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  • 21 Nov 2023
  • Op-Ed

The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 17 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News

As partisan vitriol flies in the final month before the US presidential election, a new study offers insight into the question of why people share political misinformation. Even when a news article would flatter their political party, people tend to expect that sharing... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 08 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 8, 2015

complaints per year. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49555 The Value of Corporate Citizenship: Protection By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—We explore the notion that corporate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

corporation ever to declare bankruptcy. Then, a couple of years later, I was asked to advise on a new Defense Industry Initiative on Business Ethics and Conduct being organised by a consortium of U.S. defence contractors in View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

    Rowan Clarke

    Rowan Clarke is a PhD candidate at Harvard Business School in the Strategy Unit. He researches entrepreneurship and technology/AI for economic development and social impact. His work assists small business entrepreneurs, and high-growth technology... View Details

    Keywords: energy; financial services; green technology; retail financial services; microfinance; management consulting; high technology
    • 11 Apr 2013
    • News

    Michael Porter unveils new health and happiness index

    • December 2003
    • Case

    Big Ideas, Inc.

    By: Henry B. Reiling and Maria Mercedes Camargo
    During a weekend social event, a company president learns of an attractive investment tenuously connected to his firm's line of business. Is this a corporate opportunity? View Details
    Keywords: Opportunities; Financing and Loans
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    • 24 Apr 2023 - 27 Apr 2023
    • Conference Presentation

    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion: The Paradoxical Effect & Impact on Security

    By: J. Carlos Vega, Hise O. Gibson, Nicole Gilmore and Larry Whiteside Jr.
    Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) is necessary to create the world class teams we need to defend against advanced threats and adversaries; however, the approach that most take often fails spectacularly. The panel challenges the current practices, the failings, and... View Details
    Keywords: Diversity; Cybersecurity; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    • Teaching

    Overview

    By: Brian L. Trelstad
    My teaching focuses on innovation and effectiveness in the social sector. My principal course is on Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change, and it tries to understand how small teams launch new initiatives to solve big, global, systemic problems. I also teach... View Details
    • April 1992 (Revised February 1993)
    • Supplement

    Otis South Africa (B)

    By: Michael Beer
    Covers a June 1990 Social Responsibility Conference held by George David to evaluate the progress of his new management team in increasing the pace of nonwhite advancement. The U.S. CEO and the managing director of Otis South Africa disagree over the suitability of... View Details
    Keywords: Conflict Management; Race; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Teams; South Africa
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    • Clubs

    Wine & Cuisine Society

    • November 1991 (Revised July 1995)
    • Case

    Body Shop International

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett
    Describes the start-up and rapid growth of a company whose founder holds strong, non-traditional beliefs about the role of the corporation and its responsibility to society. After profiling Anita Roddick as a person, the case describes the anti-mainstream approach she... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Business Growth and Maturation; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Management Teams; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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      Michael Beer

      MICHAEL BEER

      Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

      • 11 Oct 2013
      • News

      Tylenol Killings Remain Unsolved and Unforgotten After 30 Years

      • July 2020
      • Case

      Super 30: Educating the Elite Poor

      By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran
      In the summer of 2019 in New Delhi, S K Shahi and his daughter, Meenakshi, faced a difficult problem. India had 19 centers of their non-profit, the Center for Social Responsibility and Leadership. Also called the 'Super 30' program, this offered free training for... View Details
      Keywords: Non-profit; Inclusive Growth; Education; Higher Education; Diversity; Nonprofit Organizations; Operations; Expansion; Geographic Location; Strategy; Decision Making; India
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      • Career Coach

      Betsy Edwards

      Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience.  Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in... View Details
      Keywords: Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise; Social Enterprise
      • September 2010 (Revised September 2011)
      • Case

      B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy

      By: Christopher Marquis, Andrew David Klaber and Bobbi Thomason
      The founders of B Lab are on a mission to create a new sector of the economy and are specifically focused on a three objectives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations (B=Benefit) that legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Sectors; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Policy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Value Creation
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      • 28 Jan 2015
      • News

      The Intracorporate Conspiracy Doctrine and CEO Turnover

      • January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
      • Case

      Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
      Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Construction Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Latin America; Brazil
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        Yoonjae Shin

        Yoonjae Shin is a PhD student in the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business School. His primary interests are labor market, corporate governance, and social inequality. Prior to beginning his PhD, Yoonjae worked in the project team at Seoul National... View Details