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Positive Ethics & Virtues

Articles

The conceptual and empirical value of a positive lens: An invitation to organizational scholars to develop novel research questions


By: Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Christopher Myers, Dave M. Mayer,


Leaders matter morally: The role of ethical leadership in shaping employee moral cognition and misconduct


By: Dave M. Mayer, Celia Moore, Flora F. T. Chiang, Craig Crossley, Matthew J. Karlesky, Thomas A. Birch


The pursuit of success in academia: Plato’s ghost asks “what then?”


By: Andrew J. Hoffman, A. R. Elangovan


Cross-cultural research and positive organizational scholarship


By: Kim S. Cameron


Polluted morality: Air pollution predicts criminal activity and unethical behavior


By: Julia Lee Cunningham, Jackson G. Lu, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky


Commitments and appeals to make a better world: The global compact, Laudato Si’ and our future


By: Jim Walsh, Angelo Solarino


The real mystery of positive business: A response from Christian faith


By: Lloyd Sandelands


Trickle-Down Effects of Supervisor Perceptions of Interracial Justice: A Moderated Mediation Approach


By: Maureen L. Ambrose, Marshall Schminke, Dave M. Mayer


Relationship quality and virtuousness: Emotional carrying capacity as a source of individual and team resilience


By: John Paul Stephens, Emily D. Heaphy, Abraham Carmeli, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Jane Dutton


Why employees do bad things: Moral disengagement and unethical organizational behavior


By: Celia Moore, James R. Detert, Linda Klebe Treviño, Vicki L. Baker, Dave M. Mayer


Who displays ethical leadership and why does it matter? An examination of antecedents and consequences of ethical leadership


By: Dave M. Mayer, Karl Aquino, Rebecca L. Greenbaum, Maribeth Kuenzl


Leader mistreatment, employee hostility, and deviant behaviors: Integrating self-uncertainty and thwarted needs perspectives on deviance


By: Dave M. Mayer, Stefan Thau, Kristina M. Workman, Marius Van Dijke, David De Cremer


Breaking rules for the right reasons?: An investigation of pro-social rule breaking


By: Jason J. Dahling, Samantha L. Chau, Dave M. Mayer, Jane B. Gregory


Virtuousness as a source of happiness in organizations


By: Kim S. Cameron, Arran Caza


Linking ethical leadership to employee performance: The roles of leader-member exchange, self-efficacy, and organizational identification


By: Fred O. Walumbwa, Dave M. Mayer, Peng Wang, Hui Wang, , Amanda L. Christensen


Why good guys finish last: The role of justification motives, cognition, and emotion in predicting retaliation against whistleblowers


By: John J. Sumanth, Dave M. Mayer, Virginia S. Kay


Responsible leadership as virtuous leadership


By: Kim S. Cameron


Examining the link between ethical leadership and employee misconduct: The mediating role of ethical climate


By: Dave M. Mayer, Maribeth Kuenzi, Rebecca L. Greenbaum


Guest editor’s introduction: On understanding ethical behavior and decision making: A behavioral ethics approach


By: David De Cremer, Dave M. Mayer, Marshall Shminke


From proscriptions to prescriptions: A call for including prosocial behavior in behavioral ethics


By: Dave M. Mayer


How low does ethical leadership flow? Test of a trickle-down model


By: Dave M. Mayer, Maribeth Kuenzi, Rebecca Greenbaum, Mary Bardes, Rommel Salvador


Making ethical climate a mainstream management topic: A review, critique, and prescription for the empirical research on ethical climate


By: Dave M. Mayer, Maribeth Kuenzi, Rebecca L. Greenbaum


Making sense of organizational actions in response to tragedy: Virtue frames, organizational identification, and organizational attachment


By: Seung-Yoon Rhee, Jane Dutton, Richard P. Bagozzi


Organizational healing: Lived virtuousness amidst organizational crisis


By: Edward H. Powley, Kim S. Cameron


Values and virtues in organizations


By: Charles Manz, Kim S. Cameron, Karen Manz, Robert Marx


Good or not bad: Standards and ethics in managing change


By: Kim S. Cameron


The amplifying and buffering effects of virtuousness in downsized organizations


By: David S. Bright, Kim S. Cameron, Arran Caza


How to play to your strengths


By: Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Jane Dutton, Robert E. Quinn, Emily Heaphy, Brianna Barker


Composing the reflected best self portrait: Building pathways for becoming extraordinary in work organizations


By: Laura Morgan Roberts, Jane Dutton, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Emily D. Heaphy, Robert E. Quinn


