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 Somethingopen in new window,” by Patrick M. Lencioni, Harvard Business Review, July 2002
“Work as a Masculinity Contestopen in new window,” 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?open in new window” by Randall A. Heron and Erick Lie, Journal of Financial Economics, 2007
“Executive Compensation: Where We Are, and How We Got Thereopen in new window,” 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?open in new window edited by J. Michael McGinnis, Jennifer Appleton Gootman, and Vivica I. Kraak, 2006
Meditations on the Fridge: Freedom from Dieting by Maintaining Your Weight Mindfullyopen in new window, by Tarika Lovegarden, 2016
We Were the Lucky Onesopen in new window, 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 Bankersopen in new window, by Joris Luyendijk, 2015
Margin Callopen in new window, written and directed by J.C. Chandor, 2011
When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manageropen in new window, by David A. Moss, 2002
Scotty McLennan, Lecturer in Political Economy at Stanford GSB and Former Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University
Deep Riveropen in new window, by Shusaku Endo, 1995
No Longer at Easeopen in new window, by Chinua Achebe, 1960
Miramaropen in new window, by Naguib Mahfouz, 1992
Jasmineopen in new window, by Bharati Mukherjee, 1989
The Ghost Writeropen in new window, by Philip Roth, 1979
Charles A. O’Reilly III, Frank E. Buck Professor of Management
Narcissistic Leaders: Who Succeeds and Who Failsopen in new window, by Michael Maccoby, 2007
The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us about Successopen in new window, by Kevin Dutton, 2012
The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed — in Your Worldopen in new window, by Jeffrey Kluger, 2014
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