Professional service firms in Western Europe have a reputation for putting huge pressures
on their junior employees, resulting in very long work hours, and as a consequence health …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the paradoxical image of consultants as
“experts without expertise.” It examines the extent to which different stakeholders' …

Ethics scholars know about ethical transgressions in business mainly from journalists.
Journalists report extreme transgressions leading to scandals, court cases and social or …

This chapter introduces a new jokes-based interview method that uses jokes to reflect on
experiences with pressuring leadership in the context of consulting. It finds that the new …

This chapter introduces a new jokes-based survey method that uses rating questions to
assess statements expressed in cartoons, next to the rating of traditional statements on the …

This chapter explores a new jokes-based illustration method targeting ethical transgressions
in the business context. The method question is how well public business jokes published …

Ethics refers to the concepts of right and wrong conduct (Wikipedia). Human beings are not
machines (Redekop and Heath, 2007). Possessing a virtue is a matter of degree. To …

While undertaking interviews with emotional intelligence (EI) trainers in New Zealand it
emerged that they were coming from different perspectives, a discovery that challenges the …