Corporate Social Responsibility - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2010 (Revised March 2013)
Teaching Note

Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Women Initiative (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan and Bobbi Thomason

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Keywords: Programs; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Gender; Networks; Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Business Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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2010
Working Paper

Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions

By: Julio J. Rotemberg

This paper studies quality choice in a model where consumers expect firms to act altruistically. It is shown that, under plausible assumptions regarding this altruism and the reaction of consumers to firms that demonstrate insufficient altruism, existing firms (or... View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Quality; Mathematical Methods

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08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

outsider's view to challenge the status quo. Given the string of ethical failures of corporations around the world in recent years-from BP to GM to JPMorgan Chase-it's clear that leaders not only need to act more View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2025 (Revised June 2025)
Background Note

Getting to Net Zero: The Role of the Financial Sector

By: Shawn Cole, Jonah Zahnd, Karina Chung and Jack Cenovic

In early 2025, momentum towards the goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 continued in many parts of the world, even as it appeared to face a set-back following the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Financial institutions... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Law; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry

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February 2007 (Revised February 2009)
Case

A Differentiation Strategy at ASDA

By: David E. Bell and Nitin Sanghavi

The Wal-Mart CEO has challenged his company to do more to help mankind. The British subsidiary, ASDA, is reviewing its activities in the environment/social arena. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trends; Values and Beliefs; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry

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July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
Case

Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)

By: Lynn S. Paine

In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product; Trade; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Auto Industry; United States; Japan

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02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

2018, I left my corporate job and decided to explore opportunities with a social impact-driven food organization, particularly one focused on food access and hunger relief. What made the Greater Boston Food... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

has a triple bottom line philosophy, “people, planet, profits,” and is organized as a B Corporation, a new business structure that is legally required to consider social and environmental impacts. At the day-lit IceStone plant in the... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Fast Answer

Taxes worldwide

Where can I find information on taxes worldwide? KPMG Tax Rates Online: Time series data by country from 2010 - present for Corporate tax rates, Indirect tax rates, Individual income tax rates, Employer View Details

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

Summing Up Judging from responses to the January column, the debate concerning reform of the social security system in the U.S. will take many directions before the question can even be framed adequately. If... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

question that firms and policy makers need to be thinking about is just what type of good is software? The answer to this question may be shifting just as economic and social life becomes dependent upon a common computing infrastructure.... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

how management and corporate boards of directors can best manage investor relations with activist stockholders such as hedge funds who are demanding major changes within a corporation to improve stockholder... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Edwin H. Land

Land was a brilliant innovator whose instant photography invention created a billion-dollar corporation. He is responsible for inventing the Polaroid camera and 3-D glasses. Polaroid Corporation was viewed... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

high impact. Filtering A Leader There are three factors that social scientists agree minimize the impact of leaders: An external environment in which responses of competitors limits the leader's discretion... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

March 1998 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler

Explores a global program of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) called "Global Volunteer Day" and examines the activities and business situation of the company in four countries. Asks students to address whether American values like "volunteerism" can be exported. View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States

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Student Association | MBA

social events, and, offering products and services to students (e.g., yearbook and the HBS Survival Guide). All members of the MBA student body are members of the SA. HBS is about the people — the relationships, peer learning, memorable... View Details

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Sealed tight in sanitary packages - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response... View Details

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

this one addressing a white audience, telling them exactly what they could be doing to help support the Black community. The positive response to that episode led Rogers, a retired senior lecturer to write his recent book, A Letter to My... View Details

20 Jun 2016
News

Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

says, it will create a new asset class for socially minded investors, providing them with a reliable ROI that will advance the investing effort. He also believes that changing from a charity-based model of giving has a huge impact on the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

April 2011
Case

Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)

By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred

Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Fairness; Corporate Accountability; Emotions; Behavior; Leadership Style; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Disclosure

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