Day Family Ethics Lecture: Ann Tenbrunsel - "Ethical Blindspots, The Psychology of Unethical Behavior"

Dr. Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Ph.D., Northwestern University; M.B.A. Northwestern University; B.S.I.O.E. University of Michigan) is a professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Notre Dame and is the Rex and Alice A. Martin Research Director of the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide. Ann teaches at the executive, MBA, and undergraduate levels. Her current research interests focus on the psychology of ethical decision making, examining why employees, leaders and students behave unethically, despite their best intentions to behave to the contrary.   She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of six books on this topic—including Blind Spots (with Max Bazerman), Behavioral Ethics: Shaping an Emerging Field (with David De Cremer), Codes of Conduct: Behavioral Research into Business Ethics (with David Messick)—and over 50 research articles and chapters. Her research has been featured in interviews airing on MSNBC and National Public Radio, and adaptations, excerpts and references to her work have appeared in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, The Guardian, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Ethisphere Magazine, Investor’s Business Daily, and in blogs for Psychology Today and Freakonomics.