Ethics and ethos: The buffering and amplifying effects of ethical behavior and virtuousness


By: Arran Caza, Brianna A. Barker, Kim S. Cameron


Exploring the relationships between organizational virtuousness and performance


By: Kim S. Cameron, David Bright, Arran Caza


Ethics, Virtuousness, and Constant Change


By: Kim S. Cameron


Organizational virtuousness and performance


By: Kim S. Cameron


Organizational and leadership virtues and the role of forgiveness


By: Kim S. Cameron, Arran Caza


Books

Strategy, Law, and Ethics for Business Decisions


By: George J. Siedel, Christine Ladwig


Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection


By: Barbara Fredrickson


Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship


By: Kim S. Cameron, Gretchen M. Spreitzer


Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life


By: Barbara Fredrickson


Leading with Values: Positivity, Virtue, and High Performance


By: Kim S. Cameron, Edward D. Hess


America’s Crisis of Values: Reality and Perception


By: Wayne Baker


CPO Tools

Task Enabling™ Exercise



Essays

One nation under God


By: Lloyd Sandelands


Pursuing virtue in state-university relations


By: David J. Weerts


Events

2023 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM



2022 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM



Antiracism, Allyship, and Authenticity: Building Internal Capacity for Institutional Change



Thrive in Trying Times Teach-Out



The Psychology of Eliciting Cooperation: Honoring the Legacy of Anatol Rapoport with a Conversation on Semantics, Culture, and a Logic of Appropriateness



Patricia Hewlin

Authenticity on One’s Own Terms



79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management



2019 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM



Sixth World Congress on Positive Psychology



2019 Positive Business Conference



Kathryn Heinze (L) and Sara Soderstrom (R)

Company-Community Partnerships for Purpose and Sustainable Impact



2018 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM



78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management



Our 2018 Appreciations



2018 Positive Business Conference



Evelina Fredriksson

Mindful engagement for positive education in Cambodia



Theresa Glomb

Let’s make work better: Evidence based strategies for improving your work life



2017 Gathering of POS Scholars at AOM



77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management



Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) Research Conference



Conscious Capitalism 2017



Impact at scale: Fulfilling the base of the pyramid promise



POS in Practice Briefing: The Last Mile with Chris Redlitz and Chrisfino Kenyatta Leal



Positive Links Speaker Series Session: Compassion at Work



News

The psychology of fairness: Why some Americans don’t believe the election results


By: Dave M. Mayer


Changing the frame: Family photos on your desk could make you more ethical on the job



Unleashing the power of feminine traits in the workplace



Sharing experiences and emotions amidst racial unrest


By: John Paul Stephens, Doug Lepisto


What if you’re planning to quit, but you get laid off instead?



Kim Cameron

Kim S. Cameron discusses humane downsizing in Forbes interview



Unlocking resources with a positive lens



Kim S. Cameron, Andrew J. Hoffman discuss positive leadership on Harvesting Happiness podcast



Andrew Hoffman tells Michigan Radio cultural shift needed to impact climate change



Dishonesty can have a long term effect on our ability to interact with others



Lying lowers EQ, says Inc. article highlighting Julia Lee’s research



Shirli Kopelman, Center for Positive Organizations

Shirli Kopelman cited to New York Times article



Kim Cameron

Kim Cameron discusses Positive Organizational Scholarship with Noreen Ehrlich 



David Mayer

David Mayer talks about ethics of the wealthy and powerful on NPR affiliate



Follow the leader: Ethical supervisors can impact workers’ thoughts and actions



David Mayer

Rich and unethical: David Mayer’s perspective in The Conversation



Edward C. Chang receives American Psychological Association award



Owens Corning named one of the 2019 “World’s Most Ethical Companies”



Mari Kira, Stacey Scimeca interviewed by Ross Human Capital Club



Kim Cameron

Kim Cameron featured in Forbes article



Forecast 2019: Gender and the ‘nice’ penalty at work



Violating gender stereotypes harms men at work



David Mayer pens HBR post about leaders who ignore unethical behavior



What Mister Rogers teaches us about moral leadership


By: Robert E. Quinn


Lessons on how to accelerate an ‘impact industry’



Chris White

Chris White quoted in USA Today about employee activism



Chris White, Jerry Davis, and Andrew Hoffman win teaching award for the world’s best business courses



Urban Ashes receives top honor in University of Michigan positive business competition



Shirli Kopelman, Center for Positive Organizations

Shirli Kopelman discusses pay injustices on popular podcast



Clot Buster wins the 35th annual Pryor-Hale Award at the Michigan Business Challenge



Polluted morality: New research shows air pollution increases unethical behavior and crime



Are you a positive deviant?


