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- December 7, 2009
- Comment
A Shirked Responsibility
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "A Shirked Responsibility." Washington Post, On Leadership (December 7, 2009).
- Video
Aziz - Responsibility
Responsibility of Business
rich collections at the Harvard libraries, along with energetic assistance from the librarians, were also indispensable resources. During my fellowship, I was honestly surprised by the number of faculty who were critically examining the purpose of value creation and... View Details
- Research Summary
Corporate Social Responsibility
Rangan has developed a framework and a process for auditing a company's CSR activities and from that a blueprint for CSR strategy development. He is now in the phase of verifying the framework and implementing the process in certain chosen sites. View Details
- December 2016 (Revised November 2017)
- Module Note
Responsibilities to Investors
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Joseph L. Badaracco
Goldberg, Lena G., and Joseph L. Badaracco. "Responsibilities to Investors." Harvard Business School Module Note 317-078, December 2016. (Revised November 2017.)
- Apr 25 2018
- Testimonial
Clarifying Governance Responsibilities
- April 2017
- Article
The Responsibilities and Role of Business in Relation to Society: Back to Basics?
By: Nien-he Hsieh
In this address, I outline a back-to-basics approach to specifying the responsibilities and role of business in relation to society. Three “basics” comprise the approach. The first is arguing that basic principles of ordinary morality, such as a duty not to harm,... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Corporate Responsibility; Harm; Human Rights; Institutions; Pareto Efficiency; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Moral Sensibility; Society; Rights
Hsieh, Nien-he. "The Responsibilities and Role of Business in Relation to Society: Back to Basics?" Business Ethics Quarterly 27, no. 2 (April 2017): 293–314.
- Video
Rao - Responsibility
- April 14, 2015
- Article
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
Serafeim, George. "The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 14, 2015).
- Research Summary
Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Multinational enterprises, especially those operating in developing economies, face wide-ranging demands to help persons whose basic needs are unmet. Pharmaceutical companies, for example, are asked to provide access to life-saving therapies to patients in countries... View Details
- Research Summary
Business Leaders and Corporate Responsibility
By: Thomas R. Piper
Thomas R. Piper is trying to establish an appropriate sense of ethics and corporate responsibility for future business leaders. Earlier research provided compelling evidence that many future leaders seriously doubt that their interpersonal ethics can be brought into... View Details
- June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Christopher Marquis, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang and Hong Wu
In October 2009, State Grid, the largest utility company in the world, and a pioneer and leader in CSR practices in China, was planning its 2009 CSR Report and long-term CSR implementation. Some of the specific challenges faced at the time include: How could the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Systems; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Accountability; Behavior; Change Management; Global Range; Employees; Utilities Industry; China
Marquis, Christopher, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang, and Hong Wu. "State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 410-141, June 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- 21 Mar 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility
- June 2010 (Revised April 2014)
- Course Overview Note
Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement
By: Christopher Marquis, Bobbi Thomason and Jennifer Tydlaska
Analyzes the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and employee engagement, including CSR effects on employee commitment and motivation, new skills and training, and motivation. Also discusses best practices in employee engagement through CSR. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Training; Employees; Retention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Practice; Motivation and Incentives
Marquis, Christopher, Bobbi Thomason, and Jennifer Tydlaska. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 410-138, June 2010. (Revised April 2014.)
- 2014
- Book
Soulful Corporations: A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Shashank Shah and Ramamoorthy V.E.
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Corporate Citizenship; Philanthropy; Values; Stakeholder Engagement; Impact Investment; Millennium Development Goals; India
Shah, Shashank, and Ramamoorthy V.E. Soulful Corporations: A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility. India Studies in Business and Economics. New Delhi: Springer, 2014.
- 29 May 2015
- Blog Post
Personalized Emails Get Responses
When contacting candidates of interest, customization is required to be impactful. If you spend a few extra minutes to personalize your email, then a student is far more likely to respond. Personalization doesn't have to be over the top. You can still use a mail merge... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Web
Structuring the Organizational Response
View Dutch Leonard's Slide Presentation View Amy Edmondson's Slide Presentation You do not need to read the case study to benefit from the recording. If you want the case, Harvard Business Publishing offers Columbia's... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Organizational Responses to Product Cycles
By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Vittorio Bassi, Anant Nyshadham, Jorge Tamayo and Nicolas Torres
Product cycles entail the mass production of new—and often increasingly complex—products on a regular basis. How do firms manage these changes? We use granular daily data from a leading automobile manufacturer to study the organizational impacts of introducing new... View Details
Keywords: Training; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Knowledge Management; Production; Product; Organizational Structure; Auto Industry; Argentina
Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Vittorio Bassi, Anant Nyshadham, Jorge Tamayo, and Nicolas Torres. "Organizational Responses to Product Cycles." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-061, March 2023. (Revise & Resubmit Journal of Political Economy.)