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Tenbrunsel is a professor of business ethics at the University of Notre Dame, focusing on ethical decision-making and behavioral ethics.
Known for: Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About It
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Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About It
This book explores the psychological and organizational factors that cause people and institutions to act unethically without realizing it. Drawing on behavioral research, the authors explain how cognitive biases and self-deception create 'blind spots' that prevent ethical awareness, and they offer strategies to recognize and correct these biases in decision-making.
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Bounded Ethicality: The Limits of Moral Awareness
One of the most striking insights from our research is that our ethics—like our rationality—are bounded. Just as cognitive limitations prevent perfect reasoning, psychological boundaries restrict moral recognition. People fail to notice ethical dimensions of a decision because they frame it narrowly...
From Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About It
The Battle Between the 'Should' Self and the 'Want' Self
Each of us contains two selves that shape ethical behavior: the *should self*, which plans and aspires to ethical conduct, and the *want self*, which acts in the moment, pursuing immediate desires. We often overestimate the strength of our *should self*. Before facing temptation, people predict they...
From Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About It
About Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Tenbrunsel is a professor of business ethics at the University of Notre Dame, focusing on ethical decision-making and behavioral ethics.
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