Complicit

It is easy to condemn obvious wrongdoers such as Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann, Harvey Weinstein, and the Sackler family. But we rarely think about the many people who supported their unethical or criminal behavior. In each case there was a supporting cast of complicitors: business partners, employees, investors, news organizations, and others. And, whether we’re aware of it or not, almost all of us have been complicit in the unethical behavior of others. In?Complicit, Harvard Business School professor Max Bazerman confronts our complicity head-on and offers strategies for recognizing and avoiding the psychological and other traps that lead us to ignore, condone, or actively support wrongdoing in our businesses, organizations, communities, politics, and more.

About the Author

Max H. Bazerman?is the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is the author of many books, including?Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It?(with Ann E. Tenbrunsel) (Princeton),?Decision Leadership?(with Don A. Moore),?Better, Not Perfect, and?The Power of Noticing. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his spouse, Marla.