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- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be correlated with constituency level voter preferences or characteristics that make religion salient, we use quasi-random variation in legislator... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research
upcoming events The Political Economy of Religion Seminar Series No results found in Events Suggestions: Were any results found in one of the other content buckets on the left? Try removing some search filters. Use different search... View Details
- 01 Sep 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?
question was raised about whether the research cited in the article (centered around Confucianism) fully addressed the issue. Grace Woo commented, “I don’t see Confucianism as religion viewing that as ancient wisdom increases the... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- Web
Interviewing - Alumni
with my being able to successfully do my work, either now or in the future, the answer is, "No." Religion Illegal : Are you a US citizen? What is your religion? Are you practicing? Legal : Does your religious affiliation, if any,... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
How to Have Effective Conversations
fraught in a business setting. So tell me what you mean and how you can explore that in a sensitive way. CD: Well, the first thing to recognize is that social identities are not just the scary things we think about, right? They're not just about View Details
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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research
Political Economy of Religion Seminar Series No results found in Events Suggestions: Were any results found in one of the other content buckets on the left? Try removing some search filters. Use different search filters. If you have any... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
from which his and Cathy’s three children graduated. There is, however, a second religion in the family: sports. Brennan, a marathon runner, coached his kids’ teams to the point that some neighborhood parents thought he worked for the... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 2023
- Book
Deeply Responsible Business.: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership
By: Geoffrey Jones
Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? This book examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business. Should... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ecuation; Socially Responsible Investing; Business Education; Ethics; Leadership; Business History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Religion; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Banking Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Computer Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Education Industry; Fashion Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United Kingdom; Germany; United States; Japan; India; Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey. Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023.
- 14 Jan 2019
- News
These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership
- 04 Aug 2010
- News
A Lonely Crusader
We’ve all read stories about those rare individuals who saw the financial crisis coming and profited handsomely from their contrarian insights. Add to that list of contrarians hedge fund manager Bill Ackman (MBA ’92), whose six-year crusade to expose the financial... View Details
- 14 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association
practice their religion openly. Hence, the Judaism that I grew up with emphasized the importance of spending time with family, maintaining traditions, and sharing our people’s history. I’m excited to work with the co-presidents to create... View Details
- Web
The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
soars GI Bill Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Social conformity McCarthyism Membership in organized religion soars Brown v. Board of Education desegregated public schools> Influence: Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Civil rights movement gain... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
wife of 41 years, Shamim, and their two married daughters and two grandchildren are devout Shia Muslims who feel fortunate to be living in the United States, where they can practice their religion without restrictions. One of the key... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
2018 (REVISED AUGUST 2019) It is March 2017 and TPG Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, is in the process of establishing its inaugural impact investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the View Details
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
A few years ago, a colleague at Harvard Business School visited Clayton Christensen's office to talk about leading a values-driven life. "He told me that he had decided against having religion in his life," Christensen recalls, explaining... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
to somehow be of service to others.” A graduate of Morehouse College with a degree in computer science, he recalls that, at the time he applied to HBS, deciding between an advanced degree in business or in religion was “almost a toss-up.”... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- January 2016 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A)
By: Karthik Ramanna, Jérôme Lenhardt and Marc Homsy
A Swedish newspaper reveals that IKEA has erased all images of women from its catalog for Saudi Arabia. The article sparks criticism of IKEA from the Swedish government and its customers in the West. Critics contend that IKEA is not living up to its own commitments to... 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
Ramanna, Karthik, Jérôme Lenhardt, and Marc Homsy. "IKEA in Saudi Arabia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 116-015, January 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details