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- 17 Mar 2022
- News
The Companies Boycotting Russia Are Demonstrating Six Key Values
- Video
Ghassan E. Nuqul
Ghassan E. Nuqul, Chairman of the Nuqul Group, details how he has enforced anti-corruption policies and business ethics policies within the group. View Details
- 12 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery
their suffering is extremely compelling and was the catalyst for my pursuit of an MS/MBA in Biotechnology degree. As a joint degree student, I benefit from immersive case studies at HBS where my classmates and I are challenged to analyze the View Details
- July 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Peter Jepsen
By: Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts and James M. Sharpe
About to break bank covenants, Peter Jepsen has to deal with a contentious prior owner, improve profitability and staff appropriately all while maintaining credibility with his investors, in the furniture hardware company he has owned for less than a year. View Details
Keywords: Acquisitions; Bankruptcy; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Finance; Financial Crisis; Turnarounds; Financial Distress; Negotiation; Entrepreneurs; Bank Loan; Search Funds; Liquidation; Boards Of Directors; Ethics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Stevenson, Howard H., Michael J. Roberts, and James M. Sharpe. "Peter Jepsen." Harvard Business School Case 813-046, July 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
Julian J. Zlatev
Julian Zlatev is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. He teaches the second-year Negotiation course.
Professor Zlatev’s research interests include ethics and morality, trust, impression... View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
the high ground, allowing it to influence norms and policies to mitigate AI bias. But the tech giant’s decision to push out pioneering AI researcher and ethicist Timnit Gebru set the company on a rocky course, contends Harvard Business... View Details
- January 2015 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Shannon Gombos
The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in investment decisions. At Barclays Capital, Omar Selim... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; ESG; Social Business; Entrepreneurs; Scaling; Emerging Market Entrepreneurship; Not For Profit; Entrepreneurial Finance; Mentoring; Business Networks; Hybrid Nonprofit Funding; Investing; Investment Management; Asset Management; Values and Beliefs; Religion; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Financial Services Industry; Europe; Germany; United Kingdom
Serafeim, George, Rebecca Henderson, and Shannon Gombos. "Omar Selim: Building a Values-Based Asset Management Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 115-021, January 2015. (Revised September 2017.)
- December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Ebony Magazine
By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Jackson
For nearly 75 years, the Johnson Publishing Company has been the most successful African American magazine publisher. Its flagship Ebony magazine was an iconic coffee table fixture for decades in black households of all classes, making founder John H. Johnson... View Details
Keywords: Business Restructuring; Media; Race Characteristics; Social History; Contemporary History; Fairness; Race; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Adaptation; Consolidation; Culture; Brands and Branding; Journals and Magazines; Decisions; Business History; Restructuring; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry; Chicago
Rogers, Steven, and Derrick Jackson. "Ebony Magazine." Harvard Business School Case 317-043, December 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 18 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 18, 2006
Working PapersNone available this week Cases & Course MaterialsThe Company Sale Process Author:William E. Fruhan Jr. Harvard Business School Note 206-108 Lays out the steps, timeline, and process by which a company is sold.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Thomas R. Piper
THOMAS R. PIPER, Baker Foundation Professor and Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is a faculty member in the Finance and Accounting Units at the Graduate School of Business Administration. He has taught in the MBA Program, as well... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior
Keywords: by Francesca Gino & Sreedhari D. Desai
- 23 May 2022
- News
J.S. Nelson
- 29 Oct 2012
- News
Are You Paying a Tip—or a Bribe?
- April 2018 (Revised October 2023)
- Case
Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent
By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in her early adulthood, Chanel leveraged relationships with acquaintances, friends, and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Biography; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Brands and Branding; Ethics; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
Jones, Geoffrey, and Emily Grandjean. "Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent." Harvard Business School Case 318-139, April 2018. (Revised October 2023.)
- February 2014
- Background Note
Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
This note describes the practice of employee furloughs (also known as work sharing or short-time work) including their regulatory frameworks in different countries and the business and ethical implications of their use. View Details
Keywords: Work Sharing; Furloughs; Temporary Layoff; Short Time Work; Employee Relationship Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Sucher, Sandra J., and Susan J. Winterberg. "Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-097, February 2014.
A Lesson from Google: Can AI Bias be Monitored Internally?
Dr. Timnit Gebru was the co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI research team – until she raised concerns about bias in the company’s large language models and was forced out in 2020.
Her departure sent shockwaves through the AI and tech community and raised... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
organizational legitimacy and the kind of moral order we want to create as a society," Anteby explains. The same issues could help us come to grips with the murky legal and ethical areas surrounding the digital age, for example.... View Details
- 14 Oct 2013
- News
Booked: The Good Struggle
- April 1985 (Revised November 1987)
- Case
Sun Hydraulics Corp. (B)
Fifteen years later, the company has achieved widespread recognition in the industry for its innovative designs, its quality products, and its highly ethical standards for business dealings. This case describes the organization, the plant, and current concerns. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Ethics; Engineering; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry
Barnes, Louis B. "Sun Hydraulics Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 485-170, April 1985. (Revised November 1987.)