corporate social responsibility - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details

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Work & Life - Race, Gender & Equity

Life & Leadership After HBS Tradeoffs & Time Limits: Work & Life for Dual-Career Families Juggling responsibilities at home and work is challenging for both men and women, particularly those parenting young children. Drawing on the most... View Details

14 Oct 2014
News

Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills

of the Newport, Rhode Island–based organization. “It’s like living in two different worlds. I run a nonprofit, but I apply all for-profit principles to it. Consequently, we achieve great outcomes with very low cost, per participant,” he says. The sailing organization,... View Details

13 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Trust

introduction. Statistical analyses show that the plumbers' responses varied systematically with levels of trust. Those who trusted their current suppliers were less likely to request a brochure (-13 percent), order a free sample (-6... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service

14 Jan 2021
News

Better Than Cash

Goals. Whether it’s improvements in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” The Better Than Cash Alliance advocates for this type of digital financial inclusion, provides guidance to governments and View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Spring Renewal

Spring 2004 Reunion photo galleries Dean's Welcome Dean's Reception Faculty Presentations African American Alumni Association Class of 1954 Children's Activities Class of 1999 Pub Social Tea with Myra Hart General Campus Shots Photography... View Details

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

September 2023
Teaching Note

Patagonia: 'Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder'

By: Brian Trelstad, Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael Norris and Susan Pinckney

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-057. Patagonia’s change of ownership from a privately held company to a perpetual purpose trust and 501(c)(4) nonprofit in order to use the company’s profit to fight the environmental crisis and be a model for future businesses. View Details

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08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

your smartphone to how to earn a seat on a corporate board and make socially responsible investments. They gathered Thursday evening to watch a screening of a new documentary... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

As more and more corporate executives have been paraded on perp walks these last few years, a question has repeatedly been raised: Where was the board? After all, isn't it the board's responsibility to make... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA

alcohol or drugs, or with an open container of alcohol. Responsible Social Events Harvard Business School expects students, faculty, and staff in leadership roles (e.g., club presidents or program chairs) to... View Details

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

must grapple with it. Khurana lays out his institutional analysis and its repercussions in his new book, From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

29 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

of Business Administration at HBS. “In the process, they jump-start investing in areas that might be important for the environment.” They examine the phenomenon in a new paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Financing the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

depth of knowledge and insight that will prove invaluable for trustees, donors, and others related to and responsible for the success of social enterprise. Social enterprise... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Tracking a Turnaround

leadership style or his approach to broad challenges such as communications, change, and decision-making. About thirty multimedia cases are currently available in CD format through Harvard Business School Publishing. Classroom response... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

Christenson was, for example, among the first to bring the social sciences into the mainstream of practical business studies in the MBA Program. In 1976 he also developed a teaching program that brought HBS methods to the training of... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

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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

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