths: Are they unethical decision-makers and why? (2012)
"This study investigated ... the positive relationship between psychopathy and unethical decision-making explaining it through the process of moral disengagement." Gregory W. Stevens, Auburn University, Alabama: Jacqueline K. Deuling, Roosevelt University, Illinois: Achilles A. Armenakis, Auburn University, Alabama Journal of...
Conference 2012: Dr Ricardo Blaug – how power corrupts
Summary of presentation by Dr Ricardo Blaug Director, Centre for the Study of Democracy and Reader in Democracy and Political Theory, University of Westminster Hubris is a serious and recurrent...
Power, responsibility and wisdom: exploring the issues at the core of ethical decision-making. (2012)
"At the core of all decision-making is the need to balance Power with Responsibility, Why is that so difficult? Power makes things happen, while our sense of Responsibility determines the trade-offs we make between...
The winner effect: how power affects your brain. (2012)
"Fred Goodwin was only one of many leaders who seemed to get carried away. Psychology may have the clue, and the crucial ingredient in its explanation is power." Ian H. Robertson, ...
Roads to ruin: a study of major risk events. (2012)
"The authors investigated 18 high profile corporate crises of the last decade and analysed the failures that gave rise to each. Seven key issues emerged." Professors Derek Atkins, Chris Parsons...
Too much testosterone, too much confidence: the psychology of banking. (2012)
There is something disturbingly compelling about reading the emails and instant messages exchanged by Barclays bankers in the process of rigging interest rates for their own gain. Ian Leslie...