Accusations - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

Specialisterne almost implies a seal of approval, offering reassurance for companies worried about accusations of exploiting a vulnerable population, Austin says. Anka Wittenberg, SAP’s head of diversity and inclusion, was so impressed by... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

don't invest the time necessary to provide effective oversight of management activities. And many are reluctant to tread too closely to the line between oversight and management. This may help explain why boards are accused of acting far... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

organization off its complacent platform and into a good direction. But it didn't happen. Instead of mobilizing people into action, the crisis led many managers into making fewer decisions because they didn't want to be accused of... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

06 Dec 2017
What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

markets. Both groups generally consider themselves advocates of capitalism. In recent years the European Union has perhaps been more aggressive in enforcing restrictions on market power than the US., assessing large fines on domestic and foreign-based companies View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

going dark, fearful of offending or of being accused of taking advantage of an unfortunate situation for corporate gain. According to estimates from a March 2020 survey of marketers conducted by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, nearly... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

on a separate matter involving the China Written Works Copyright Society, which accused Google of failure to inform or pay authors of books it was digitizing. Google issued an apology. My suspicion is there was thought to be a quid pro... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

21 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

The North Carolina State Board of Elections began a hearing this week into alleged ballot tampering in last year’s 9th District congressional race, which ended in a razor-thin, 905-vote win for Republican Mark Harris. Since the 2016 general elections, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

Please tell us about your initiative to create a joint center between Harvard and Yale to monitor corruption. What will its mission be and how will it operate? A: In many countries corruption accusations are used politically. Thus, the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

trade favors” “Why don’t you tell him to stop?” she was asked. The answers were familiar. She didn’t want to seem unfriendly. She didn’t want to be accused of having no sense of humor. She didn’t want to become known as a troublemaker.... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

19 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 19

a large stake in Dell, Inc., accused Dell of trying to steal the company, and urged shareholders to rebel and demand a "leveraged recapitalization" instead. This case presents the information the Dell board worked with as it... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

was produced) into palm oil plantations. Critics had intensified their campaigns in recent years, urging—at times successfully—packaged food makers and investors to boycott palm oil suppliers accused of environmental mismanagement. While... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

S&P and its rivals, Fitch, and Moody's. Recently, these agencies have faced considerable criticism over their sovereign ratings—in Europe, for example, over their downgrades of Greece and several other economies. They are accused of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

17 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

increased public pressure to help address societal problems, for-profit firms have adopted social responsibility policies, which have pushed them to focus more on social initiatives." “Some of them have been accused of losing sight of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

companies accused of defrauding the government—generally through improper billing—often renegotiated the terms of their contracts with government agencies while the charges were being investigated, according to the researchers. In cases... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

shared #MeToo stories of abuse after Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault in October 2017. “With the Weinstein story, a dam broke,” says Colleen Ammerman, director of Harvard Business School’s Gender... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

a level playing field" for any law to matter, she said. "We need to appreciate that it's easy for the private sector to accuse the public sector of inefficiency," she added. "I accuse the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

difficult for the board to invoke the provision anyway.) The board announced that its reasons for the dismissal were that Hurd failed to file accurate expense reports and that he was accused of sexual harassment, the latter charge even... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

they’ll be called anti-national and accused of not helping the right cause and only being after the profits. All technology companies will face this at some point. You’ll remember Google walked out of China when China demanded data for... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

21 Jan 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

care of the other brother's family, but instead, George's branch accused Mike's branch of defrauding them out of their shares in the company. The two branches went to war. A buyout was proposed, but the two sides were far apart on price.... View Details

Keywords: Retail

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