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- January 1989 (Revised April 1991)
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General Electric: Valley Forge (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
A series of eight vignette cases designed to be taught in one classroom session. This case describes a potential problem in the way that General Electric has billed the government under a large defense contract. Designed to allow students to discuss what actions top...
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Keywords:
Government Administration;
Contracts;
Policy;
Accounting;
Management Teams;
Business and Government Relations;
Industrial Products Industry
Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (A)." Harvard Business School Case 189-009, January 1989. (Revised April 1991.)
- Teaching Interest
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
By: Suraj Srinivasan
The last ten years has heightened demands on audit committees. Not only are they responsible for overseeing internal and external audits to ensure that investors receive accurate and transparent information, but they must ensure compliance with new accounting and...
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Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
By: Paul M. Healy
The last ten years has heightened demands on audit committees. Not only are they responsible for overseeing internal and external audits to ensure that investors receive accurate and transparent information, but they must ensure compliance with new accounting and...
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- Forthcoming
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Human Bias in the Oversight of Firms: Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations
By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Andreya Pérez Silva
We study the effects of mood as a source of human bias on regulators’ oversight and enforcement decisions. We use weather at facilities at the time of an OSHA inspection to proxy for the OSHA compliance officers’ mood. We find that during periods of good mood due to...
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Keywords:
Prejudice and Bias;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Happiness;
Working Conditions;
Safety
Heese, Jonas, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, and Andreya Pérez Silva. "Human Bias in the Oversight of Firms: Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations." Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online November 3, 2023.)
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