Alexander Wagner: What really motivates people to be honest in business
亞歷山大 華格納: 什麼真正地激勵人在企業裡誠實行事
Alexander Wagner balances two passions: the thrill of seeking knowledge about fundamentals of human behavior for knowledge's sake, and the desire to apply insights in the real world and to improve the workings of markets and organizations. Full bio
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have you interacted with today?
that you work for or that you own.
你自己開的公司互動。
at least seven companies
large, public corporations
that looks at US companies --
調查的對象是美國的公司──
that it's different in Europe.
at both detected and undetected fraud
兩者都被調查研究,
the shareholders of these companies,
380 billion dollars per year.
aren't quite so secret anymore.
of the American Finance Association
in his presidential address.
if you think about, especially,
這是個很大的問題,
put into its financial industry.
金融業投入的信任。
who actually remain honest
to start engaging in fraud.
它們進行詐欺的誘惑。
like Michael Woodford,
about their companies.
like Anna Politkovskaya
斯卡婭這樣的記者,
to report human rights violations.
違反人權的事件。
to bring out the truth.
some insights I've obtained and learned
of conducting research in this.
所學到的一些洞見。
a scientist working with economists,
律師,以及其他的人。
what makes humans tick,
of fraud in corporations
企業內的詐欺議題,
to the improvement of the world.
two very distinct visions
非常不同的看法,
behaves in their own self-interests,
如果每個人都依自身利益而行,
a narrowly defined concept
定義很狹隘的觀念,
self-interested move here
自身利益為主的做法,
all this beautiful tableware.
所有的美麗餐具都給毀了。
disregard all consequences --
might not behave in this way.
就不會做出這個行為。
and costs of our actions.
according to that code of conduct,
of getting a bonus payment.
if you disregard it,
of not getting your bonus
the corporation's principles.
powerful economic force, right?
強大的經濟力量,對吧?
trust us more in the future.
out of his benevolence
more future bread.
能賣出更多麵包。
who get caught up in media,
because he's a good dog.
因為牠是條好狗。
all this beautiful tableware.
are motivated like that,
這樣的動機驅使,
and bonus systems and so on,
獎金制度等等的一切,
by different values perhaps.
have perfect hairdos,
very different views of the world.
to address this issue.
來處理這個議題。
which are confusing in reality.
there is so much going on,
有太多事情在發生,
what drives people's behavior really.
什麼真正驅動人類的行為。
like the one I'm holding up right now
就像我手上的這個,
terminal in front of you,
that you had a tails throw,
you get paid zero francs.
你就會得到零法郎。
in that situation?
and look to your right --
看看你的右邊──
the person sitting next to you
at the university
and it's a fair coin,
且它是個公平的硬幣,
that it comes up four times tails
of them are tails is much lower
who did not say I had four tails throws,
沒說他們擲出四次反面,
if you say four than less.
得的錢就會比較多;
by announcing zero.
the other people all were honest
higher or lower than what they did
and here's another coin toss.
這是另一次擲硬幣結果。
like Adam Smith would have predicted.
都如亞當史密斯所預測。
by certain intrinsic values
內在的價值觀所驅使,
so-called protected values.
「被保護的價值觀」的這個想法。
where you're willing to pay a price
你願意付出一個代價
to withstand the temptation to give in.
對抗要你屈服的誘惑。
that's consistent with your values.
你的感覺會比較好。
in the metaphor of our beloved dog here.
狗狗比喻來說明。
without violating our values,
而成功地取得香腸,
we actually violate values,
predictive in these experiments.
of the population
a distribution around it --
we all are different.
above the average,
by lying by about 25 percent.
大約會被他們打個 75 折。
for them to behave honestly.
all these beautiful values, right?
美好的價值觀。
that richness in human nature
豐富特性能夠發揮功效,
the workings of our organizations.
very, very different visions here.
to behave according to them.
characteristics, of course --
in line with your organization.
these protected values really come from.
looks pretty similar for men and women.
for those who had studied economics
around different age categories
他們的分佈還更相似。
how this develops over a lifetime.
of future research.
that incentives work.
the right people
and then putting incentives in place.
with the right values
to saving a lot of trouble
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alexander Wagner - EconomistAlexander Wagner balances two passions: the thrill of seeking knowledge about fundamentals of human behavior for knowledge's sake, and the desire to apply insights in the real world and to improve the workings of markets and organizations.
Why you should listen
Alexander Wagner has discovered that to most people, what matters is not only how much money they receive but also whether they behaved honestly to receive that money. As Swiss Finance Institute professor at the University of Zurich's Department of Banking and Finance, Wagner has taught corporate finance to thousands of eager students and hundreds of motivated executives, and he has helped shape governance systems of companies large and small. His recent research deals with how investors perceive managerial words and deeds … and with the stock market implications of the Trump election.
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