Social Corporate Responsibility - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2002
News

John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera

undertaking," he remarks. "I remember wondering, 'How in the name of God do they put this whole thing together?'" As executive director of the nonprofit Opera Company of Philadelphia, Mulroney is now responsible for doing just that. In... View Details

18 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Why Leaders Need Great Books

Agee Professor of Social Ethics and the acclaimed author of 50 books including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Children of Crisis, agreed to offer a course he had taught elsewhere at Harvard, where he let students talk about literature. These... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

different methods of selecting peers, sampling, different proxies and estimation techniques. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55265 Corporate Legal Structure and Bank Loan Spreads By: Sikochi,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

their aspiration. Over dinner, Seth spoke passionately to the group about capitalism and the responsibilities of business leaders. His words resonated with many and I am delighted to share them here, for all the School’s alumni, with his... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Jan 2004
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Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

of social responsibility." CURRENT READING In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, by Robert E. Rubin and Jacob Weisberg When Minoru Makihara was named president and CEO of Mitsubishi View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA

this course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also shows how personal values can play a critical role in effective leadership. FIELD 1. The first module of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2001
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Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

business. “I knew it was a great fit for me,” he says. During the fifteen years he has worked at Merrill, O’Neal has proved himself again and again, moving from various positions in different divisions of the firm — financial services, global capital markets, investor... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2006
News

Drive-In Nation

For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America’s economy, shaped the country’s development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment of truth. The... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

forthcoming PublicAffairs Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal By: Soltes, Eugene F. Abstract—From the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, the failings of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Entrepreneurial Finance - Course Catalog

raise this capital, and under what terms can we raise it? How can entrepreneurship solve social problems and how should ventures be financed when there are benefits beyond the bottom line? And finally, but crucially, what are the... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

responsibility for preserving the vitality of a successful organization and taking it to the next level. Put another way, in realignments you have to reinvent the business; in sustaining-success situations you have to invent the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Jul 2017
News

The Right Thing to Do

morality in business. In 1988, he set up the Lawrence D. Ackman Endowment in Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at HBS. This series is just his latest effort at lighting a candle instead of just... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

28 Jan 2014
News

Income Inequality as a Sustainability Issue

Keywords: income inequality; sustainability

01 Oct 2001
News

A Janus-Faced Reflection

way of mirroring what's going on among graduates. It seems unlikely that we will just walk away from the new economy, which many in the class helped create. As Dave Frost wrote in a 1998 class note, "Have you noticed how many of us are involved in View Details

Keywords: Walter Kiechel; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Tafadzwa Samushonga

investigate market-based approaches to eradicating poverty during her career at the Monitor Group (later acquired by Deloitte). “I did not join Monitor with social enterprise in mind, but as we used the tools and analytical approaches of... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

there in sufficient numbers that they’re not all alone and cringing in the face of a dominant figure who can control their fate,” says Kanter, author of Men and Women of the Corporation, a book about corporate power, particularly as it... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2016
News

Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

agriculture, poultry production, and savings and lending services. In December 2015, it “graduated” its first three villages in Senegal. “They reached self-sufficiency, which is the holy grail of this work,” says Ruhr, a former corporate... View Details

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

simultaneously creating economic and societal value. Through project work with a diverse range of business partners, from established corporations to burgeoning startups, students will have an opportunity to gain practical insights into... View Details

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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

for corporate social responsibility to internal stakeholders, further your education, and help enact change. Access Your Free E-book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your... View Details

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