Stanford GSB faculty recommend books, articles, and movies related to the concept.
From the sacred to the secular, the term “value” has many meanings. | Illustration by Jocelyn Tsaih
The Autumn 2018 issue of Stanford Business magazine was built around the theme of “value,” which allowed us to curate articles examining one of the more provocative aspects of the current business and political climate: the idea that leaders of all sorts should focus more on placing the common good above their personal interests. To expand on the concept, we asked several faculty members at Stanford Graduate School of Business to recommend books, articles, films, reports, and other media related to the theme. This is a list of their suggestions.
Shelley Correll, Professor of Organizational Behavior (by Courtesy) at Stanford GSB and Barbara D. Finberg Director of Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research
“Three Ways a Growth Mindset Benefits Companies and Employees,” by Ross E. O’Hara, Psychology Today, May 2018
“Make Your Values Mean Something,” by Patrick M. Lencioni, Harvard Business Review, July 2002
“Work as a Masculinity Contest,” by Jennifer L. Berdahl, Marianne Cooper, Peter Glick, Robert W. Livingston, and Joan C. Williams, Journal of Social Issues, September 2018
Robert Daines, the Pritzker Professor of Law and Business at Stanford Law School and Senior Faculty Member at the Rock Center on Corporate Governance
“Does Backdating Explain the Stock Price Pattern Around Executive Stock Option Grants?” by Randall A. Heron and Erick Lie, Journal of Financial Economics, 2007
“Executive Compensation: Where We Are, and How We Got There,” by Kevin J. Murphy, Handbook of the Economics of Finance, August 2012
Corporate Governance Matters, by David F. Larcker and Bryan Tayan, 2015
Szu-chi Huang, Associate Professor of Marketing
Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity? edited by J. Michael McGinnis, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, and Vivica I. Kraak, 2006
Meditations on the Fridge: Freedom from Dieting by Maintaining Your Weight Mindfully, by Tarika Lovegarden, 2016
We Were the Lucky Ones, by Georgia Hunter, 2017
What values underpin your choices? | Illustration by Jocelyn Tsaih
Peter A.E. Koudijs, Associate Professor of Finance
Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers, by Joris Luyendijk, 2015
Margin Call, written and directed by J.C. Chandor, 2011
When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager, by David A. Moss, 2002
Scotty McLennan, Lecturer in Political Economy at Stanford GSB and Former Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University
Deep River, by Shusaku Endo, 1995
No Longer at Ease, by Chinua Achebe, 1960
Miramar, by Naguib Mahfouz, 1992
Jasmine, by Bharati Mukherjee, 1989
The Ghost Writer, by Philip Roth, 1979
Charles A. O’Reilly III, Frank E. Buck Professor of Management
Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Fails, by Michael Maccoby, 2007
The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us about Success, by Kevin Dutton, 2012
The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed — in Your World, by Jeffrey Kluger, 2014
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