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- January 2008
- Article
Do Well by Doing Good? Don't Count on It
By: Joshua D. Margolis, Hillary Anger Elfenbein and James P. Walsh
Research over 35 years shows only a weak link between socially responsible corporate behavior and good financial performance. However, there's no evidence of risk in doing good, only in being exposed for misdeeds. View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Profit; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Effectiveness; Behavior
Margolis, Joshua D., Hillary Anger Elfenbein, and James P. Walsh. "Do Well by Doing Good? Don't Count on It." Social Responsibility. Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 19.
- June 2017
- Supplement
Wells Fargo & Co.: Respect Your Customers (B)
By: John A. Quelch and Irene Lu
Quelch, John A., and Irene Lu. "Wells Fargo & Co.: Respect Your Customers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 517-132, June 2017.
- 06 Mar 2008
- News
Marketing Can Serve Citizens as Well as Consumers
- December 2020
- Teaching Plan
Scaling Well by Doing Good: Motivating Talent at b.good
By: Francesca Gino, Gary P. Pisano and Alexander Rohe
- June 1999 (Revised June 2000)
- Teaching Note
Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A) and (B) TN
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note for (9-198-146) and (9-199-019). View Details
- May 2011
- Teaching Note
China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Alison Comings
Teaching Note for 410142. View Details
- 12 Dec 2023
- Book
HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well
Faculty-authored books that came out in 2023 hit many of the notes one would expect of the quiet quitter era: Finding new paths to happiness. Thriving after failure. Building a flexible and fulfilling life that prioritizes relationships and rest. Meanwhile, other books... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Aug 2007
- Other Presentation
Doing Well at Doing Good: Do You Have a Strategy?
Strategy presentation at Willow Creek Association’s Leadership Summit, South Barrington, Illinois. Topics include: strategy for non-profits (museums) and social enterprises. View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Doing Well at Doing Good: Do You Have a Strategy?" Global Leadership Summit, Willow Creek Association, South Barrington, IL, August 10, 2007.
- 3 Aug 2007 - 8 Aug 2007
- Conference Presentation
How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
- June 13, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Take—And Give—Criticism Well
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Take—And Give—Criticism Well." The Atlantic (June 13, 2024).
- May 2019
- Supplement
How Well is Indigo Positioned with Respect to Climate Change?
Toffel, Michael W. "How Well is Indigo Positioned with Respect to Climate Change?" Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 619-715, May 2019.
- Article
Well Said: Why Articulating Your Strategy Can Set You Apart
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Senior finance managers now operate in an altered c-suite landscape. The executives reporting to the CEO have doubled in the past 30 years, mostly an increase in functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades... View Details
- February 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Scaling Well by Doing Good: Motivating Talent at b.good
By: Francesca Gino, Paul Green Jr. and Bradley Staats
Boston-based fast-casual chain b.good was founded on the idea of healthy food, sourced locally, and prepared in-store. The founders had built a value-based business and worked hard to cultivate a sense of family—among employees, customers, and suppliers. In 2015, they... View Details
Keywords: Motivation; Values; Corporate Culture; Growth Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Values and Beliefs; Growth Management; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; New England
Gino, Francesca, Paul Green Jr., and Bradley Staats. "Scaling Well by Doing Good: Motivating Talent at b.good." Harvard Business School Case 916-031, February 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
- 19 Jun 2012
- News
A Brief History of Doing Well by Doing Good
- 09 Oct 2023
- News
How to Fail Well (To Become a Better Entrepreneur)
- 28 Oct 2016
- News
Can Wells Fargo change with insiders still in charge?
- 14 Jun 2025
- Video
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Being a role model as well as a teacher
Anthony Priest (MBA 1996), program specialist at DC Public Schools, talks about being a role model for inner-city youths. “The first class I took on classroom management, the teacher said, ‘You never have to raise your voice.’ And I agree with that. And you can be... View Details
- 2015
- Chapter
Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Business managers routinely make decisions that significantly affect the lives of others in both positive and negative ways. In the light of these wide-ranging effects, much scholarship has been devoted to specifying the responsibilities of managers of for-profit... View Details
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well." Chap. 5 in Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy, edited by Georges Enderle and Patrick E. Murphy, 95–118. Studies in Transatlantic Business Ethics. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.