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- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- October 2011
- Case
Chris and Alison Weston (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Celia Moore
Chris and Alison Weston describe how they, a well-educated middle class couple, ended up committing mail fraud, for which they each served a year and a half in federal prison. The case highlights for students how otherwise upstanding individuals much like themselves... View Details
Sucher, Sandra J., and Celia Moore. "Chris and Alison Weston (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-019, October 2011.
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
activity. Q: What do you think Adam Smith's advice to business leaders would be concerning corporate ethics given what he writes about trust? A: This is a great question. Smith believed that there were certain virtues, such as trust and a... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 28 Jun 2022
- News
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
billion active impact investing firm, in 2018. Impactive Capital helps companies allocate capital effectively and ethically to drive more sustainable, profitable, and valuable businesses over the long run. Previously, Taylor Wolfe was a... View Details
- December 2009 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
A Letter from Prison
By: Eugene Soltes
Stephen Richards, the former global head of sales at Computer Associates, Inc. (CA), is serving a seven-year prison sentence for financial fraud. In the case, Richards responds to a number of questions about managerial responsibility and the manipulation of financial... View Details
Soltes, Eugene. "A Letter from Prison." Harvard Business School Case 110-045, December 2009. (Revised January 2024.)
- July 2020
- Case
Steve Kerr: Coaching the Golden State Warriors to Joy, Compassion, Competition, and Mindfulness
By: Francesca Gino and Jeffrey Huizinga
Steve Kerr, coach of the 3-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors, reflects on his values-driven leadership style in the wake of a challenging season. View Details
Keywords: Coaching; Values; Basketball; Agility; Leadership; Values and Beliefs; Diversity; Leadership Style; Sports
Gino, Francesca, and Jeffrey Huizinga. "Steve Kerr: Coaching the Golden State Warriors to Joy, Compassion, Competition, and Mindfulness." Harvard Business School Case 921-001, July 2020.
- Article
How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay
By: Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton
Do people from different countries and different backgrounds have similar preferences for how much more the rich should earn than the poor? Using survey data from 40 countries (N = 55,238), we compare respondents' estimates of the wages of people in different... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Justice; Wage; Cross-cultural; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Fairness; Income; Employees; Management Teams; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
Kiatpongsan, Sorapop, and Michael I. Norton. "How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay." Perspectives on Psychological Science 9, no. 6 (November 2014): 587–593.
- Profile
Madison McIlwain
contributed to your understanding of business concepts, leadership, and/or problem solving? The kaleidoscope of experiences within my section has challenged me to ask “Why?” more. In cases where the protagonist is faced with a gray area on a business or View Details
- Article
Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization
By: Shoshana Zuboff
This article describes an emergent logic of accumulation in the networked sphere, 'surveillance capitalism,' and considers its implications for 'information civilization.' The institutionalizing practices and operational assumptions of Google Inc. are the... View Details
Keywords: Surveillance Capitalism; Big Data; Google; Information Society; Privacy; Internet Of Everything; Rights; Economic Systems; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics
Zuboff, Shoshana. "Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization." Journal of Information Technology 30, no. 1 (March 2015): 75–89.
- 29 Sep 2020
- Cold Call Podcast
Employee Performance vs. Company Values: A Manager’s Dilemma
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Redefining How Businesses Operate
and have longer discussions around questions related to ethics and governance,” Hu says. The course, now called Three Technologies that Will Change the World in the Next Decade, is taught by Shikhar Ghosh, the MBA Class of 1961 Professor... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- February 2014 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Aldi: The Dark Horse Discounter
By: Eric Van den Steen and David Lane
In 2013, Aldi—the world's 8th largest retailer—planned to accelerate its US expansion. Aldi was a German-based hard discounter that sold a limited assortment of private-label groceries and household items in barebones stores. Despite its presence with 1200 stores in 32... View Details
Van den Steen, Eric, and David Lane. "Aldi: The Dark Horse Discounter." Harvard Business School Case 714-474, February 2014. (Revised December 2016.)
- 07 Nov 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
How Should Meta Be Governed for the Good of Society?
George C. Lodge
Professor Lodge had been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1963. Before his retirement in 1997, he taught a number of courses in the MBA Master's Program and in various HBS executive programs. in the MBA program these included: Business,... View Details
- 06 Nov 2008
- Op-Ed
Selling Out The American Dream
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. The current economic crisis has been blamed on the greed of Wall Street,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
well-meaning but ultimately toothless calls for greater individual integrity and ethics on the other. To speak of the professional obligations of individuals ... is to imply that business management itself is a profession—but is it? The... View Details
- 08 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Centuries of Restrictions on Women Shed Light on Today's Abortion Debate
Efforts to restrict women’s sexual behavior date back centuries in virtually every region of the world. Now, the end of Roe v. Wade in the United States has returned such limitations on women to the contemporary spotlight. Yet, the desire to restrict women appears to... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- Portrait Project
Uzoma Nwagba
bolder and better version. Our governments will work. I will be a part of it—not in spite of my MBA, but because of it. I want to run African public institutions like ethical businesses. It is my duty to the largest and most patient... View Details
- August 2023 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
Plug Power (A)
By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
Set immediately after a December 2019 short-seller attack, the case explores Plug Power’s long challenging history. It then focuses on two key issues raised in the short-seller report related to lease accounting and stock warrants that Plug purportedly used to boost... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Ethics; Management; Social Enterprise; Investment; Stocks; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Europe
Heese, Jonas, Joseph Pacelli, and James Barnett. "Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-009, August 2023. (Revised October 2024.)