Chair of Economic Psychology & Leadership Ethics
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Approval of an Innosuisse project with Prof. Dr. Carmen Tanner
Good news for the Chair of Economic Psychology & Leadership Ethics: The chair holder Prof. Carmen Tanner, in cooperation with Prof. Christian Hauser (University of ... -
Prof. Dr. Carmen Tanner gives laudation for the DICO dissertation award 2021
For the first time, the academic board of the German institute for compliance (DICO) awarded the DICO-dissertation price for outstanding doctoral performances at the ... -
The chair at the 52nd DGPs congress in Hildesheim
At the 52nd DGPs congress, which was held under the theme „view on | of science” in Hildesheim , the researchers of the Chair of Economic Psychology and Leadership ... -
Diana Stimmler-Caesmann successfully defends her dissertation
The team of the Chair of Economic Psychology and Leadership Ethics congratulates warmly and is happy for Dr. des. Diana Stimmler-Caesmann on the occasion of the ... -
A visit from ZHAW School of Engineering
In the contetxt of their international study week, 11 students from ZHAW School of Engineering in Zurich visited Zeppelin University to hear a talk by Prof. Dr. Carmen ... -
What Kind of Person Can Resist Corruption?
While some individuals quickly adopt corrupt practices when in a corrupt environment, Carmen Tanner and colleagues looked at who has the strength and willingness to ...
Profile
The business scandals of the past decades have intensified the interest of research and practice in ethical decison making and the emergence of unethical behavior in organizations. Questionable business practices of companies and leaders, as well as misconduct by employees at the workplace, can often have far-reaching repercussions and lead to high financial costs, as well as the loss of trust and reputation. An urgent question for both business and academic research is, therefore, what circumstances influence the occurrence of unethical behavior. Behavioral ethics is a relatively new and promising line of research where psychologists, economists, and ethicists work together to better understand which personal and situational factors make unethical behavior easier or more difficult. The Chair of Economic Psychology and Leadership Ethics at the LEIZ is a platform for such questions and related empirical studies.
In research and practice, social and emotional intelligence have received a great deal of attention in recent years as important prerequisites for successful interaction in business and elsewhere. Since the financial and economic crisis, moral intelligence is considered a new challenge. Moral intelligence ncompasses perception-, decision-making- and acting-related skills that are necessary to translate ethical values into practive, or to promote personal integrity. At the Chair of Economic Psychology and Leadership Ethics, we conduct research into the conditions of moral intelligence. On the other hand, work at the Chair will contribute to measuring and promoting moral competencies through measuring devices and innovative tools.
The emergence of unethical behvavior in the work context often is not only a question of individual characteristics but is also depenent on the (value-)culture of an organization. With the term corporate ethical culture we summarize the structures, norms, values, and behaviors in businesses, which are made visible, for example, by role models, goal setting and subtle contextual factors (such as pictures, symboly, or a focus on profits) and can impact (un)ethical behavior. Key interests of the research at our Chair are how organizational cultures can be measured and how such mainly unwritten values and principles can impact the emergence of unethical behavior.
Head of the Chair
| Phone: | +49 7541 6009-2271 |
| Fax: | +49 7541 6009-1499 |
| Room: | FAB 3 | 1.53 |
Research Assistants
Assistant
| Phone: | +49 7541 6009-1400 |
| Fax: | +49 7541 6009-1299 |
| Room: | FAB 3 | 1.65 |
Student Research Assistants
Hommann, Ricarda
Bachelor student
Riexinger, Lea
Bachelor student