Discrimination - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
News

3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)

groups that don’t fit the VC mold. There is no magic set of experiences that makes you a great venture capitalist. I filed a gender discrimination suit against Kleiner Perkins because I had tried everything else. It seemed like a lawsuit... View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette

Portrait Project

Camille McGirt

do not conform to society's “standards.” For those in this world who do not fit in the boundaries of “normal” or who may not be accepted for just being themselves, I get it. This partly fuels my passion to help people who are View Details

20 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

actively trying to reach out to other people of other races, then no, I wouldn’t include it.” But these applicants who let their guard down about their race ended up inadvertently hurting their chances of being considered: Employers claiming to be pro-diversity View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Portrait Project

Rahima Dosani

telling people how I feel about them. I developed deep compassion for other marginalized people, leading me to pursue a career in health care for disadvantaged populations. And I gained the courage to stand strong in the face of View Details

17 May 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. And handsome men fare best of all. Why Employers Favor Men Why are women discriminated against in hiring decisions? The answer is more subtle than expected. Simple Ways to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Schlesinger Library Archives Collections - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

well as volunteer activities; explore the impact of world events (the Depression and World War II); remark on social change (civil rights and affirmative action); and describe the obstacles and discrimination encountered in their careers.... View Details

11 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

Call it corporate alchemy. New research finds that multinational companies can spin gender bias into gold by recruiting and hiring well-educated female managers in countries that traditionally discriminate against women. Employing women... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2011
News

Letters to the Editor

minorities; we were stressed-out students. Life is not fair. To include opportunities for minorities to openly share their pain with discrimination could add something to organizational cases, but such a discussion would not be insightful... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

An Advocate for Women's Equality

the armed forces came at this time. On the policy side, Nixon's Labor Department enforced new requirements for contractors to hire and promote women; conducted compliance reviews of universities; and gave the Equal Opportunity Commission enforcement powers to pursue... View Details

Keywords: Richard Nixon; Chuck Colson; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

For the last quarter century, many fought hard to overcome gender discrimination in the workplace by raising awareness, strengthening antidiscrimination policies, and encouraging more women to enter the corporate world. At first blush,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

22 Mar 2021
Blog Post

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

Recently, the venerable organization Coca-Cola publicly announced that a project to hire more Black employees that stemmed from the settlement of a 2000 discrimination lawsuit had failed to achieve its objectives. Along with many others,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Shimon Attie Night Watch (Victor with Freedom Tower), Hudson River 2018 | About

Watch displayed silent close-up video portraits of twelve new New Yorkers whose lives have been saved by recently being granted political asylum in the US. Most of the individuals are from the international LGBTQI communities or were unaccompanied minors when they... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

“A National System of Income Supplementation”

Richard America’s analysis of the crippling legacy of racial discrimination in the United States was underscored by a study released last summer. In the wake of a spate of riots in urban America in the 1960s, a federal government... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

objective, branch-level productivity measures, Ely said. In general, Ely added, companies such as the one they studied tend to take on one of three perspectives about diversity: 1. Discrimination and fairness perspective. The work groups... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

diversity (can people communicate or not?) and caste diversity (how much do some people want to keep away from other people?). About 90 percent of the population in Nepal is Hindu, but within Hindu society there are many castes and a lot of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2020
News

Lesson Plans

millions of college seniors who were forced to finish their degrees online will be entering the workforce. A lot will say, “Hey, that wasn’t so bad. I was able to learn some things.” Many will likely find online learning was better in some ways than the in-person... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

Mike Luca: The Role Experiments Play in Addressing Discrimination Mike Luca: The Role Experiments Play in Addressing Discrimination Read the Transcript Christine Marie Ortiz Guzman: How we are all... View Details

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

protection than SOEs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51975 December 2016 Harvard Business Review Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces By: Fisman, Ray, and Michael Luca Abstract—Online marketplaces... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

embarrassing—it can hurt your career. Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart DiscriminationPoor design decisions contribute to racial discrimination on many online platforms. Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your... View Details