Ethical Investments - Publications - Faculty & Research

1998
Chapter

God and Fair Competition: Does the Foreign Direct Investor Face Still Other Risks in Emerging Markets

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Fairness; Competition; Emerging Markets

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

Summing Up An overarching theme of an unusually large number of responses to the June question of "What can aspiring leaders be taught?" was that of context. That is, the suggestion that while it may be late to teach ethics and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

scandal offers important lessons for all companies, the first being: It’s not OK to look the other way when a leader crosses ethical lines. In the wake of #MeToo, a global campaign against sexual abuse and harassment that started in 2017,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

11 Jul 2017
News

The Right Thing to Do

Playing by the Rules, Ethics at Work, a new series of video case studies of business ethics, aims to teach people that there’s a direct link between morality and the bottom line. Joe Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

21 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

Unethical Behavior.") Four laboratory studies show that people are more likely to overlook others' unethical behavior when ethical degradation occurs slowly rather than in one abrupt shift. Participants served in the role of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2004
News

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

called upon Wall Street and corporate executives “to create a new environment of integrity and accountability.” He seemed uniquely suited to lead that effort. Donaldson was cofounder, with two HBS colleagues, chairman and CEO of the View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

Web

Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

delves into critical questions at the heart of this transformation: How will GenAI reshape modern enterprise? What strategies should businesses adopt to integrate this technology effectively? How can existing data be leveraged to unlock new opportunities? What are the... View Details

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

this information would help managers better understand their big-picture role and perhaps lead to more ethical conduct in business. Manda Salls: What did you learn from your look at organizational research, and how has this research... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Dec 2017
News

Bridging Domains

chairman of global private equity investing at Goldman Sachs, Sanjeev observes, “Every business in the world is interacting with science and engineering today. There’s a tremendous need for managers to become more conversant in how... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Lesson from the Fall

illegal, gaming of society’s rules that led to Enron’s collapse. The answer points to three persis-tent tasks of corporate governance: the avoidance of perverse incentives for executives, the strengthening of board oversight, and the reinforcement of View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

year deeply disturbing. I am appalled at the instances of greed and corporate wrongdoing uncovered at firms and organizations once held up as paragons of success, and I am dismayed to see the destructive effect these instances of corruption and View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

01 Oct 2001
News

Making a World of Difference

in the midtown Manhattan headquarters of Halcyon/Alan B. Slifka Management Company. In discussing the success of his investment firm, he points out that his traders are not only innovative and individualistic but also cooperative. When... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2006
News

Enron’s Legacy

today? The answer is yes and no. The no (or probably not) answer reflects the likelihood that executives of private-equity firms do not, on average, possess any more ethical discipline than leaders of public companies. Maintaining View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

of Associate Professor Karthik Ramanna, the Henry B. Arthur Fellow of business ethics at Harvard Business School. In a nutshell, the case goes like this: "Jim" accepts a summer internship as a loan officer from a US-based social... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

26 May 2016
News

W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975

find its way forward after a series of mergers and acquisitions, high-profile ethical missteps, and some tough business challenges. His job was to build on strengths, connecting what was good with what could be better. “Boeing had... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Oct 2002
News

Sam Hayes

Samuel L. Hayes, III (MBA '61, DBA '66), the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, Emeritus, is a widely recognized authority on capital markets, Wall Street, and the corporate interface with the securities markets. He takes a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2011
News

Faculty Books

how we act unethically without meaning to. They demonstrate how ethical standards shift, how we neglect to notice and act on the unethical behavior of others, and how compliance initiatives can actually promote unethical behavior.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

November 2004 (Revised June 2005)
Case

Mall of America (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner

Explores fiduciary duty issues that arose in litigation among partners in the partnership that owned and controlled the Mall of America. Describes the complex real estate transaction in which one partner attempted to purchase an additional interest in the mall from a... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Business Organization; Lawsuits and Litigation; Partners and Partnerships; Property; Investment; Retail Industry; United States

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Educators

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14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

School's required first-year MBA course Leadership and Corporate Accountability, which focuses on the economic, legal, and ethical responsibilities of business leaders. As they studied various business cases, the students were looking for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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