Publications

Keywords: Tea, agribusiness

March 24, 2015
Article

Starbucks' 'Race Together' Campaign and the Upside of CEO Activism

By: Aaron Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel

When Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz asked his baristas to engage customers in a discussion about race in America, it was a clear case of the growing trend of "CEO activism." Despite the criticism of that particular initiative, CEO activism—from Shultz to Chick-Fil-A's... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Communication Strategy; Race

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Keywords: Development; Microfinance

04 Aug 2015
Blog Post

What’s it Like to be an HBS Partner?

partners into section life. All of the partners are invited to all of the social events with the students (big or small) and many events on campus, such as speakers, information meetings, etc. There was a reception in the beginning of the... View Details

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala

Keywords: Real Estate, Infrastructure, Insurance, Banking

04 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

all of us to meet peers outside our sections or classes and partners! There is something about deeper bonds you can create by performing together. But we also have non-musical social events throughout the... View Details

March 2022 (Revised March 2025)
Technical Note

Ethical Analysis: Society

By: Nien-hê Hsieh

How should managers determine and deliver on their responsibilities to society? This note summarizes prevailing approaches to this question and outlines an approach centered on what distinguishes society from other key constituencies, such as investors or customers.... View Details

Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Analysis

01 Mar 2009
News

It’s the Economy

order of appearance, they begin with an overview of the big impact the crisis has already had on HBS cases, courses, and faculty research. see article Challenge magazine editor Jeff Madrick’s (MBA ’71) new book, The Case for Big... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

07 Sep 2021
News

Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer... View Details

Keywords: April White

November 1974 (Revised September 1984)
Case

Environmental Pressures (B)

By: Norman A. Berg

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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November 2011 (Revised June 2015)
Case

COSCO: Implementing Sustainability

By: Christopher Marquis, Juelin Yin and Dongning Yang

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry

November 1988 (Revised December 1988)
Case

Tejon Ranch and California Water Use

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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December 1995 (Revised November 1996)
Background Note

Corporate Purpose and Responsibility

By: Lynn S. Paine

Presents several conceptions of corporate purpose and responsibility as articulated by a variety of groups and individuals during the period 1970-95. Included are materials from the Business Roundtable, the American Law Institute, the Royal Society of Arts and... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; History; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact