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  • February 2021
  • Article

How Transparency into Internal and External Responsibility Initiatives Influences Consumer Choice

By: Ryan W. Buell and Basak Kalkanci
Amid growing calls for transparency and social and environmental responsibility, companies are employing different strategies to improve consumer perceptions of their brands. Some pursue internal initiatives that reduce their negative social or environmental impacts... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility; Operational Transparency; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Consumer Behavior; Perception
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Buell, Ryan W., and Basak Kalkanci. "How Transparency into Internal and External Responsibility Initiatives Influences Consumer Choice." Management Science 67, no. 2 (February 2021): 932–950.
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

Q: You've done research on the role of shareholders in holding corporations responsible for their actions. Should any of the burden of ethical corporate behavior rest on... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 24 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

future and the present. They save less, become more obese, and even practice less-safe sex than in weak FTR languages, which use less separation between what is and what is to come. Like saving money or dieting, corporate social View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 23 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

Asia," held at the Asia Business Conference on February 14 at Harvard Business School. Ever since the public outcry in the 1990s over the wages paid by Nike to its Asian factory workers, the issue of multinational corporate social... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • August 2009
  • Case

SK Telecom: Pursuing Happiness through Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Christopher Marquis, Kwang Y. Ryu, Philip H. Mirvis and Bobbi Thomason
Since 2006, SK Telecom has worked to develop strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that are aligned with its business operations and corporate mission. The case tracks the original assessment process the company went through and successive... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; South Korea
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Marquis, Christopher, Kwang Y. Ryu, Philip H. Mirvis, and Bobbi Thomason. "SK Telecom: Pursuing Happiness through Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 410-042, August 2009.
  • July 2011
  • Teaching Note

State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis and Alison Comings
Teaching Note for 410141. View Details
Keywords: Utilities Industry; China
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Marquis, Christopher, and Alison Comings. "State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 412-006, July 2011.
  • summer 2008
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Corporate Social Responsibility Through an Economic Lens

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert N. Stavins and Richard H.K. Vietor
Business leaders, government officials, and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability
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Reinhardt, Forest L., Robert N. Stavins, and Richard H.K. Vietor. "Corporate Social Responsibility Through an Economic Lens." Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2, no. 2 (summer 2008).
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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
Using a large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 16 years, we investigate the impact of corporate socially responsible (CSR) strategies on security analysts' recommendations. Socially responsible firms received more favorable recommendations in recent years... View Details
Keywords: Public Ownership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Value Creation; Public Equity; Markets; Investment; Perception; United States
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Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2010).
  • 24 Mar 2014
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The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

  • November 2016
  • Article

Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality

By: Mozaffar Khan, George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon
Using newly available materiality classifications of sustainability topics, we develop a novel dataset by hand-mapping sustainability investments classified as material for each industry into firm-specific sustainability ratings. This allows us to present new evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Investments; Corporate Social Responsibility; Accounting; Corporate Reporting; Regulation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Investment; Corporate Governance
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Khan, Mozaffar, George Serafeim, and Aaron Yoon. "Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality." Accounting Review 91, no. 6 (November 2016): 1697–1724.
  • April 2014
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Corporate Social Responsibility:: A Way of Life at the Tata Group

By: Shashank Shah
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; India
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Shah, Shashank. "Corporate Social Responsibility: A Way of Life at the Tata Group." Journal of Human Values 20, no. 1 (April 2014): 59–74.
  • January 2023 (Revised July 2025)
  • Technical Note

LCA Action Planning: Responsibility and Accountability

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Nien-he Hsieh and Marilyn Morgan Westner
LCA action plans integrate responsibility and accountability into decision-making and planning. This module note was designed for the LCA course and reviews six steps leaders can follow to develop a practical LCA action plan for their business. It shows how integrating... View Details
Keywords: Responsibility; Accountability; Management Challenges; Corporate Accountability; Leadership; Planning; Decisions; Strategy
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Sucher, Sandra J., Nien-he Hsieh, and Marilyn Morgan Westner. "LCA Action Planning: Responsibility and Accountability." Harvard Business School Technical Note 323-060, January 2023. (Revised July 2025.)

    Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance?

    This study focuses on how and why firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory with research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how... View Details
    • April 14, 2015
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    The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable

    By: George Serafeim
    Keywords: Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Sustainability; Investing; Investment Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Investment; Environmental Sustainability
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    Serafeim, George. "The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 14, 2015).
    • April 1, 2020
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    Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test

    By: Mark R. Kramer
    A great many large companies talk about their values, or about how much they care for their employees and other stakeholders. The coronavirus crisis is the time for them to make good on that commitment. The author offers some things that corporations can do to help... View Details
    Keywords: Health Pandemics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    Kramer, Mark R. "Coronavirus Is Putting Corporate Social Responsibility to the Test." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 1, 2020).
    • April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
    • Case

    The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (A)

    By: Christopher Marquis, Pooja Mehta Shah, Amanda Elizabeth Tolleson and Bobbi Thomason
    At the end of 2009, The Dannon Company was considering pro actively communicating its CSR efforts to consumers. With the strong connection between Dannon's production of health foods and its commitment to health and nutrition-based CSR activities, communicating these... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Nutrition; Marketing Communications; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Marquis, Christopher, Pooja Mehta Shah, Amanda Elizabeth Tolleson, and Bobbi Thomason. "The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-121, April 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
    • January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
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    AngloGold - Corporate Responsibility for HIV/AIDS (A)

    AngloGold, a South African gold-mining corporation, faces a decision to provide its workforce, 30% of which is infected with HIV, with antiretroviral treatment. View Details
    Keywords: Health Disorders; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employees; Mining Industry; South Africa
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    Barrett, Diana, and Amanda Key. "AngloGold - Corporate Responsibility for HIV/AIDS (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-101, January 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
    • June 26, 2019
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    The Biggest Mistakes Companies Make With Corporate Social Responsibility

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    There’s almost nothing worse for the corporate ego than thinking that you’re doing good and should be appreciated for it, only to find that you’re pilloried instead. The public doesn’t believe you, the community doesn’t want you, and your own employees won’t defend... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Leadership; Change; Business and Community Relations
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    Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Biggest Mistakes Companies Make With Corporate Social Responsibility." Wall Street Journal (online) (June 26, 2019).
    • February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
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    AngloGold - Corporate Responsibility for HIV/AIDS (C)

    Supplements the (A) case. View Details
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    Barrett, Diana, and Amanda Key. "AngloGold - Corporate Responsibility for HIV/AIDS (C)." Harvard Business School Case 303-103, February 2003. (Revised May 2003.)
    • 17 Aug 2011
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    Is Corporate Social Responsibility "Hypocritical Window Dressing"?

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