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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni
Before joining a new board there are questions you should ask yourself and others. Here’s what to ask: + – You What do boards do? What are the fiduciary duties, roles, and responsibilities of members? Why do you want to serve on a board?...
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Investing Sustainably Senior Lecturer Sara Fleiss (MBA 2006) + More Info – Less Info This modified case discussion does not require pre-reading. Can one be a fiduciary and invest sustainably? Are these roles at odds with one another? What...
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- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
primarily to business institutions and business dealings. For example, in this book we will discuss fiduciary duties, rules against fraud, duties owed to corporations and other legal entities, and the resources and legal protections...
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by Lane Lambert
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
investors as well as trustees of leading nonprofits had expressed uncertainty about whether MRIs were compatible with a board’s fiduciary duties. Darren wondered if his board held the same view. This case will explore the process and...
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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting
A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details
- 27 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Video: Inspirational Women in Business
was her fiduciary duty to the shareholders, so she could not shut down the mine. But— Eunjin Lee: She made the hard decision to close down a mining plant. Aastha Bhardwaj: She still paid the salaries to the workers. She said, we wouldn't...
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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded...
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
and ability from below. We need to marry some small part of our enormous fiduciary resources to the new ideas which are seeking support." 36 Doriot continued to teach at HBS, conveying lessons learned from the early days of the venture...
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Fiduciary Duty: Evidence from Variable Annuities” ( The Review of Financial Studies , 2022) with Shan Ge and Johnny Tang. Benjamin C. Esty : Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Finance, Accounting and Control category for “Valuing...
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- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
new rules, such as the documentation of internal controls as dictated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, are turning out to be extremely expensive to implement. The new rules for the corporate governance system highlight three assumptions, he said: 1. The minimal standards of...
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by Martha Lagace
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
2006) + More Info – Less Info Can one be a fiduciary and invest sustainably? Are these roles at odds with one another other? What does it mean to be an ESG investor? In this session, we will use a case study on JP Morgan Private Bank to...
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
lasting change. Anything short of definitive action will be too little, too late. It is time we rethink incentives to drive desired behaviors and intended outcomes. It is now clear that we must price in externalities and redefine View Details
- 19 Feb 2010
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The MBA Oath Debate
fiduciary responsibilities. In many countries, board members and, as a consequence, managers have a fiduciary duty to maximize the wealth of the shareholders. None of them would accept that managers promote...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
New Post for Finnegan
HBS Fund Chair Paul Finnegan (MBA 1982) has been elected to the Harvard Corporation, the University’s principal fiduciary governing board. A past president of the Harvard Alumni Association and a current member of the University’s Board...
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- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 13 Dec 2018
- Webinars: Career
Corporate Board Service: the What, Why, & How
Gain insight on boards from an experienced executive and corporate director. During this webinar, Christiana will share her thoughts on recruiting, joining, and serving effectively on boards, as well as practical advice on how to take the first steps. This webinar is...
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Real estate finance
zoned property in the U.S. Provides trend and forecast coverage across 10 major commercial real estate sectors, 275+ markets, and 3,000+ submarkets. Also, see the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries Web site.
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- 01 Jun 2004
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Undercover Alum Faces the Music in HBS Show
When the upper reaches of HBS administration accidentally lose the School’s entire $1 billion nest egg, the FBI offers Dean Clark a way to recompense for the fiduciary gaffe — or else. The Feds have decided that HBS would make a perfect...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
bottom line is all business. Said Dodi, “As with any private equity firm or venture capital fund, it’s our fiduciary duty to look out for our investors and get a return.”
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
HBS Alumni in Harvard Leadership Roles
known as the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Corporation is the principal fiduciary governing board of the University's two boards, the Board of Overseers being the other. Among the Corporation's other 12 members are Paul...
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- 16 Sep 2015
- Op-Ed
The Real Duty of the Board of Directors
Means, whose 1932 book The Modern Corporation and Private Property has been lauded as the most important business book of all time, our paper unveils new research on the legal framework underpinning fiduciary duty around the world. In the...
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by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans