Corporate scandals may cost a company in the short term, but a new study by David Eccles Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Stephen Stubben finds that companies that allow employees to disclose wrongdoing are more profitable in the long run.

Over time, these firms tend to out perform those that do not have disclosure protocols in place, Stubben and his coauthor Kyle Welch of George Washington University found. Learn more about the study and its findings from CNBC or Fact.MR.