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Reference no. 9-392-085
Subject category: Ethics and Social Responsibility
Authors: Lynn Paine (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1992
Version: 22 September 2003
Length: 1 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Business ethics; Business Law; Information systems; Quality control
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Abstract

Beech-Nut's CEO must decide what to do. Asks students to consider how much evidence of impurity should be enough to trigger management's acknowledgment of a problem. What are the cognitive and attitudinal factors and pressures that lead people to persist in beliefs long after they appear untenable to more objective observers?
Industry:
Food
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-307-016
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Paine (Harvard Business School); Aldo Sesia Jr (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2006
Version: 6 September 2006
Length: 34 pages
Data source: Published sources
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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-395-184
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Paine (Harvard Business School); Charles A Nichols III (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 31 January 1997
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Published sources
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Reference no. 9-392-084
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Paine (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1992
Version: 25 September 2003
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Blue-sky laws; Business ethics; Business Law; Buy-or-lease decisions; Codes of business ethics; Corporate governance; Finance; Financial engineering; Food assistance; Incubators; Information management; Information systems; Labor management teams; Quality control
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Beech-Nut's CEO must decide what to do. Asks students to consider how much evidence of impurity should be enough to trigger management's acknowledgment of a problem. What are the cognitive and attitudinal factors and pressures that lead people to persist in beliefs long after they appear untenable to more objective observers?

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Industry:
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Reference no. 5-307-016
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Paine (Harvard Business School); Aldo Sesia Jr (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2006
Version: 6 September 2006
Length: 34 pages
Data source: Published sources
View full details
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Reference no. 5-395-184
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Paine (Harvard Business School); Charles A Nichols III (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1995
Version: 31 January 1997
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Published sources
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Reference no. 9-392-084
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Paine (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1992
Version: 25 September 2003
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Blue-sky laws; Business ethics; Business Law; Buy-or-lease decisions; Codes of business ethics; Corporate governance; Finance; Financial engineering; Food assistance; Incubators; Information management; Information systems; Labor management teams; Quality control
View full details