CESR's greatest asset is its excellent faculty and staff. Each member of the CESR suite has their own unique听specialties and areas of expertise. Elizabeth Stapp, professor of , noted the following article as supportive of CESR's mission and that of the Leeds School of Business as a whole: educating听values-driven business leaders听with steadfast moral courage.听
The Washington Post Article, written by听Nitin Nohria,听Dean of Harvard Business School, explores the famous听Stanley Milgram听electric-shock experiment. It's a good read.
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Thoughts from Liz Stapp:
"Why does Leeds include values based decision making in our curriculum? As the article notes 鈥搈oral overconfidence. We think we are more virtuous than we really are.听Under stress, time pressure, isolation, and perverse rewards systems, we face greater risk of moral lapses.
Simply telling students to think ethically doesn't work.听What does work, however, is allowing students to simulate the stresses associated with ethical dilemmas within the classroom. As the article notes:听"one way to instill moral humility is to reflect on cases of moral transgression. We should be cautious about labeling people as evil, sadistic or predatory.... [w]e should be attuned to how situational factors affect generally good people who want to do the right thing."听
Through carefully selected cases, we allow students to debate the relative right and wrong approach for a business case.听Students consider how situational factors can create confusion and moral ambiguity.听What emerges is a more thoughtful, ethically attuned class, capable of moving beyond instinctual responses towards a more principled, values-based solution."
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