Working Paper # 03-115 Rev. 09/04 Conflicts of Interest and the Case of Auditor Independence: Moral Seduction and Strategic Issue Cycling Don A. Moore Carnegie Mellon University Philip E. Tetlock Haas School of Business Lloyd Tanlu Harvard Business School Max H. Bazerman Harvard Business School This paper has benefited from the feedback of Art Brief‚ George Loewenstein‚ and three anonymous reviewers of an earlier version of the paper. This paper was supported by a grant from
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Types of Conflict Conflict in business meetings usually falls into two categories: 1. Real professional differences – Conflict can arise from very real differences in professional opinions. In many cases‚ these differences don’t develop into open conflict. But conflict is more likely when the outcome is extremely important‚ when the decision being made is irreversible‚ or when the impact of making the wrong decision will reflect badly on those involved. When this type of conflict is left unresolved
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The Not So Good Earth For a while there we had 25-inch Chinese peasant families famishing in comfort on the 25-inch screen and even Uncle Billy whose eyesight’s going fast by hunching up real close to the convex glass could just about make them out--the riot scene in the capital city for example he saw that better than anything‚ using the contrast knob to bring them up dark--all those screaming faces and bodies going under the horses’ hooves--he did a terrific job on that bit‚ not so successful
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value of moral judgements. The first essay‚ “Good and Evil‚” “Good and Bad” contrasts what Nietzsche describes as “Master Morality‚” “Slave Morality.” Master morality was developed by the strong‚ free and healthy who had control over their own happiness. Slave morality is the feelings that the slaves adopted from being controlled by their wealthy and happy masters. These people were nicknamed the masters of evil and ironically called themselves good by comparison. The second essay “Guilt‚ “Bad
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CONFLICT: BASIC CONCEPT The word conflict has been derived from the Latin word ‘Confligere’; which means to Strike or attack altogether. In the present world‚ there are conflicts found everywhere. Each conflict has a reason behind it. these conflicts usually occur when two or more individuals or groups feel they have irreconcilable differences‚ or they feel that there needs‚ interests or wants are threatened by the existence of the other groups demands. Hence clashes become inevitable. People
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“Functional Conflict vs Dysfunctional Conflict Functional conflict Conflict is constructive when it improves the quality of decisions‚ stimulates creativity‚ innovation and encourages interest and curiosity among group members. Conflict challenges the status quo that resulted in the creation of new ideas‚ promotes reassessment of group goals and activities‚ and increases the probability that the group will respond to change. It supports the goals of the group and improve performance
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A) Good Oak: While sawing through the bark of a dead tree‚ Leopold summarizes historical events that corresponded to each concentric ring he encountered. While the tree remained resistant to change‚ society slowly progressed from viewing nature solely for commercial value to overcoming past ideologies and beginning to respect and feel compelled to defend nature. Bur Oak: Leopold depicts key players and consequences in the ‘prairie war’ to illustrate how every player‚ even fire‚ has a role in maintaining
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INTRODUCTION TO LIT REVIEW This section of the study analyses literature on conflict‚ conflict system‚ and conflict management‚ mediation of internal conflicts‚ various peace process (Rwanda‚ Somalia‚ and Sudan‚ DRC‚ Uganda and Mozambique). Uganda and Mozambique will be the case studies. CONFLICT In his book‚ Stagner[1] presents conflict as a situation in which two or more parties desire goals which they perceive as being obtainable by one or the other but not both. The parties
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Many people and families live through the tragedies of life and work to find out where they lay in their society. In Pearl S Buck’s novel‚ The Good Earth‚ Wang Lung and his family embark on the long journey through life. Wang Lung and his family face both times of happiness and peace‚ and challenges and tragedy. Wang Lung‚ the main character‚ rose from poverty into wealth through hard work and luck. He faced many difficult challenges‚ but overcame them with the help of his family. Many others
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The message of the song “Life’s Been Good” by Joe Walsh is that rich people often live in their own lavish world and don’t care enough to stop and think about those less fortunate. To begin‚ the song uses diction to discuss some aspects of a rich person’s life and the way these people view their own circumstances‚ repeating the phrase‚ “life’s been good to me so far” several times. The artist calls himself “lucky” and “fortunate” and talks about how his fans “tell (him he’s) great” as he tells a
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