Affirmative Action - Publications - Faculty & Research

2015
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Paul Lee and Asian Americans Advancing Justice

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Frank Jerome LaNasa and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Paul Lee and Asian Americans Advancing Justice 2013 AL Fellow, 2014 Senior AL Fellow
Two years after the formation of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), a national affiliation of four independent Asian American civil rights groups, Paul Lee, who... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Skills; Asian; Asian Americans; Asian Americans Advancing Justice; Civil Rights; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Pacific American Legal Center; Asian American Institute; Asian American Justice Center; Immigration Issues; Immigration Reform; Affirmative Action; Coalition; Asian American Activism; Japanese; Chinese; Korean; Indian; Pakistani; Hmong; Cambodian; Laotians; Filipino; Vietnamese; Pacific Islanders; Ethnic Group; Model Minority; Anti-asian Prejudice; Pan-asian; Discrimination; Immigrants; Immigration Acts; Alien Land Laws; Sei Fujii; Naturalize; Interracial; Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965; Refugees; War; Warfare; Vincent Chin; Bigotry; Chinatown; Boston; Social Impact; Asian American Lawyers Association; National Asian Pacific Bar Association; Asian Community Development Corporation; Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence; Southeast Asia; Mee Moua; Change Management; Demographics; Prejudice and Bias; Rights; Immigration; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Society; North and Central America

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21 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Caste and Entrepreneurship in India

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer, Tarun Khanna & Ashutosh Varshney

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

13 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

acknowledge that they notice people's race—often the result of a horrified reaction from a parent when they do," Norton says. A Zero-sum Game? In addition to an ineffective strategy at managing interracial interactions, racial colorblindness has evolved into an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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HBS - The year in Review

with more than 200 MBA students from their regions in a pilot networking event. Dining Services Partner Affirmed As part of the broader effort to ensure excellence in its service partnerships, the School reviewed its Dining Services... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Swiss Re, which predicts that even if some mitigating actions are taken, global GDP will shrink by 14 percent by 2050 by 18 percent if no actions are taken. Okay, the sky may really be falling. However,... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Power Trip

also been a widening of opportunity for African-Americans and other minorities, but the recent backlash against affirmative action has had a negative impact. Progress has been slow: There are now fewer than... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Credit: Steven Zimmerman/Wikipedia Commons Google software engineer James Damore’s ten-page manifesto excoriating his employer for its diversity initiatives incited a major controversy in August about View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

your actions and misconduct to students? The recorded answer offers sobering lessons for anyone with business ambitions. What’s a Boss Worth? Quite a lot, it turns out. Good bosses can have a multiplier effect that ups everyone’s game,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Civil Rights Act bans institutional forms of racial discrimination 1965 Executive Order 11246 prohibits discrimination by federal contractors and subcontractors on account of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and requires View Details

28 Sep 2016
Blog Post

Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project

organizations that have been created to stem the tide. We studied affordable housing legislation, affirmative action practices, and innovative charter school models. We heard from accomplished economists,... View Details

11 Oct 2022
News

On Balance

Gender Equality Agency, a position she calls “a very clear practice and policy leadership opportunity, backed by data.” The government organization, established in 1986 as the Affirmative Action Agency, is... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

particular action it takes is right for their business. Constructing those arguments, however, is precisely what they would be doing. Human beings are profoundly subject to confirmation bias. They look for reasons to View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

in business and civil society in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in June 2023, Onyeador plans to accelerate her research into how people judge and respond to group-based... View Details

28 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Creating a Workplace That Supports Employees in Work and Life

is by actions and words from senior leadership of the companies I've worked for.” Examples included the CEO of one company attending a retreat for the Pride Employee Resource Group (ERG) and the CEO of another company participating in a... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year MBA program. Identity work is a process shaped by loops of action and feedback. For example, a person asserts leadership in an area, feedback affirms... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Dec 2009
News

Alumni Books

building group cohesion. Leaders can no longer just “rally the troops.” Instead, they must employ more positive means to span boundaries, affirm identity, cultivate trust, and collaborate productively. Bootstrapping 101: Tips to Build... View Details

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MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 | Baker Library

in business education occurred in the early 1970s, when "the student body changed immensely, largely because the push for affirmative action both in educational institutions and the workplace coincided with... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

panels on the affirmative action debate, the potential for technology to strengthen the African-American community, entrepreneurship and economic development, and careers in the venture-capital and... View Details

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

Harvard Business Publishing, forthcoming No abstract is available at this time. Collaboration Across Knowledge Boundaries within Diverse Teams: Reciprocal Expertise Affirmation as an Enabling Condition Authors:Amy C. Edmondson, Kate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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