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ESG Integration in Investment Management: Myths and Realities

By: Sakis Kotsantonis, Christopher Pinney and George Serafeim

The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting a number of other widespread misconceptions about this rapidly growing set of principles and methods. Myth Number 1:... View Details

Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Investment Management; Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance

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John Batter is a retired Litigation Partner in the Boston Office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP where his practice focussed on on the defense of public and private companies and their directors and management against breach of fiduciary duty claims and... View Details

09 Nov 2011
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CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them

Keywords: by Kevin J. Murphy & Michael C. Jensen

01 Nov 2011
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Chancery Court was considering a suit claiming that Del Monte board members had breached their fiduciary duty to shareholders by not pursuing the best transaction for Del Monte. In the course of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Preparing to Be a Corporate Director

effective as a corporate director. Details Maximize your contribution as a board director Confidently assume the role of corporate directors, including legal and fiduciary duties Develop the competence and... View Details

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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

organizations that can innovate time and again to address the challenges we face as a global community. Article Professionalism, Fiduciary Duty, and Health-Related Business Leadership By: Joshua D. Margolis Expanding View Details

17 Apr 2022
Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

primarily to business institutions and business dealings. For example, in this book we will discuss fiduciary duties, rules against fraud, duties owed to corporations and other legal entities, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

27 Mar 2024
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Video: Inspirational Women in Business

was her fiduciary duty to the shareholders, so she could not shut down the mine. But— Eunjin Lee: She made the hard decision to close down a mining plant. Aastha Bhardwaj: She still paid the salaries to the... View Details

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

and ability from below. We need to marry some small part of our enormous fiduciary resources to the new ideas which are seeking support." 36 Doriot continued to teach at HBS, conveying lessons learned from the early days of the venture... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

lasting change. Anything short of definitive action will be too little, too late. It is time we rethink incentives to drive desired behaviors and intended outcomes. It is now clear that we must price in externalities and redefine View Details

19 Feb 2010
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The MBA Oath Debate

fiduciary responsibilities. In many countries, board members and, as a consequence, managers have a fiduciary duty to maximize the wealth of the shareholders. None of them... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
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Women and VC

bottom line is all business. Said Dodi, “As with any private equity firm or venture capital fund, it’s our fiduciary duty to look out for our investors and get a return.” View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

15 May 2018
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Spreading the Safety Net

Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn In a May 6, 2018, op-ed in the New York Times, Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009) discussed the reasoning behind her recent decision to equalize benefits for all employees—a move that fulfills both a moral... View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

business leaders do have a duty to be competitive and to help restore the manufacturing base of our country. Nations that allow their manufacturing infrastructure to deteriorate often create a similar fate for themselves. Even as we all... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

12 Jul 2011
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experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity‐debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the nature of corporate directors' fiduciary... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

designed as modular systems. Finally, it analyzes in detail the strategy of capturing value by maintaining exclusive control of an essential module in an open system. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-040.pdf View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2006
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Enron’s Legacy

for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron’s board (which was never charged with a breach of... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

30 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

disclosure of product outcomes, such as average APRs and default rates. Requiring disclosure of such data would empower watchdogs and the market itself to evaluate bad actors. 5. Respect fiduciary duties... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

vague, unrealistically grandiose goals. The research also revealed ways in which top managers can avoid these traps. Read the paper: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/How_leaders_kill_meaning_at_work_2910 Fiduciary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

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