Category: Op-ed

How to Prevent Future Gaps in Texas’ Power Grid

Insights@Questrom spoke with Nalin Kulatilaka, Co-Director of the Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy, to learn what caused the power outages, the current gaps in that state’s energy system, and how they can prevent these disasters in the future. Here is the link to the conversation.

How D&I Initiatives Can Benefit From Behavioral Science

Some thoughts from our co-director, Prof. Nina Mazar, published in the BEworks Choice Architecture Report 2021. For full write-up, click here. Excerpt: “By and large, our society is concerned with advancing progressive issues, emphasizing fairness and social justice. One such issue brought to the forefront particularly in the more recent period is that of diversity […]

HBR piece: When Do We Trust AI’s Recommendations More Than People’s?

Our colleague, Prof. Chiara Longoni from the Questrom Marketing Department, on her article published in the Journal of Marketing — based on data from over 3,000 people who took part in 10 experiments:  “When consumers are seeking functional or practical products, they tend to trust AI’s recommendations more than a human’s. But the opposite is true when […]

Will Shale Oil Survive a Restructured Oil Market?

Nalin Kulatilaka, co-director of the Susilo Institute of Ethics in the Global Economy, shared his thoughts about the oil market and the COVID-19 pandemic. This article was co-authored with Robert Kaufmann, Professor in the Earth and Environment Department at Boston University. Link the full article.

Ethical leadership at the heart of the COVID-19 crisis

“Ethics in the Global Economy”, that’s what our Susilo Institute stands for. As one of the institutes at BU’s Questrom School of Business we are teaching and researching the ethical challenges today’s leaders face and we are providing tools to face them with integrity and consistency. We also consider it our job to help our […]