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- 01 Mar 2011
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Alumni Books
essence, doing the right thing. Each major character in the epic embodies a moral failing or virtue. Das compares their successes and failures with those of prominent contemporary players in economics, business, and politics and finds...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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Making a World of Difference
their father ran successful textile and real estate businesses. Both parents believed in the importance of moral values, and in the fourth grade, the twins began studying at the Ethical Culture Society's Fieldston School. "Each week we'd...
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- 01 Mar 2024
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The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown
Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate after a months-long trial. The...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
today. Many of the field studies are oriented toward problems faced by small companies. Running and Growing the Small Company, an elective taught by Paul Marshall and Kent Bowen, picks up on this theme. We've got a lot of fascinating electives, including Joe...
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- 01 Jun 2001
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Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
them with the same strong sense of morals that his parents instilled in him. “I think life is about doing the best that you can with what you are born with,” he remarks. “It’s a fascinating journey to discover what that is.”
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- 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful journey through the history of...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
risky, you’re creating moral hazard implicit federal guarantees by that very process. Third, you’re assuming that we can know in advance every institution that’s systemically risky, but I don’t think that’s possible. Finally, why do we...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
R. Cross reveals the man behind the art. It is the surprising story of a life led on the front lines of history. In that life, this Everyman made archetypal images of American culture, endowed with a force of moral urgency through which...
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- 01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work
The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature, adds, "What we're seeing is an increasingly felt need for people to integrate the spiritual dimension of their lives into what they do for most of the day. People are...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2023
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The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
kind of contextual awareness is a part of the toolkit that we want our students to use in thinking about these decisions. I also want them to think about who they are and their own personal commitments. In some situations, several courses of action may be View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
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Getting Life Back in Balance
its community. This transparency builds trust with all key stakeholders and is something that I believe the corporate world could learn a lot from.” Internally, Gower has focused on increasing morale among the council’s workforce, which...
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Jennifer Myers
- 02 Jan 2019
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Not Waiting for Progress
those skills, he says, gave him “the general management training and opportunities I knew I needed to pursue a strong leadership career in business.” Along with lifelong ties to classmates, he says courses such as The Moral Leader, taught...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2003
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An Authentic Leader
committed to a purpose or a mission; people who live by their values every day and who know the true north of their moral compass. They lead with the discipline and commitment to get great results for all their stakeholders: their...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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Case Study: The Speed of Light
and values. But when we found that person, we struck with lightning speed and pulled out all the stops to have him accept our offer. The moral in my story: We knew we had to be willing to leave some revenues on the table by being...
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- 01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
of poverty, props up tyrants, and undermines political stability and economic progress. As the world's largest repository of this kind of money, the United States erodes its own strategic objectives — and its moral stature — in countries...
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- 01 Jan 2003
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James E. Burke, MBA 1949
concerned about what I should do with my life. I knew I wanted a career in business, but it wasn't until I was at HBS that I grasped that business could be a force for good in society. We were constantly reminded of the importance of View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes
not have an already well-developed moral compass. While we should not have to point out to students what is “right” and what is “wrong,” we can guide them through the gray areas of decision-making. HBS puts these concerns front and center...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2003
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Books
practices, such as the use of outsider-only boards. Acknowledging the difficulty of teaching ethics in a culture that increasingly views morality as private and relativistic, Mills still advocates a role for business schools in raising...
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- 01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
the moral and military ambiguity of profits and power as well as the often-jealous interactions between different solutions to the problem of empire. The book presents a mosaic of imperial theories and practices contributing to the...
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- 01 Dec 1997
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Banking on HBS
took the Bank's helm, both the institution's image and the morale of its employees were poor. Critics contended that Bank projects often brought more harm than help to client-country populations and ecosystems and that the Bank was...
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Garry Emmons