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Beth Anne Helgason

Beth Anne Helgason

Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior

Beth Anne Helgason studies how people enable, encourage, and excuse others’ unethical behavior. In one research stream, she investigates when and why people turn a blind eye to deception. In a second research stream, she explores the ethical perils of advice in organizations. Her work has been published in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Organization Science.

Beth Anne holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour from London Business School, and a B.Sc. in Psychology and an M.Sc. in Management from Queen’s University, Canada. 

Education

PhD, London Business School, 2024 
MSc, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University
BSc, Queen’s University

Articles

Moral inconsistency

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

It might become true: How prefactual thinking licenses dishonesty

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Awards

Cecilia Reyes Award for Research Impact, London Business School, 2023
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2019