Investors especially hate companies that say they're good then behave badly – unless the money is good
- Written by Brian L. Connelly, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Auburn University
Investors don't like it when companies do one thing and then say another. Adam Gault/Photodisc via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Stock investors punish companies caught doing something unethical a lot more when when these businesses also have a record of portraying themselves as...
