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  • March 2017 (Revised April 2021)
  • Module Note

Responsibilities to Society

By: Nien-hê Hsieh
This module note for students outlines an approach to help managers deliver on their responsibilities in relation to society. The approach frames these responsibilities in terms of potential harms to third parties beyond investors, customers, and employees. The... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Political Activity; Corporate Social Responsibility; Human Rights; Role Of Business In Society; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Business and Community Relations; Rights; Society
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Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Responsibilities to Society." Harvard Business School Module Note 317-065, March 2017. (Revised April 2021.)
  • March 2022 (Revised March 2025)
  • Technical Note

Ethical Analysis: Society

By: Nien-hê Hsieh
How should managers determine and deliver on their responsibilities to society? This note summarizes prevailing approaches to this question and outlines an approach centered on what distinguishes society from other key constituencies, such as investors or customers.... View Details
Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Analysis
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Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Ethical Analysis: Society." Harvard Business School Technical Note 322-119, March 2022. (Revised March 2025.)
  • 2018
  • Book

The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy

By: Sophus A. Reinert
The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and economic imaginations, but we rarely consider their interconnected early history. Even the 18th century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the 19th, they paradoxically sought to make the... View Details
Keywords: Enlightenment; Political Economy; Italy; Commercial Society; Economic Systems; Trade; History; Markets; Society; Italy
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Reinert, Sophus A. The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
  • March 2015
  • Module Note

Power and Influence in Society

By: Julie Battilana
This module aims to help students understand how power and influence are employed, both to reproduce the status quo and to effect change in society. It first helps them to understand why, more often than not, power is used to reproduce the existing way individuals and... View Details
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Battilana, Julie. "Power and Influence in Society." Harvard Business School Module Note 415-055, March 2015.
  • December 2011
  • Background Note

An Aging Society

By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim, Mayuka Yamazaki and Akiko Kanno
Keywords: Society; Age
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Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, Mayuka Yamazaki, and Akiko Kanno. "An Aging Society." Harvard Business School Background Note 112-074, December 2011.
  • January 2011 (Revised November 2015)
  • Case

The National Geographic Society (A)

By: David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Information Publishing; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Internet; Publishing Industry
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Garvin, David A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The National Geographic Society (A)." Harvard Business School Case 311-002, January 2011. (Revised November 2015.)
  • November 2008 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

Omron: Sensing Society

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ethan S Bernstein
"Leading profitable growth is only part of the goal. We cannot live without breathing, but we do not live in order to take a breath,” said Omron's President and CEO, Hisao Sakuta, in 2008. Omron, a $7B global supplier of sensors, control system components, advanced... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Competitive Advantage; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Globalized Firms and Management; Innovation and Invention; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Electronics Industry
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ethan S Bernstein. "Omron: Sensing Society." Harvard Business School Case 309-066, November 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
  • January 2021
  • Article

Institutional-Political Scenarios for Anthropocene Society

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and P. Devereaux Jennings
Natural scientists have proposed that humankind has entered a new geologic epoch. Termed the “Anthropocene,” this new reality revolves around the central role of human activity in multiple Earth ecosystems. That challenge requires a rethinking of social science... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Change; Institutional Theory; Natural Environment; Society; Environmental Sustainability
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Hoffman, Andrew J., and P. Devereaux Jennings. "Institutional-Political Scenarios for Anthropocene Society." Business & Society 60, no. 1 (January 2021): 57–94.
  • November 2018
  • Technical Note

Civil Society

By: Kristin Fabbe
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Fabbe, Kristin. "Civil Society." Harvard Business School Technical Note 719-041, November 2018.
  • November 1996 (Revised February 1997)
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Stephanie L. Woerner
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP) runs one of the nation's most important research libraries and a museum focusing on colonial history. Financial analysis shows that the society has absorbed increased costs of operation over the past decade through slow but... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Cost; Human Resources; Leadership Style; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Managerial Roles; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Pennsylvania
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Stephanie L. Woerner. "Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The." Harvard Business School Case 597-062, November 1996. (Revised February 1997.)
  • October 2015
  • Supplement

