Lying and Cheating the Company: The Positive and Negative Effects of Corporate Activism on Unethical Consumer Behavior,” published in Journal of Business Ethics
Companies engage in corporate activism, defined as taking a stance on a controversial socio-political issue, such as gun control and banning transgender athletes. We show that taking such a stance can make consumers cheat the company more or less, depending on their political ideology. When the company's stance is incongruent with the consumer's values (compared to no stance information), consumers are more likely to lie to or cheat the company. When the company's stance is congruent, however, cheating decreases.
Learning from the Best
At Smith, world-class faculty bring decades of research and expertise directly to undergraduate classrooms, offering students a unique opportunity to learn from top scholars, a rare practice among public universities.
Smith’s New Coil Initiative Is Bringing Global Experiential Learning Into the Classroom
Smith COIL Faculty Fellows, funded by federal grants, innovates business education by connecting University of Maryland students with peers abroad through COIL. Led by Rebecca Bellinger, this initiative pioneers collaborative online learning for global business courses, shaping the future of education.
Smith School Awards 14 Faculty Grants for Innovative Research
Fourteen faculty teams at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business have been awarded three-year grants from the school for research projects that address the world’s grand challenges and reimagine learning in support of the University of Maryland’s vision and the Smith School’s strategic plan.
New Year, New Goals
A new year brings a fresh start, a full slate of 365 days to work on improving oneself in one way or another. Ten Smith professors are sharing their New Year’s resolutions: Tejwansh (Tej) Singh Anand, Clinical Professor of Practice and the Academic Director for the MS in Information Systems Programs “Find innovative ways to propel myself and my students Fearlessly Forward.”
25 Maryland Smith Professors Named Among Top 2% Worldwide
A study of the world’s top researchers identifies 25 from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business in the top 2% of the most-cited scholars and scientists worldwide.
Kirmani Named 2022 Fellow of the Society for Consumer Psychology
Amna Kirmani, the Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, was named a 2022 fellow of the Society for Consumer Psychology. Her appointment was announced at the academic and practitioner group’s annual conference on March 4.
A Fluid Situation
Banking Bans More Likely Than Oil, Vodka Boycotts to Influence Russia’s Ukraine Stance
Super Bowl Ads: Celebrities, Cars and Crypto
If a single theme emerged from the deluge of Super Bowl commercials for cryptocurrency, electric vehicles and online booking agencies, it was one that steered viewers away from the worries of the last two years.
Why 2021’s Labor Day Sales Are Likely to Disappoint
Labor Day weekend shoppers might have a little extra money to spend, but they will have to work harder to find discounts this year. Supply chain disruptions caused by the continuing pandemic and a series of severe weather events have had retailers struggling to maintain inventories and subsequently less-incentivized to discount items in stock – even for the usual Labor Day sales bonanzas on appliances, mattresses and autos, said Maryland Smith marketing experts Amna Kirmani and Jie Zhang.