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Jen Porter
need 19 years of in-prison education to earn her GED; James, who begged for mental-health services while serving his sentence, only to be told that he would have to act out to be given proper medical attention. The prison system is... View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
mouths have an opportunity to do something like Harley’s doing?” A prison conviction leads to multiple employment rejections After losing his father at age 15, Blakeman fell into hard drug use. After he was incarcerated in a Georgia View Details
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Maya Babu
delivery," Maya says. She's interested in prison health care in general, and juvenile mental-health issues specifically. "Eventually, I'd love to start a company that improves access to care and develops innovative models for... View Details
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2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats | MBA
aircraft, ship, or common carrier thereby causing anxiety, unrest, fear, or personal discomfort to any person or group of persons shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 20 years or imprisonment in the... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
centers—were school-related. "The most amazing thing we did was when we spent time at a nearby prison with prisoners who were about to go back out in the world," she says. "We were young school children... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
with little or no measurable result, SIBs offer a new way to address intractable societal problems. Here’s how the bonds work. Private investors purchase bonds that finance preventive programs run by nonprofit groups. If the programs, such as reducing homelessness or... View Details
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
two books, she works as a columnist for the New York Times Sunday Book Review and as the editorial director of the digital and cable company Fusion. She lives in New York. Bryonn Bain Bryonn Bain is Brooklyn's own prison activist, actor,... View Details
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Stephanie Parker
at the prison gate, rocking the crying baby to sleep, running the errands for the mother who hasn't the time. At times I may question myself and lack the ability to be brave and selfless. You'll find me choosing to serve, anyway. Make no... View Details
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Kyle Caven
wait until old enough to drop out. Several former teammates are in prison for violent crimes. Despite this setting, my parent’s insistence on maximum effort and their examples at work and at home gave me confidence that I had the tools to... View Details
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Ilana Rosen
march hundreds of miles at gun point towards East Germany. If the prisoners sat from exhaustion they would be left to die or shot on site. My grandmother was overwhelmed from exhaustion, but Ila never let her sit. Ila is the reason I am... View Details
- 19 Feb 2010
- News
The MBA Oath Debate
words on a piece of paper will not stop unethical behavior, where steep fines and prison have failed to do so.” Writing in BusinessWeek.com’s online debate over the oath, INSEAD finance professor Theo Vermaelen warned that signing it was... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
cannot be a leader if you’re not aware.” One way that mass incarceration can impact big businesses, says Jack, is when prison labor is part of a company’s portfolio. In her role at Head of Equity Research at NorthStar Asset Management,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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LaToya Marc
that startled her: statisticians claimed that they could forecast the number of future prison cells the nation would need based on the performance of 4th graders on standardized tests. At this point, LaToya had been volunteering as a math... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
a greater awareness of what the concept of privacy entails, like Plato's prisoners discovering that they had been observing and talking about shadows as opposed to the objects themselves." The tone of these responses raises several... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
publish his recommendations. We truly lost a legend! Leonard (“Ted”) Marks Jr. (MBA 3/’48, DBA ’61) Prescott, AZ Supporting Inner-City Start-ups Congratulations to Catherine Rohr for recognizing the entrepreneurial talent in Texas prisons, reported in the March article... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
brokered creation of the first social impact bond, which supports a program to reduce reoffending rates among former inmates of Her Majesty’s Prison Peterborough, a facility 75 miles north of London housing short-term offenders. The bond... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
Fund has outperformed the S&P 500 by a 1.2 percent annual average return, she said Amy Domini Her firm uses some 100 criteria in judging a potential investment. Immediate knockouts would be companies involved in power, alcohol, nuclear weapons, gambling, for-profit... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
like to have dinner with. What’s your favorite Johnny Cash song? “Why are you always making me choose just one! So many great songs by Johnny Cash, like God’s Gonna Cut You Down, Hurt, The Mercy Seat, Ring of Fire, and Folsum Prison... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
complex organizational patterns that emerge in lieu of genuine mirroring when actionable transparency allows people to "break the mirror." Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-058.pdf Criminal Recidivism after View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
Francisco office of management consulting firm Marakon Associates and plans to continue his ministry as a prison counselor, that journey is clearly an ongoing quest. “Business is actually very spiritual because it relates to who we are... View Details