Compliance - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2021 (Revised October 2022)
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The Opioid Settlement and Controversy Over CEO Pay at AmerisourceBergen

In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged had contributed to the nationwide... View Details

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Rclone - Research Computing Services

that have changed and resuming interrupted transfers. Note: Please remember that cloud storage services, rclone, and HBSGrid storage should be used in compliance with data safety guidelines and any Data Usage Agreement or approved IRB. If... View Details

July 2023 (Revised October 2024)
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Revenue Recognition at Stride Funding: Making Sense of Revenues for a Fintech Startup

By: Paul M. Healy and Jung Koo Kang

The case explores the challenges of revenue recognition and financial reporting for Stride Funding (Stride), a fintech startup that has disrupted the student loan market. Stride leveraged proprietary machine learning and financial models to underwrite alternative... View Details

Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Financial Reporting; Entrepreneurial Finance; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Compliance; Accrual Accounting; Financial Services Industry; United States

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

year. In compliance with federal and state legal requirements, the School’s objective is to spend as much of the endowment distribution as possible in any given year, according to the terms of each gift. Funds unspent within individual... View Details

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

people who share their views. However, getting their compliance is crucial to achieving herd immunity. For that reason, we recommend a two-pronged effort: Educate to reduce uncertainty. First, we recommend employing trusted... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

fiscal 2021, consistent with the prior year. Capitalization of endowment income—or cash used to purchase endowment units— was a $6 million use of cash in fiscal 2021, up $3 million from the prior year. In compliance with federal and state... View Details

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

management." The principal tool for managing this relationship is the contract, which can be written to include "transaction compliance measurement, milestone and obligation monitoring, rebate and charge-back management, and... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

November 2021 (Revised January 2022)
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Scott Tucker (A): Race to the Top

By: Aiyesha Dey and Amram Migdal

The case tells the story of the rise and fall of Scott Tucker, an entrepreneur, businessman, passionate race car driver, competitor, and owner of a professional racing team. From 1997 to 2012, Tucker built a nationwide network of payday lending businesses, becoming a... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Fairness; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; United States

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21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

practice; a commitment to use specialized knowledge for the public good, and a renunciation of the goal of profit maximization, in return for professional autonomy and monopoly power; a code of ethics, with provisions for monitoring individual View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

old and occur all over the world. For example, an English common law court in 1414 chose not to enforce such an agreement, claiming that it represented restraint of trade. A watershed 1711 case, Mitchel v. Reynolds, validated non-competes at least with regard to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

June 2017 (Revised September 2021)
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Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Dennis W. Campbell, Susanna Gallani and Amram Migdal

Set in early 2017, this case examines widespread sales misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank. Wells Fargo's governance and controls are described in the lead up to the September 2016 announcement that Wells Fargo had settled with regulators for $185 million in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Design; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Business Organization; Business Model; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Governance Compliance; Policy; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Laws and Statutes; Legal Liability; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Failure; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Salesforce Management; Public Opinion; Banking Industry; North and Central America

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12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

building not-for-profit groups to pursue their mission. Businesses in this era focused on compliance with a rising body of legislation and public policies designed to mitigate what were then seen as environmental excesses. The social... View Details

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; investigate compliance with or enforce our Terms of Use and this Notice; detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or protect,... View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

organization so that personal circumstances could be more visible and more effectively addressed. This shift was challenging but helped the company be more responsive to employees’ well-being and ultimately led to greater efficiency. Case 3: New training and View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

Dec 2009
Conference Presentation

Coming Clean...and Cleaning Up? Examining the Effects of Self-Policing

By: Michael W. Toffel

Keywords: Governance Compliance

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06 Feb 2009
Conference Presentation

Coming Clean...and Cleaning Up? Examining the Effects of Self-Policing

By: Michael W. Toffel

Keywords: Governance Compliance

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IT Policies & Governance | Information Technology

IT Policies & Governance Policies and guidelines are in place at Harvard Business School and across Harvard to help the community ensure compliance and understanding of how to use to technology and devices effectively and securely.... View Details