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FROM Jones(Rice) Admissions Blog: JGSB faculty research finds that "disgust may lead to unethical behavior..." |
![]() Vikas Mittal J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing ...but there's a way to wipe the slate clean. Many of us have heard the proverb, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Though not a direct quote from the Old Testament of the Bible, it seems to have stemmed from some of the book’s admonitions to avoid the “unclean.” These warnings likely served the purpose of helping people avoid contaminants that spread disease. The unclean also tends to elicit the visceral emotional and physical response of disgust. People are hard-wired to respond with disgust, and it doesn’t take much to do it. Just watching a gross scene from a movie or thinking about products like diapers can elicit the emotion. And that emotion influences people to become more selfish: They focus on taking care of themselves, like moving away from the offending object or substance, for example. Disgust triggers an important self-protective mechanism. But can self-protection go too far? Vikas Mittal, the J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing of the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice, along with a team of professors from Smeal College of Business and W.P. Carey School of Business, demonstrated in previous researchthat when people feel disgusted, they view others’ unethical behaviors more harshly. But they wanted to take the study of disgust’s effects a step further and sought to explore how the emotion might influence people’s own unjust behaviors. They also explored what can be done to undo the influence of disgust. Click here for the full article and most JGSB faculty research news. |
FROM Jones(Rice) Admissions Blog: Movin' On Up! |
Rice MBA ranked No. 25 in US ![]() Rice MBA program moves up 9 in Bloomberg Businessweek's national ranking HOUSTON – (Nov. 11, 2014) – The Master of Business Administration program at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 25 (up from No. 34 in 2012) in Bloomberg Businessweek's new ranking of the best full-time MBA programs in the nation. The rankings include 85 U.S. schools and 27 international schools. To determine which business schools offer the strongest education and best prepare MBAs for their careers, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked 112 full-time MBA programs on three measures: a survey of student satisfaction (45 percent of the ranking); a survey of employers who hire those graduates (45 percent); and the expertise of each school’s faculty, measured by faculty research in esteemed journals (10 percent). The biggest contributor to the Jones School's rise in the overall rankings was the positive assessment by employers who hire the school's graduates, with employers and recruiters ranking the program No. 31 this year (up from No. 43 in 2012). Intellectual capital also rose to No. 12 (up from No. 21 in 2012). The Rice MBA Full-Time Program provides students with a comprehensive MBA learning experience that combines specialized course work and real-world experience to improve and amplify their strategy, leadership and creative credentials. The program features innovative classes, expert faculty and a diverse group of candidates who often become colleagues for a lifetime. The Jones Graduate School of Business is consistently recognized by several rankings publications for its programs, including the Rice MBA, Rice MBA for Executives and Rice MBA for Professionals. For more information on Rice MBA programs, visit https://business.rice.edu. To view the complete Bloomberg Businessweek rankings and methodology information, visit www.businessweek.com/14/rankings. |