Blind Spots

By Max H. Bazerman, Ann E. Tenbrunsel,

Book cover of Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It

Book description

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In "Blind Spots", leading business ethicists Max Baseman's and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Blind Spots as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Love this book! This is a foundational behavioral ethics book, written by two giants in the field—psychologists Bazerman of Harvard Business School and Tenbrunsel of Notre Dame.

It is research-based, yet very accessible to the novice, directly addressing, as the title indicates, why people sometimes mess up and how they can avoid it. It introduces the reader to cognitive biases and other influences that can fool people’s brains into making poor moral choices.

Blind Spots was an invaluable resource for Cara Biasucci and me for many of the 150 or so videos we have produced for Ethics Unwrapped.

Want books like Blind Spots?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Blind Spots.

Browse books like Blind Spots

Book cover of Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
Book cover of Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm and Live with Themselves
Book cover of Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,347

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in decision making, organizational culture, and business ethics?

Decision Making 88 books
Business Ethics 19 books