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  • 23 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

features of the institution—the incentives staff face and how the institution is governed—remain largely unchanged. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-027.pdf The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust—An... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness

and map those across organizations and interests. Venture outside your tribe. Giving time or money in service of those who share a common trait or identity with us—whether religion, ethnicity, nationality, or even alumni status—can exacerbate View Details
  • 23 Dec 2009
  • News

In the Zone

While a number of organizations work to address the inequities that exist in America’s public schools, one in particular has caught the eye of President Obama. And with good reason: the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), recently featured on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services
  • September 2017 (Revised March 2019)
  • Supplement

Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Rhodesia (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
In 1976, United States Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger conducted a series of intricate, multiparty negotiations in Southern Africa to persuade white Rhodesian leader Ian Smith to accede to black majority rule. Conducted near the end of President Gerald Ford’s... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Deal; Government and Politics; Africa; United States
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  • September 29, 2023
  • Article

Eliminating Algorithmic Bias Is Just the Beginning of Equitable AI

By: Simon Friis and James Riley
When it comes to artificial intelligence and inequality, algorithmic bias rightly receives a lot of attention. But it’s just one way that AI can lead to inequitable outcomes. To truly create equitable AI, we need to consider three forces through which it might make... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Prejudice and Bias; Equality and Inequality
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A Fair Game? Racial Bias and Repeated Interaction between NBA Coaches and Players

By: Letian Zhang
There is strong evidence of racial bias in organizations but little understanding of how it changes with repeated interaction. This study proposes that repeated interaction has the potential to reduce racial bias, but its moderating effects are limited to the treatment... View Details
Keywords: Discrimination; Bias; Interaction; NBA; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Equality and Inequality; Interpersonal Communication; Sports
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  • 18 Aug 2014
  • News

Closing the Education Gap

Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997) “Everyone deserves a fair start regardless of their zip code,” says Anne Dias Griffin (MBA 1997). Reforming that start is what motivates her. “The effects of income disparity start early in our society, and education is the best way we can... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
  • Web

Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

and that continues to be true, but we needed the other supporting functions to ensure continued success in the classroom.” Varón, whose family comes from Peru, was struck at an early age by the inequities she saw when traveling there.... View Details
  • April 2019
  • Case

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: The Power of Writing to Launch and Sustain a Movement (Abridged)

By: Julie Battilana, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Michael Norris
In 2018, New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof and his wife, former Times writer Sheryl WuDunn (HBS ’86) who worked in finance, were planning for their next book. The couple’s earlier books had given rise to social movements around gender equity and poverty issues.... View Details
Keywords: Social Movement; Gender Equality; Writing; Social Issues; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Poverty; Books; Change; Leadership
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  • January 2016 (Revised May 2016)
  • Supplement

IKEA in Saudi Arabia (C)

By: Karthik Ramanna, Jerome Lenhardt and Marc Homsy
Supplements the (A) Case. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Values; Islam; Multinationals; Globalization; Leadership; Equality and Inequality; Multinational Firms and Management; Religion; Organizational Culture; Gender; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Sweden
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Develop and disseminate research and course material on advancing racial equity in business. - Advancing Racial Equity

support, HBS will take four steps to encourage new research and course development. First, we will empower the Racial Equity Initiative to serve as a hub for HBS faculty and doctoral students, visiting scholars, and others who study race, diversity, inclusion, and... View Details
  • 17 Nov 2022
  • News

Blockchain for Good

principally in investment banking, but today notes that fundamental inequities in the world of finance—which the prosperous can navigate with ease are nearly impossible for those who are not wealthy—always nagged at her. Disillusioned,... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money

time, we don’t necessarily expect them to volunteer less. A really common anecdote you hear is that everyone is expected to volunteer at their child’s school, say two hours a month. In my new work, I’m asking whether this is because people are more View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 23 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t927286744 Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality Authors:Mark J. Roe and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1990 (Revised March 1990)
  • Case

Quantum Semiconductor, Inc.

By: Janice H. Hammond and Roy D. Shapiro
Quantum is faced with a difficult ethical dilemma--industry studies provide evidence that chemicals used in semiconductor manufacturing may cause women working in fabrication cleanrooms to suffer a higher likelihood of spontaneous abortions. The possibility of other... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Prejudice and Bias; Law; Equality and Inequality; Cost; Production; Ethics; Health; Gender; Semiconductor Industry
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  • August 2018
  • Case

Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF

By: Julie Battilana and Carin-Isabel Knoop
This case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2011 to 2018 as she takes the helm of a troubled multilateral organization during a time of deepening economic turmoil. As the first female leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and as a non-economist,... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Change Management; Global Range; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Climate Change
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  • 25 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

opportunity,” he said. Rohan Bajaj (MBA 2026)Rohan was born in Delhi, raised in Canada, and attended medical school at Johns Hopkins. “Having my life experience split across three vastly different healthcare systems, it has been clear to me that healthcare View Details
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

industries may split apart. Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations Authors:Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn Periodical:Academy of Management Annals, Vol. 2, Psychology Press,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

helping to shape the future growth of our company, as we focus on wealth-building to dramatically uplift Black and Brown communities and address racial inequities in America.” “Through the RISE Career Fellow program, and with exceptional... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • Web

Community | HBS Online

HIV/AIDS and poverty Oxfam's Global Innovation Lab for Equality (aGILE) to develop solutions to systemic inequality and global poverty. Are you interested in making a real difference? Join the Community today. Join the Community View Details