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    Aaron Swartz — How Congress Works

    The February 9, 2011 seminar was presented by Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellow Aaron Swartz. Aaron presented three papers, which he described as "institutional ethnographies". The first paper (and the one which generated the most discussion) provided a detailed account of Congress and the congressional election process as a means of understanding the corruption that flourishes in that institution--specifically the gap between what voters expect from their elected officials,...

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    Abigail Brown — Institutional Corruption of the Audit Profession

    The October 13, 2010, seminar was led by Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellow Abigail Brown, whose research focuses on institutional corruption in the audit industry. Abigail opened the seminar by describing the social costs of misleading financial statement reporting, and providing an overview of how such misrepresentation or fraud occurs, even in the absence of any illegal act on the part of an auditor. Participants then discussed possible alternative structures for the audit industry, as a way to address the improper dependencies...

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    Andromachi Athanasopoulou - Coping with Moral Dilemmas at Work: Managers, Business School Academics, and Other Key Influences in Managers' Decision-Making and Ethical Leadership Development

    The March 31, 2015 Lab seminar was presented by Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics Lab Fellow Dr Andromachi Athanasopoulou, who is also Associate Fellow - Executive Education (Organizational Behavior) at the Said Business School of the University of Oxford. Her Lab presentation titled, “Coping with Moral Dilemmas at Work: Managers, Business School Academics and the Development of Ethical Leaders” centered on the research she has been conducting during her fellowship year at the Center, which combines her interests in corporate social responsibility and leadership development to study...

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    Andy Eggers — Financial Disclosure by Members of Congress (And What We Learn From It)

    The March 9, 2011 seminar was led by Andy Eggers, post-doctoral fellow in the Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy at Yale University. Andy presented on financial disclosure by members of Congress, and much of the seminar discussion focused on his paper, which demonstrated the surprisingly mediocre performance of Congressional stock portfolios.

    Andy opened by describing some of the historical context for his research. Previous studies had been done that seemed to show that Senators continually made...

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    Andy Eggers — Financial Disclosure by Members of Congress (And What We Learn From It)

    The March 9, 2011 seminar was led by Andy Eggers, post-doctoral fellow in the Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy at Yale University. Andy presented on financial disclosure by members of Congress, and much of the seminar discussion focused on his paper, which demonstrated the surprisingly mediocre performance of Congressional stock portfolios.

    Andy opened by describing some of the historical context for his research. Previous studies had been done that seemed to show that Senators...

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    Brandi Newell and Alek Chakroff - Obstructions to Truth: Corruption within Academia

    The February 22 Lab Seminar was led by Brandi Newell and Alek Chakroff. Both Newell and Chakroff are Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellows, and PhD candidates in the Harvard Psychology Department, and their research examines issues of institutional corruption in academic research. While much of the research on institutional...

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    Brooke Williams and Ken Silverstein — Think Tanks and Institutional Corruption: Proposed Solutions

    The September 18, 2013, Lab seminar was led by Lab Fellows Ken Silverstein and Brooke Williams on possible and proposed solutions for institutional corruption in think tanks. This is their second year of studying think tanks at the Edmond J. Safra Center Lab. While their Spring 2013 Lab seminar focused on the implications of their initial...

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    Brooke Williams — Corporate Agendas, Think Tanks, and the Shaping of Public Policy

    The November 28, 2012, Lab seminar was led by Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellow and investigative reporter Brooke Williams, who specializes in data-driven journalism and has focused on money and influence in politics. Throughout the course of her fellowship, Williams has spent her time investigating corporate-backed, American think tanks, exposing who is behind them, how they influence public policy, as well as exploring possible solutions. Williams opened the Lab seminar by...

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    Carl Elliott - Exploiting Homeless Schizophrenic Subjects in Clinical Trials

    The March 7 Lab Seminar was led by Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellow Carl Elliott. Elliott is a Professor in the Center for Bioethics, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota. His current research deals with the exploitation of the homeless in clinical trials--specifically Phase 1 trials, which are done to determine the safety of a drug (not its efficacy).  

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    Christopher Robertson — Blinding as a Solution to Institutional Corruption

    The April 10, 2013 Lab seminar was presented by Christopher Robertson, Associate Professor of Law at The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law and Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics Lab affiliate. Conducted in conjunction with Aaron Kesselheim, Dan Durand, and Jim Greiner, Professor Robertson's Lab project explores blinding as a solution to institutional corruption through two projects: a multidisciplinary symposium on the concept of blinding...

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