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- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
markets will provide incentives for companies to behave responsibly and companies will exhibit those behaviors because they'll have lower costs if they do. But that will depend on organizations like SASB, and to what extent they're successful in creating a better... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
Black: Career Development in the New Economy," said newly minted MBAs should be able to learn quickly, handle problems, and build relationships with coworkers over workplace divisions. The panelists also advised students to know the... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
the authentic leaders in my research —both male and female—strive to achieve. It is regrettable that such important issues as workplace culture, creating environments that do not discriminate or stereotype... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
approach found only in Gulati, Mayo, and Nohria's Management. This unique text demonstrates how success within a constantly changing business environment requires a clear understanding of the interactive and dynamic nature of strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
act (with candor, humility, and trust) become too hard to execute in the fast paced environment we live in?” Why is it so difficult to lead with candor, humility, and trust? What do you think? Original Post In the eyes of some, candor,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
Professor Jonas Heese. When local newspapers shutter, some businesses evidently treat the lack of press coverage as permission to act badly and end up committing more illegal violations, including pollution, workplace safety infractions,... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual harassment remains a problem... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
For the last quarter century, many fought hard to overcome gender discrimination in the workplace by raising awareness, strengthening antidiscrimination policies, and encouraging more women to enter the corporate world. At first blush,... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
party to another, spreading it out over large groups, and (in some cases) simply reducing it outright. These policies, in turn, have profoundly shaped the environment in which business operates. Public risk management itself has obviously... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
immediate partners, the participants in the programs, their superiors, and others. It is a problem when expectations soar too high. "A hundred-percent participation rate in your [HIV/AIDS] program may be unrealistic, given the state of affairs in the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
of people's relationships with brands and a demonstration of the important and timely implications of this evolving sub-discipline. A range of different brand relationship environments are explored in the collection, including online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
conflicts between work and life more broadly defined. Joe Violette suggests that at least in the project-oriented environment in which he works, one should "Make your family a part of your work team and you'll create a good work-life... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
is: “As an employer, we strive to create a workplace environment that inspires trust, inclusion, and respect so we can unleash breakthrough thinking and invention.” A CEO’s activism depends on how strongly... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
2013 European Business Review Changes in Work, Changes in Self? Managing Our Work and Non-Work Identities in an Integrated World By: Ramarajan, Lakshmi, and Erin M. Reid Abstract—Diverse workplaces are challenging the boundaries between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
conditions in its factories. Many countries, for example, sign international labor treaties promising to uphold certain workplace standards. Labor observers, however, have long wondered whether those treaties represent better working... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
and continued thought the successful turnaround under her successor, Mark Hurd. As such, special focus is given to the individual board personalities and their conflicts over this time in order to fully explore the environment in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
2012) Abstract Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs, and others arguing that they make View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne