Unethical behavior such as corruption or dishonesty is widespread and comes with efficiency and fairness costs. While some people are willing to engage in unethical actions to maximize their personal gains, for others behaving unethically comes with self-image costs. Insights from behavioral economics can help understanding the factors that affect choice and judgment when individuals’ ethical standards conflict with profit maximization motives.
Past Talks and Colloquia
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Dec 14 15 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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 Speaker:
Silvia Saccardo Host/Chair:
Iyad Rahwan
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Dec 14 15 9:00am - 11:00am
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Host/Chair:
Hugh Herr
For people living with limb amputation, the prosthetic socket – the interface between the residuum and prosthesis – is the most critical component. Where a socket is uncomfortable, especially due to poor fit, the quality of life for a patient is greatly hindered. Yet, conventional design of sockets is largely artisan with limited input of quantitative data. Current computer-aided and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) designs are still not clinically applicable solutions. |
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Dec 08 15 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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 Speaker:
Agnis Stibe Host/Chair:
Rosalind W. Picard
This talk is open to the public and will be webcast live. |
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Dec 08 15 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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 Speaker:
Brad LeVeck Host/Chair:
Iyad Rahwan
The finding that there are few, if any, cases of war between democratic states has generated a great deal of interest. Brad LeVeck will discuss a paper that proposes a new theory for the democratic peace that highlights a previously unexplored advantage that democracies have in crisis bargaining. We argue that because democracies typically include a larger number of decision-makers in the foreign policy process, they will produce fewer decision-making errors in situations of ultimatum bargaining. |
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Dec 04 15 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Speaker:
Peter Sheridan Dodds Chris Danforth Host/Chair:
Iyad Rahwan
In this talk, Peter Sheridan Dodds and Chris Danforth will discuss their work on building what they call "lexical meters"—online instruments that use social media and other texts to quantify population rates of a wide array of human behavior such as wealth, exercise levels, obesity rates, and sleep insufficiency. |
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Dec 01 15 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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Host/Chair:
Agnis Stibe
Rogers will discuss two topics. The first is on the four underlying psychological and structural factors that determine when intervention treatment effects will persist even after treatment has been discontinued. He will pay special attention to the energy use conservation and voter mobilization contexts. |
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Nov 24 15 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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Speaker:
Sebastian Deterding Host/Chair:
Agnis Stibe
This talk is open to the public and will be webcast live. |
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Nov 24 15 1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Speaker:
bunnie huang Joi Ito Nadya Peek Host/Chair:
Joi Ito
The MLTalks series hosts visionaries who work at the intersection of technology, art, and enterprise. bunnie huang will discuss manufacturing and scaling in Shenzhen and his experience working with Media Lab students this summer to create a hybrid tech platform/supply chain solution. He will be joined by Joi Ito and Nadya Peek. |
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Nov 21 15 8:00pm - 9:00pm
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 Speaker:
Tod Machover A Symphony for Detroit. By Detroit. Leonard Slatkin leads the world premiere of Tod Machover's 'Symphony in D,' incorporating sounds of the city submitted by thousands of Detroiters over the past year! New principal cellist Wei Yu also makes his solo debut on Orchestra Hall stage with Dvořák's hauntingly beautiful Cello Concerto. |
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Nov 20 15 10:45am - 12:00pm
Detroit, MI
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 Speaker:
Tod Machover A Symphony for Detroit. By Detroit. Leonard Slatkin leads the world premiere of Tod Machover's "Symphony in D," incorporating sounds of the city submitted by thousands of Detroiters over the past year! New principal cellist Wei Yu also makes his solo debut on Orchestra Hall stage with Dvořák's hauntingly beautiful Cello Concerto. |