By: Chris White


David Mayer quoted in LA Times article about sexual harassment



Alison Blake-Davis interviewed, Center for Positive Organizations cited in Fortune



Dave Mayer quoted for Business Insider article



Jane Dutton and Monica Worline interviewed on NPR’s WEMU about the benefits of compassion in the workplace



David Mayer quoted in Washington Post article about CEOs who stuck by President Trump



Dave Mayer penned Fortune op-ed about Kenneth Frazier’s resignation from President Trump’s manufacturing council



Why men often unintentionally undermine women they’re trying to support



Cascade Engineering was featured on Huffington Post



Christopher Myers co-authored a Harvard Business Review article on health care and patient outcomes



To do business, you better get positive



+LAB alum and his revolutionary startup just can’t stop winning competitions



Center for Positive Organizations gets a nod in Fortune



+LAB fellow Molly Hope blogs about her MAP team’s work in Nepal


By:


Dave Mayer spoke with Crain’s Detroit on business ethics



David Mayer writes for @FastCompany about happiness and others



Monica Worline blogs @ThriveGlobal about compassion’s strength



Dave Mayer interviewed by Washington Post about Ivanka Trump’s White House role



Healing spaces: Expressing values vs. being political at work


By: Chris White


New research by Adam Grant featured in HBR’s Big Idea



Washington Post quotes Dave Mayer on ethics and leadership



A new resource for leading in trying times



Works by Adam Grant, Scott Sonenshein, Christine Porath featured in Washington Post book list



Everyday courage in organizations


By: Chris White


Wally Hopp talks income inequality – and how business can do something about it



How do you lead in trying times? Help us contribute to the dialogue.



Bob Quinn talks post-election experiences with NPR’s Lisa Barry



Jason Wilburn interviewed on “Making Positive Psychology Work” podcast



Dave Mayer unpacks the “moral logic of third-party voting” in Fast Company



David Mayer on the benefits of social comparison in Fast Company


By: Dave M. Mayer


Logitech named winner of 2016 Positive Business Project, an annual competition presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations



Julia Lee receives Academy of Management 2016 symposium award



David Mayer speaks to Michigan Radio about Flint water crisis​



The Biggest Reason We Steal Other People’s Ideas


By: Adam Grant


How to Become Productively Generous


By: Adam Grant


Fewer are behaving badly at work, survey finds. What changed?



Is It Wrong to Plagiarize from an Email?


By: Adam Grant


Chris Peterson’s Unfinished Masterwork — A Strengths-Based Perspective of Mental Illness


By: Camille Piner


Extreme Generosity: Give a Kidney to a Stranger?


By: Wayne Baker


The Generosity Family Project: Do Good and Feel Good


By: Ryan W. Quinn


How to Bring People to the Common Good: What Authentic Leaders Learn About Higher Purpose


By: Robert E. Quinn


Compassionate Organizations Quiz



The Teaching and Practice of POS, Part V: Transcending Your Own Culture


By: Robert E. Quinn


Saying no to the boss: Why it’s essential



Cheating business minds: How to break the cycle



Your cheatin’ mind: How biz leaders explain away poor choices



Professor Jane Dutton’s passion for Compassion



How business can save the world



Feature on the work of researchers in the Compassion Lab



Videos

2022 POS Research Conference: Day 2 Afternoon Sessions “Experiential POS Practices to Carry Us Forward”



2022 POS Research Conference: Day 2 Morning Panel “Using POS to Understand the State of the World”



2022 POS Research Conference: Award for Outstanding Published Article in POS and Winners’ Keynote



2022 POS Research Conference: Opening Sessions



Antiracism, Allyship, and Authenticity: Building Internal Capacity for Institutional Change



Authenticity on One’s Own Terms



2019 POS Research Conference: Founders Panel



2019 POS Research Conference: Looking Towards the Future



2019 POS Research Conference Teaching Workshop: Positive Relationships at Work



Magnify Immersion Program: FAQs



2015 POS Research Conference PhD Panel



Create Opportunity from Crisis



Lead an Ethical Organization



Business Beyond Friedman: Our Hope for the Future



Reimagining the Treatment of Pain



Proactive Law as a Source of Value–and Values–Creation



Threads of Silver in the Cloth of Social Exclusion: Some Optimistic Findings in Studies of Ostracism at Work



The Ethical Mirage: A Temporal Explanation for Why You Think You Are More Ethical Than You Really Are



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