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- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
of the fraud, few people at Enron ever admitted to knowing about it. This episode tells the story of the company’s rise and fall and of one Enron employee brave enough to take her concerns straight to the top. “The Run Coal Memos,” the... View Details
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
managers observed frontline staff work with particular attention to patient safety issues and facilitated open discussion meetings with employees about their safety-related concerns. Data Collection:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation
With travel restrictions and physical distancing recommendations in place, organizations planning to hire full-time employees or interns in the coming year are reviewing their recruiting processes and seeking to innovate. For some,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
What I Do: Philippe Hellich (MBA 1996)
privacy to employee and customer safety, as well as crisis management, compliance, and internal audits.” “We all make risk-based decisions every day. The same is true in my business at a higher, broader level. A few months ago, we... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
important conversations.” M2P notes that “millennials make up nearly one third of the voting electorate, yet we historically haven’t pulled our weight. Join us on a journey of learning, doing, and growing together.” Giving Employees Time... View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
of Leadership and Management; Associate Professor Karthik Ramanna ; and Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor. Speaking Up Recognizing problems in the workplace is commonplace. Speaking up about those problems is less so. Why? Because View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
promoting it a personal mission. Many had experienced what it was like to be an outsider, which gave them a deeper understanding of the barriers that women, in particular, face at work. The CEOs resoundingly agreed that an inclusive environment was one in which View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
after an event passes, according to recent research based on a survey examining French firms with fewer than 250 employees during the global financial crisis last decade. Conducted over a seven-year period starting in 2008, the research... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark
intricate manufacturing process of Vestas' V174 nacelle, a vital component of the 9.5 MW wind turbines. The nacelle, a housing unit that encapsulates the generator, gearbox, and other key generation and safety components, is the... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
to appeal to young would-be smokers. But corporate distrust runs so deep for some consumers that constructive dialogue is virtually impossible; consider vaccination skeptics who criticize Big Pharma’s influence, despite considerable research that upholds vaccines’... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
food, the health and safety of its consumers will fare better as well. All countries maintain their social fabric through food and family. Doug realized early on that food is fun, and food drives community and wellness. Enormous business... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
Freedom. Democracy. For five days, as Chai Ling lay in the suffocating darkness of a nailed-shut crate, these words sustained her more than her meager ration of bread and water ever could. Hidden in the hold of a leaky boat, waiting to make a run to the View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
ceremony.(photograph by Dotti Stone) Companies submitting projects for the award must be engaged in activities that significantly promote employee and/or community development and meet specific criteria. For example, a company's... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
Bulletin. In her working paper, "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams," Edmondson presents field research she conducted at Office Design Incorporated (ODI), a midwestern manufacturer of office systems and furniture... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
violations to auditors of the same gender—thinking they may be more likely to be believed and less likely to be punished. Significantly, mixed-gender teams did no better than all-female teams in uncovering violations, meaning perhaps the male View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Video Management Policy | About
Video Management Policy General Principles At Harvard Business School, the video management systems infrastructure is implemented to enhance the safety and security of the community, reduce institutional risk, strengthen customer service... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Kill Groupthink
catalyst for significant change given that all the paradigms have shifted, Bouygues says. From employee safety to revenue profiles, how we communicate and how we work together, no one yet knows what this... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
Tightly packed workers and other weak protections allowed COVID-19 to sweep through American slaughterhouses during the past year, infecting at least 45,000 employees and killing an estimated 240 people. To Harvard Business School... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
and unequal, there is little direct evidence on the magnitude and sources of these frictions. We conduct a field experiment with 752 employees at a multibillion-dollar corporation to address these questions. We provide evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman