Abramoff’s version of overconfidence bias, which is our tendency to be more confident about our moral character and our ability to act ethically than is objectively justified.

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Abramoff’s version of moral equilibrium, which describes our tendency to keep a running scoreboard in our heads that compares our self-image as ethical people to our actual behavior.

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Abramoff’s version of framing, which describes how our judgments, including our ethical judgments, are affected just by how a situation is posed or viewed.

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Featuring former lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, this 25-minute documentary from the McCombs School of Business explores the biases and pressures he faced, and the consequences of his unethical decisions. The following videos more closely examine aspects of Abramoff’s experience. Abramoff and Framing Abramoff and Moral Equilibrium Abramoff and Overconfidence Bias Abramoff and Rationalizations…

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This short animated video from the McCombs School of Business looks at the “open secret” of Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women.

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This short animated video from the McCombs School of Business examines the Volkswagen emissions scandal and its origins.

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This short animated video from the McCombs School of Business looks at the involuntary deplaning of airline passenger David Dao.

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This short animated video from the McCombs School of Business reviews the collapse of Theranos and how it happened.

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This short animated video from the McCombs School of Business considers a governor’s misuse of campaign money to facilitate an extramarital affair.

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This short animated video from the McCombs School of Business reviews how a British supermarket chain misstated results in order to maintain value, and what happened then.

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