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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

organized religion soars Brown v. Board of Education desegregated public schools> Influence: Medium-High 60 1960 19 Civil rights movement gain strength Antiwar sentiment divides electorate FDA approves oral contraceptive pill Influence:... View Details

31 Oct 2022
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Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

misery of being surrounded by an ever-increasing number of “competitors.” Therefore, they theorized, whites might become more inclusive toward smaller groups they deemed less threatening. “Changes in the composition of society due to... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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General Management - Faculty & Research

and Purpose ; Organizational Change and Adaptation ; Organizational Culture ; Society ; Civil Society or Community ; Social Issues ; Strategy ; Adaptation Citation Educators... View Details

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Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development

By: Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman

During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism... View Details

Keywords: History; Development Economics; Ethics; Social Issues; United States

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14 Jan 2019
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These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

contribute to society in meaningful ways, not just profit from it. They believed that organization had to benefit all stakeholders: their customers, employees, shareholders, and communities and that this approach would result in sustained... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

12 Sep 2023
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Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

ago. But you are also aware of a law being litigated in your company’s home state legislature, citing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, that would prohibit the practice of requiring employee attendance at meetings stressing DEI. The law... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

20 Sep 2017
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The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

What determines whether a social movement will be a flash in the pan or a real catalyst for longterm change? Why did Occupy Wall Street subside in a matter of months, for instance, while the American Civil Rights Movement thrived,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

2016
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Benjamin Summers

Alberto Mora's time as General Counsel of the Navy from 2001–2006 greatly influenced his mission to illuminate the policy consequences of torture. Mora's drive to restore the nation's awareness and conscience against torture was gaining traction. Prominent... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Skills; Torture; Costs And Consequences; Humane; Restraint; Human Dignity; Treatment Of Prisoners; Prison; Repression; Opposition; Revolution; Democracy; Communism; International Affairs; Public Service; September 11; War On Terror; Operation Enduring Freedom; Guantanamo; Cuba; Coalition; Working Group; Cruelty; Interrogation; Memorandum; American Law; Authority; Authoritative; Quadrennial Defense Review; National Defense Authorization Act; Public Engagement; Advocacy; Law; Accountability; Center For The Victims Of Torture; Human Rights; Public Policy; Legality; Morality; Legal System; Tactical Military Operations; West Point; NGO; Human Rights First; American Civil Liberties Union; Human Rights Watch; Amnesty International; Constitution Project; Center For Constitutional Rights; Strategic Military Effect; National Security; Weapon; Terrorism; Prisoners Of War; Abu Ghraib; Pentagon; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Rights; Policy; Public Opinion; United States

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25 Jan 2021
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In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

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provider in the United States. He is a serial entrepreneur who cofounded two other ventures in the solar and renewable energy sector, SunCap Financial and Standard Renewable Energy. He graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in civil... View Details

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Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

rapidly changing world. This program is a collaboration between the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative and the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard University. Strategic... View Details

24 May 2011
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heterogeneity, we identify key country- and organization-level determinants of corporate environmental disclosure. We focus on institutional factors related to firms' global embeddedness to describe how external environmental pressures emanating from governments and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2015
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How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

about his message What gets lost is the author’s own mixed feelings about single-minded pursuit of profit and his hopes for a humanitarian society in which wealth and power are in balance. “Happiness is more generally and equally diffus’d... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Mar 2023
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ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?

employees and supporters in academia, industry, and civil society groups signed a petition calling Gebru’s “termination” an “act of retaliation” that “heralds danger for people working for ethical and just... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Technology

28 Jan 2008
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Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

these processes are unfolding not just in the mainstream business sector but in society writ large and even in politics and civil society," says Khanna. Khanna's book Billions of Entrepreneurs: How... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Dec 2021
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Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing

the necessary tools to encourage people to come forward with information? Jonas Heese: Our research focuses on specific legislation known as the False Claims Act, which was the first cash-for-information whistleblower law in the world. It goes back to the View Details

Keywords: by April White

27 Jun 2005
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Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

Conviction is common to all. Integrity is a complex characteristic very much determined by national cultures. What is honest in one society is not in another, and vice versa. Adaptability is a pronounced characteristic of American... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

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