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Sylvia Ko
“Good luck! Have fun!” I gleefully exclaim. My friends and I drop into the arena. My pulse picks up. My jaw tightens in determination. I buy a shield and three health potions before racing to a strategic position. When I log in, I enter... View Details
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
CamiloTorres What Are the Most Effective Management Approaches to Inclusion? Inclusion is important to an organization. But it is a challenge in the current day workplace climate, especially when it comes to such things as one-on-one activities between men and women.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 4, 2020
- Article
The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice
By: Mark R. Kramer
In the wake of George Floyd’s tragic death in Minneapolis, major corporations have been voicing their support for racial justice in the United States. But we are way past the point when words alone suffice. Actions are needed. Corporations can and should make 10... View Details
Keywords: Racial Justice; Racial Equity; Race; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Kramer, Mark R. "The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 4, 2020).
- November 2020 (Revised June 2022)
- Case
Community-First Public Safety
By: Mitchell B. Weiss and Sarah Mehta
How many police officer positions to fund? In August 2020, the question facing St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, which might have seemed routine to another mayor at another time in another place, was anything but. A pandemic had rendered the city some $19-$34 million short... View Details
Keywords: Race; Law Enforcement; Governance; Decision Making; Safety; Social Issues; Public Administration Industry; United States; Minnesota; Saint Paul
Weiss, Mitchell B., and Sarah Mehta. "Community-First Public Safety." Harvard Business School Case 821-005, November 2020. (Revised June 2022.)
- 2019
- Flash Talks
Constructing a Counternormative Identity within Your Own Community
- Portrait Project
Masood Razaq
I have always thought of myself as a Man with a Plan. It's as if I were speeding down the Autobahn, with a clear destination in mind and an obsession with getting there as quickly as possible. Yet the further along I race into the Future,... View Details
- Web
2014 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Suhasini Belle Derks speaks at 2014 Gender & Work Symposium: Relationships among Women Suhasini Kiran Gandhi & Becky Cooper Kiran Gandhi & Becky Cooper speak at 2014 Gender & Work Symposium Kiran Gandhi & Becky Cooper speak at 2014 Gender & Work Symposium Bridging... View Details
- June 2021
- Supplement
Linda Oubré at Whittier College (C)
By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown
The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details
In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details
Keywords: Women And Leadership; Racial Disparity; Higher Education; Education; Diversity; Race; Change Management; Gender; Los Angeles; California; United States
Spar, Debora L., and Haley P. Brown. "Linda Oubré at Whittier College (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-061, June 2021.
- August 1995 (Revised May 2008)
- Teaching Note
Jensen Shoes (TN)
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Mary C. Gentile
Teaching Note for (9-395-120) and (9-395-121). View Details
- 2016
- Hidden Processes
Aida Hurtado
- 07 Nov 2019
- News
Scranton Elects First Female Mayor
As an Oregon native running on the Independent ticket, Paige Cognetti (MBA 2014) was not the most likely candidate to claim victory in a special mayoral election that took place Tuesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania. But she won handily, claiming 36 percent of the vote in... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Hospital Allocation and Racial Disparities in Health Care
By: Amitabh Chandra, Pragya Kakani and Adam Sacarny
We develop a simple framework to measure the role of hospital allocation in racial disparities in health care and use it to study Black and white Medicare patients who are treated for heart attacks—a condition where virtually everyone receives care, hospital care is... View Details
Chandra, Amitabh, Pragya Kakani, and Adam Sacarny. "Hospital Allocation and Racial Disparities in Health Care." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28018, November 2020.
- Profile
Juan Camargo
car—which is due in showrooms next month—for the American market. (Though that was nice, too.) The moment also represented a high point in a love affair with cars that began with childhood kart racing and included a few HBS-to-Montreal... View Details
- Portrait Project
Cristian van Tienhoven
racing car, never be afraid to tell someone I love them, write a personal check for $1 million to charity, have lots of kids, go to the north pole, fly fish in Iceland, give back more than I take (very important), and, finally, make sure... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
The Results Are (Mostly) In
Mitt Romney (MBA 1974) (photo by Gage Skidmore) Mitt Romney (MBA 1974) (photo by Gage Skidmore) Congratulations to all the HBS alumni who ran for seats in November’s midterm elections, including those listed below who are celebrating victories. (A few other View Details
- May 2021
- Case
Career at a Crossroads? (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
A career professional at a major consumer goods company, Kym Lew Nelson is hoping to negotiate a promotion to vice president, which would make her one of the senior-most African American women in the organization. But when Nelson’s white German boss arrives in the... View Details
Keywords: Culture; Negotiation; Race; Gender; Organizational Culture; Prejudice and Bias; United States
Sebenius, James K., and Alex Green. "Career at a Crossroads? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 921-018, May 2021.
- January 1993 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
BayBank Boston
In 1992, the Federal Reserve released a study of mortgage lending patterns in Boston. It concluded that even when credit factors were taken into account, black and Hispanic applicants experienced higher rejection rates. Richard Pollard, chairman of BayBank Boston, had... View Details
Dees, J. Gregory, and Christine C. Remey. "BayBank Boston." Harvard Business School Case 393-095, January 1993. (Revised November 1997.)
- 2017
- Blitz Discussions