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09 Feb 2022
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A Conversation with Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft

09 Apr 2021
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Building a Resilient, Sustainable, and Nourishing Global Food System

Keywords: Agriculture; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Apr 2016
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When CEOs Become Activists

Keywords: Government

01 Jun 2009
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Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow

As a student of mechanical engineering at the University of New Mexico, Sean Murray (HBS ’10) learned to manage complicated projects. During three years of working for the Stryker Corporation, a medical-device firm in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he honed his design... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

provides capital from a pool of donations to a portfolio of curated organizations whose ethos align with four pillars of purpose: justice system reform, education parity, health and wellness access, and community outreach and social... View Details

October 20, 2023
Article

How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts

By: Michael W. Toffel

Nearly half of CEOs view climate change as affecting their companies now or within the coming decade, but there is also a wide gap between what CEOs say is progress on tackling climate change and what many of their investors believe are effective actions. Companies... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations

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January 2019
Supplement

The De Beers Group: Launching GemFair for Artisanal Diamonds

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

In April 2018, the De Beers Group launched a pilot project called GemFair to create a new supply of ethically and environmentally sourced diamonds from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) in Sierra Leone. Whether this project would yield a meaningful supply of rough... View Details

Keywords: Diamonds; New Business; Strategy Development; Strategy Execution; Scope; ESG; Supply; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mining Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Sierra Leone; United Kingdom

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2017
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Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism

By: Geoffrey Jones

This chapter places the concepts of ethical capitalism developed by the 19th century Japanese venture capitalist Shibusawa Eiichi in a global historical perspective. The chapter reviews the similarities and differences over time and between countries of proponents of... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ethics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business History; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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January 1990
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Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (A)

This case series involves a crisis in business ethics and management decision making, when one of the company's diesel fuel storage tanks collapses, releasing nearly one million gallons of oil into the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Divided into four cases guiding the... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Crisis Management; Energy Sources; Energy Industry

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11 Jan 2021
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A Step Toward Making Your Company More Sustainable

05 Apr 2016
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Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.

Surveying the panic and pressure of college admissions season in the New York Times, Abby Falik (MBA 2008), CEO and founder of Global Citizen Year, suggests that few involved in this cultural pressure cooker realize “how little these outcomes matter in the long run.”... View Details

27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume

plates. There is a lot of instability; let’s just get the basics done,” she told the board and senior leadership at LEDA. “However, I’ve also heard your desire to make an impact and grow. And if you want to do that, then we will walk... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

22 Feb 2021
Working Paper Summaries

Auditor Independence and Outsourcing: Aligning Incentives to Mitigate Shilling and Shirking

Keywords: by Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel; Apparel & Accessories

2010
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Taking Sustainability Seriously: The Time Has Come for Integrated Reporting

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Michael P. Krzus

Keywords: Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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Keywords: Corporate Law

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

publicized predictions of 50-100 municipal defaults have caused anxiety among municipal bond investors. While there is some chance that negative investor sentiment will lead to further spread widening, the probability of the kind of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

a me-centric view of life, then what seems rational to me as an individual may appear irrational in the context of social norms." Michael Linz asked to what extent a response to the question relies on how we frame the problem? As Jim... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Dan Vallone

not having to plan things so far ahead. I’ve learned from my colleagues here that you can have an impact in a much shorter time period. I have more faith in my ability to shape my destiny as I go. Have you made adjustments to your... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government