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  • January 2022
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Ethical Analysis: Deception

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Christopher Diak
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:4
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Abstract

Information asymmetry is pervasive in business and can often confer great advantage. This note distinguishes forms of deceptive behavior in the face of information asymmetry and aims to help students analyze their impermissibility. The note also introduces students to the method of reflective equilibrium as an approach to ethical analysis.

Keywords

Ethics; Analysis; Balance and Stability

Citation

Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Christopher Diak. "Ethical Analysis: Deception." Harvard Business School Technical Note 322-062, January 2022.
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