Fairness - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

unethical actions through inaction—by allowing others to cheat without blowing the whistle. “If you are promoting the value of loyalty, it may be that you need to promote other values at the same time, like fairness and integrity,” he... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

innovation across their product lines. I also do a fair amount of work with a large IT company that sees enormous opportunities in energy monitoring, water monitoring, and waste monitoring. In general, I work with large companies to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

for making CBA more effective, rather than eliminating CBA as a decision-making tool. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-001.pdf Reputation and Competition: Evidence from the Credit Rating Industry (revised) Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Attractive to Fair Trade and Eco-labeling Organizations By: Sippl, Kristin Abstract—This paper probes extant theory on product diversification in the empirical realm of fair trade and eco-labeling... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

June 2013 (Revised September 2016)
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Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Nien-he Hsieh and Lara Adamsons

Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social... View Details

Keywords: Nike; Hannah Jones; Mark Parker; Phil Knight; Philip Knight; Eric Sprunk; Jill Ker Conway; Phyllis Wise; Don Blair; Sustainable Business And Innovation; SB＆I; Flyknit; DyeCoo; Footwear; Athletic Footwear; Apparel; Athletic Apparel; Sustainability; Greenpeace; Detox Campaign; Dirty Laundry; Water; Water Use; Water Pollution; Water Resources; Corporate Responsibility Committee; Judgment; Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Footwear Industry; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Ethics; Fairness; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Alignment; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Judgments; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia; China; United States; Oregon; Portland

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February 2021
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The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

By: Mihir Desai, Ruth Page, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan

How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details

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19 Nov 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Moral Leader

the stories become part of us.” How could we be fair to the accused director? How could we protect the complaining employee from retaliation during the investigation? What standards of proof should we use in making our determination about... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

find turnover increases for the most productive workers. We detect limited effort responses and find no evidence of different effects based on workers’ expectations of fairness or future promotion. The findings suggest that adjustment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) mandated that any... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

20 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

music, just like grocery shoppers buying organic milk or fair trade coffee." This lesson applies across all businesses. "We think this is only true for artists and entertainers, but it's true for making tennis shoes and semiconductors,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

24 Mar 2023
News

Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey

killing close to 50,000 people in 11 cities and destroying or severely damaging upwards of 70,000 buildings, Nancy Hammerman (PMD 69, 1995) immediately thought of her classmate in Turkey, Nuzhet Atabek (PMD 69, 1995). "Living in Los Angeles, which has had its View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Aug 2022
News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

decisions made by algorithms have a critical impact on the lives of individuals, who also have a legal or moral right to privacy. They will explore as well the connections between privacy and other areas of responsible AI, such as View Details

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

Deserve Gender Equity campaign in New York City, an effort to shift the harsh disciplinary policies that have disproportionately led to girls and gender-nonconforming students of color being pushed out of schools. In Massachusetts, the organization works with the View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

doctrine, this essay proposes a synthesizing principle: if the deal process involves an adequate market canvass, meaningful price discovery, and an arms-length negotiation, then there should be a strong presumption that the deal price represents View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

Taking such a public stand was a politically risky prospect for a not-yet-tenured professor. Her work was already facing a fair amount of criticism and controversy. “There were a lot of people who did not like [Imperial Reckoning] because... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

the food and apparel industries and the need to "secure" all elements of their production chain, most other industries have yet to recognize such a hazard. In the media business, news items require fair and secure sourcing,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

14 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

claim a fair share of that value—enough to justify building the system in the first place? One possibility is to seek government funding. That's not a bad idea—so much transit is government-funded—but it's a tough requirement for an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

public sentiment surrounding competition and fair business practices. Highlights How 3rd Party Sellers Create Value Amazon’s Encroachment Open and Closed Platforms Show Hide Details Concepts Coopetition: The Complementor-Competitor... View Details

20 Jun 2019
News

Reframing Modern Art

artists, go to the art fairs with a curator who points out the rising stars, the blockbuster hits, etc, guided tours of exhibitions in museums with the curators. And that was, to some extent, just social, but many of us did become very... View Details

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

assessment and demonstrate strong inter-rater reliability. Results show that crowdsourced peer-to-peer assessments are perceived as fair and accurate. Educators can leverage peer-to-peer sharing to enhance the assessment of class... View Details