Ann Tenbrunsel

Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Ph.D., Northwestern University; M.B.A. Northwestern University; B.S.I.O.E. University of Michigan) is the David E. Gallo Professor of Business Ethics in the College of Business Administration at the University of Notre Dame. Ann teaches at the executive, MBA, and undergraduate levels. Her  research interests focus on the psychology of ethical decision making, examining why employees, leaders and students behave unethically, despite their best intentions to behave to the contrary. Ann is the author, co-author, or co-editor of six books on this topic—including her most recent “Blind Spots” with Max Bazerman—and more than 50 research articles and chapters. Her research has been featured in interviews airing on MSNBC, PBS and National Public Radio, and adaptations, excerpts, and references to her work have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, US News and World Report, Sports Illustrated, Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, and Forbes and in blogs for Psychology Today and Freakonomics.

“If individuals could rid themselves of self-deceit, then they would be more capable of making moral decisions and leading nobler lives.”

Sissela Bok, 1978

Learn more about Ann Tenbrunsel’s research in the video and articles below:

Talk at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University by Ann E. Tenbrunsel titled Blind Spots: Why We Aren’t as Ethical as We Think We Are.

• Tenbrunsel, A. E. et al. (2019). Annual Review of Psychology. Sexual Harassment in Academia: Ethical Climates and Bounded Ethicality.
• Tenbrunsel, A. E. et al. (2019). Academy of Ethical Perspectives. Bounded Ethicality and Ethical Fading in Negotiations: Understanding Unintended Unethical Behavior
• Bazerman, M. H., and Tenbrunsel, A. E. (2011). Harvard Business Review. Ethical Breakdowns
• Bazerman, M. H., and Tenbrunsel, A. E. (2011).  Blind Spots: Why You Don’t Do What’s Right and What to Do About It. Princeton University Press.  

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