The National Geographic Society (B)

By: David A. Garvin
This case was written as an update to the case "The National Geographic Society," HBS No. 311-002, published in 2011. The (B) case describes the 2015 creation of National Geographic Partners, a for-profit joint venture between the National Geographic Society and 21st... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Information Publishing; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Internet; Publishing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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Garvin, David A. "The National Geographic Society (B) ." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-084, October 2015.
  • 1988
  • Article

Poetry in a Nonpoetic Society

By: T. M. Amabile
Keywords: Arts
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Amabile, T. M. "Poetry in a Nonpoetic Society." Contemporary Psychology 33 (1988): 65–66.
  • May 2012 (Revised November 2015)
  • Case

The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)

By: David A. Garvin and Annelena Lobb
In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.–based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details
Keywords: General Management; Change Management; Media And Publishing; Digital Convergence; Strategy Development; Business Models; Information Publishing; Online Technology; Business Model; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry
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Garvin, David A., and Annelena Lobb. "The National Geographic Society (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 312-120, May 2012. (Revised November 2015.)
  • July 2011
  • Teaching Note

The National Geographic Society (TN)

By: David A. Garvin
Teaching Note for 311-002. View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Structure; Sales; Leading Change; Society; Internet and the Web; Adaptation; Change Management; Media; Washington (state, US)
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Garvin, David A. "The National Geographic Society (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 312-017, July 2011.
  • 04 Apr 2011
  • HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, "How many of you have familiarity with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing
  • March 2023 (Revised March 2025)
  • Module Note

LCA Module Overview: Society

By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Leadership and Corporate and Accountability (LCA) is a required course in the first-year MBA curriculum at Harvard Business School to help managers determine and deliver on their economic, legal, and ethical responsibilities. This note summarizes the cases and outlines... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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Hsieh, Nien-hê. "LCA Module Overview: Society." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-096, March 2023. (Revised March 2025.)
  • 2021
  • Article

Institutional Policies for a Healthy Anthropocene Society

By: Andrew J. Hoffman, P. Devereaux Jennings and Nicholas A. Poggioli
The Anthropocene epoch refers to the geological epoch, now underway, that is defined by monumental, human-caused geophysical changes in planetary ecosystems. Human society is also changing, marked by an equally profound shift in attitudes, beliefs, and practices. In... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Values and Beliefs; Climate Change; Natural Environment; Society
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Hoffman, Andrew J., P. Devereaux Jennings, and Nicholas A. Poggioli. "Institutional Policies for a Healthy Anthropocene Society." Behavioral Science & Policy 7, no. 2 (2021): 111–127.
  • May 2003
  • Case

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

By: John A. Quelch
Didier Cherpitel, CEO of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is implementing a new strategy that will fundamentally change the role of its International Secretariat. The organization is in the early stages of implementing a best... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Brands and Branding
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Quelch, John A., and Nathalie Laidler. "International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies." Harvard Business School Case 503-059, May 2003.
  • 2010
  • Chapter

Advance Recovery and the Development of Resilient Organizations and Societies

By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Societies face a wide array of significant hazards-ranging from the possibility of natural disasters to industrial accidents to large-scale terrorist incidents. View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Society; Organizations; Growth and Development; National Security; Safety
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Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Advance Recovery and the Development of Resilient Organizations and Societies." In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zurich, Switzerland: Swiss Re, Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010.
  • 2024
  • Chapter

Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society

By: Joseph L. Badaracco
Mark Twain observed that, “Prediction is very difficult—particularly when it involves the future,” and he was right. One way to reduce the risk of becoming an infamous forecaster—like the experts who told us the Internet would quickly collapse, that Apple would never... View Details
Keywords: Trends; Business and Government Relations; Organizations; Power and Influence; Society
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Badaracco, Joseph L. "Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society." Chap. 4 in Justifying Next Stage Capitalism: Exploring a Hopeful Future, edited by Michel Dion and Moses Pava, 87–106. Springer, 2024.
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