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  • 08 Feb 2016
  • News

Socially responsible investing delivers for investors on all levels

  • July 2015
  • Background Note

An Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in India (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Shashank Shah
Keywords: India
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Shashank Shah. "An Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in India (B)." Harvard Business School Background Note 516-010, July 2015.
  • July 2015
  • Background Note

An Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in India (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Shashank Shah
Keywords: India
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Shashank Shah. "An Overview of Corporate Social Responsibility in India (A)." Harvard Business School Background Note 516-009, July 2015.
  • 2019
  • Article

Reflections on 25 Years of Building Social Enterprise Education

By: James E. Austin and V. Kasturi Rangan
Purpose—This paper aims to reflect on 25 years of the Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School, examining the processes and thinking involved at key stages of this pioneering Initiative’s implementation and... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise Initiative; Harvard Business School; Social Enterprise; Education; Programs
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Austin, James E., and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Reflections on 25 Years of Building Social Enterprise Education." Social Enterprise Journal 15, no. 1 (2019): 2–21.
  • 06 Jun 2018
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The Business of Social Justice

Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) is the chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a nonprofit organization focused on strengthening public education through grants and advocacy. The foundation’s mission aims at ending... View Details
  • March 2023 (Revised November 2023)
  • Module Note

The Social Purpose of the Firm

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
The Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF) is a short module designed to explore how, and under what circumstances, business leaders can harness the power of capitalism and markets to “make a difference in the world” – that is, to address a significant societal problem as a... View Details
Keywords: Social Accounting; Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Enterprise; Mission and Purpose; United States; Sweden; Kenya; Netherlands
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Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "The Social Purpose of the Firm." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-051, March 2023. (Revised November 2023.)
  • January 15, 2010
  • Article

Revisiting the Rights and Responsibilities of Business

By: Bill George
Keywords: Rights; Business Ventures
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George, Bill. "Revisiting the Rights and Responsibilities of Business." Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (January 15, 2010).
  • 16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • December 2012
  • Article

What Drives Corporate Social Performance? The Role of Nation-level Institutions

By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
Based on Whitley's "National Business Systems" (NBS) institutional framework (Whitley 1997, 1999), we theorize about and empirically investigate the impact of nation-level institutions on firms' corporate social performance (CSP). Using a sample of firms from 42... View Details
Keywords: Environment; Environmental Performance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Institutions; Institutional Theory; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance
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Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "What Drives Corporate Social Performance? The Role of Nation-level Institutions." Journal of International Business Studies 43, no. 9 (December 2012): 834–864.
  • 25 Jun 2015
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7 Research-Backed Ways Your Business Will Benefit by Being More Socially Responsible

  • April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (A)

By: Christopher Marquis, Pooja Mehta Shah, Amanda Elizabeth Tolleson and Bobbi Thomason
At the end of 2009, The Dannon Company was considering pro actively communicating its CSR efforts to consumers. With the strong connection between Dannon's production of health foods and its commitment to health and nutrition-based CSR activities, communicating these... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Nutrition; Marketing Communications; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Food and Beverage Industry
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Marquis, Christopher, Pooja Mehta Shah, Amanda Elizabeth Tolleson, and Bobbi Thomason. "The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (A)." Harvard Business School Case 410-121, April 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
  • November 2015
  • Article

When Doing Good Is Bad in Gift-giving: Mis-predicting Appreciation of Socially Responsible Gifts

By: Lisa A. Cavanaugh, F. Gino and Gavan J. Fitzsimons
Gifts that support a worthy cause (i.e., "gifts that give twice"), such as a charitable donation in the recipient's name, have become increasingly popular. Recipients generally enjoy these gifts, which not only benefit others in need but also make recipients feel good... View Details
Keywords: Perception; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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Cavanaugh, Lisa A., F. Gino, and Gavan J. Fitzsimons. "When Doing Good Is Bad in Gift-giving: Mis-predicting Appreciation of Socially Responsible Gifts." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 131 (November 2015): 178–189.
  • 03 Feb 2018
  • Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
  • 31 Jan 2019
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The Backlash to Larry Fink’s Letter Shows How Far Business Has to Go on Social Responsibility

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A Critical Examination of Corporate Environmental and Social Impact Measurement and Valuation

By: Judith Stroehle, Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Amyn Vogel, Alnoor Ebrahim, Andreas Rasche, Andrew King, Ken Pucker, Richard Barker, Juliane Reinecke, Giovanna Michelon, Stuart Cooper, Dror Etzion, Karim Harji, Marya Besharov, Colin Mayer, Nien-hê Hsieh and Emma van den Terrell
The assignment of monetary values to a company's impact on society and the natural environment promises much. At the same time, this endeavor would benefit from addressing three prior ethical considerations: 1) determining responsibility to clarify attribution of... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Social Impact; Impact Accounting; Corporate Responsibility; Impact Measurement; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Valuation; Corporate Accountability
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Stroehle, Judith, Ali Aslan Gümüşay, Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Amyn Vogel, Alnoor Ebrahim, Andreas Rasche, Andrew King, Ken Pucker, Richard Barker, Juliane Reinecke, Giovanna Michelon, Stuart Cooper, Dror Etzion, Karim Harji, Marya Besharov, Colin Mayer, Nien-hê Hsieh, and Emma van den Terrell. "A Critical Examination of Corporate Environmental and Social Impact Measurement and Valuation." Journal of Management Inquiry (in press). (Curated dialog contribution by Nien-hê Hsieh and Emma van den Terrell titled “Ethical Issues for Impact Measurement and Valuation: Responsibility, Relevance, and Reform,” pp. 12–13.)
  • 2011
  • Chapter

Sri Sathya Sai University: A Values-based System of Education

By: Shashank Shah and Srinivas Srirangarajan
Keywords: Management Education; Ethics Education; Social Responsibility Of Business; Education Industry; India
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Shah, Shashank, and Srinivas Srirangarajan. "Sri Sathya Sai University: A Values-based System of Education." In Indian Ethos and Values in Management, edited by R. Nandagopal and Ajith Sankar R. N., 302–330. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 2011.

    Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance?

    This study focuses on how and why firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory with research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how... View Details
    • 22 Apr 2014
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    Exploring and defining a vision of responsible business leadership

    Harvard Business School Visiting Scholar Karthik Ramanna talks about the School's role in promoting ethical thinking and responsible action by business leaders. (Published... View Details
    • November 2011
    • Article

    Social Strategies That Work

    By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
    Although most companies have collected lots of friends and followers on social platforms such as Facebook, few have succeeded in generating profits there. That's because they merely port their digital strategies into social environments by broadcasting their commercial... View Details
    Keywords: Social Platforms; Social Strategies; Social and Collaborative Networks; Customers; Relationships; Business Strategy; Profit
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    Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Social Strategies That Work." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011): 116–122.
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    Social Innovation Field Projects

    By: John Jong-Hyun Kim
    The class will serve as the central clearing house for all independent projects relating to enterprises that are creating social value, with projects ranging from nonprofits to purpose driven for-profit businesses. This course provides students an opportunity to use... View Details
    Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Social Innovation; Social Enterprise
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