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July 2006 (Revised August 2007)
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Charles Veillon, S.A. (A)

The top management team at Charles Veillon, a Swiss mail-order company, is considering whether to work with a human rights organization to monitor the labor practices of its suppliers. A particular concern is avoiding child labor and other forms of workplace coercion.... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Labor; Rights; Nonprofit Organizations; Switzerland

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19 Jul 2013
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All in Good Time

Andrea Silbert Financial analyst. Grassroots organizer. Social entrepreneur. Candidate for political office. These are just a few of the titles held by Andrea Silbert (MBA 1991 / MPA 1992) over the years. Now president of the Boston-based... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

09 Jul 2019
News

The Road to Impact

When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance, but ever since his undergraduate days of studying public and international affairs at Princeton, Offensend planned that, one day, he’d go into the View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground

devices were.” CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together to take on big, complex issues, such as endangered species trafficking, international food security, and... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social... View Details

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Nikki Talerman

Nikki is a HKS/HBS joint degree student with experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. She spent most of her time pre-HBS as a Bain consultant in New York. In the future, Nikki is committed to pursuing social impact work,... View Details

14 Dec 2015
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Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality

restore the Blasket Islands in West Kerry, and that project has been going for 25 years. It’s a nonprofit conservation project; we’ve done great work on that and I think the confidence to do that came from here. “And then in my work, in... View Details

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

services to the poor, with particular attention to their need to build assets. He is the founder and chairman of D2D Fund, Inc., a nonprofit that attempts to turn these ideas into practice through businesses and View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

01 Jan 2003
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Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

various government agencies. In his long career at AMS, Rossotti held the gamut of top leadership positions, serving as president, CEO, and chairman before heading to the IRS. These days, when not at work on a book about reforming the IRS... View Details

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April Chen | MBA

nonprofits and government agencies. Through this course, Harvard Tech for Social Good, and my internships, I've had the opportunity to work with several public interest tech organizations. They've taught me... View Details

01 Mar 2017
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The Middle Way

as head of the provincial conservation office—“the fish and wildlife police, basically,” he says. He was in his early 50s and in his 15th year of government work. His career was in stasis, and by 2002, he didn’t necessarily care if it... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

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A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

1992 Job Title Founder & CEO, Year Up Location Boston, MA, USA Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Social Entrepreneurship More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Growing Together

facing both nonprofits and other social-purpose enterprises. Another concerns the ways in which businesses can influence a community's health and create meaningful partnerships with government and View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

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Student Proposed Fellowship Program - Resources for selecting your organization

The following resources can be used to identify nonprofit organizations: Identifying Organizations Search Strategies GuideStar Pro - Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million View Details

15 Sep 2020
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Lifting Fallen Families

awareness to the needs of these families. To date, the foundation has provided $33 million in support to 1,600 students. Kim wants to reach all students, but concedes they can be difficult to find. “The government tracks some of that data... View Details

21 Mar 2019
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Helping Veterans Build Careers

designated more than $28 million to high-performing, nonprofit grantee partners across the United States and the United Kingdom, helping to place more than 50,000 vets in high-quality jobs since 2009. “But veterans often struggle to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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1.20 Joint Degree Programs | MBA

Sciences Find EC course credit information (login required) . Refer to the program handbook (pdf) . MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Students with the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences / SCRB Find EC course credit information (login... View Details

08 Dec 2017
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Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

students in 2015. In addition to running campaigns, other alumni are forming organizations to support these efforts. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001) helped launch the nonprofit Leadership Now after the 2016 election to recruit alumni and... View Details

Keywords: politics

05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

As a policy advocate focused on youth issues, I once had the opportunity to work alongside national nonprofit leaders, Congressional staff, and White House officials. As much as we extolled the importance of evidence-based approaches, I... View Details

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

level. The global community tends to look to governments and multilaterals during public health crises, but in what contexts can the private sector be better equipped to act and in what ways? ArcelorMittal (AM), an integrated steel and... View Details

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