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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
No Reason to Go Nuclear While I applaud the general thrust of Byron Wien’s “My Two Cents” contribution in the December issue, he wandered beyond his competency with the following statement: “We will need to generate most of our...
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- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
progress on these issues. One reason is that he keeps reminding Americans of our higher moral purpose. He doesn't get dragged down into the mud when people attack him on all sides. That kind of leadership is necessary to deal with...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
the different groups of its broadening investor and stakeholder base." — Vincent Dessain Other signs included the growing number of analysts dedicated to ethical issues, ethical funds, and specific...
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- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
ethical analysis of management decisions, policies, and plans of action. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307059 Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs by Karen Page (MBA 1989) (Little Brown and Co.) People have chosen to adopt vegetarian or vegan diets for a variety...
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- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
Chairman and CEO of KPMG, the firm made a number of changes in compensation, governance, and culture in order to address the underlying reasons for actions that occurred prior to him becoming CEO that led to the accounting giant paying...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
a new purpose for a corporation. And they listed five things. And in order those five things were number one, delivering value to customers. Fair enough. Number two, investing in our employees. Okay. Number three, dealing fairly and View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
business sector is economic value creation, the altruistic dimension prevails in the third sector. In our cases, social leaders approached companies for a variety of reasons that most certainly included accruing some organizational...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
to lead a more calm and focused life at work and at home. Nonprofit Strategic Planning by Shea Smith III (MBA 1941) (CreateSpace) Strategic planning for nonprofits is often ineffective. There are mainly two reasons for this: The effort...
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- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
QV literature assumes that everyone votes, turnout is endogenous. Drawing on other work, we consider the representativeness of endogenously determined turnout under QV. Second, who will vote quadratically? Conditional on turning out, we examine View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
story and the story of our culture and offer a road map for the future. Practicing Journalism: The Power and Purpose of the Fourth Estate by Paul Steinle (MBA 1976) and Sara Brown (Marion Street Press) The authors study the reasons...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
the powerful technology. We’ll talk about how the company is gearing up and skilling itself internally to carry out its AI strategy. And we’ll look at the bigger picture of ethical and regulatory considerations. Jared, welcome to the...
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- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
a modern enterprise, and encourages an ethic of greedy materialism in which managers are expected to care only about personal financial reward, and in which such human character virtues as honesty and decency are honored only when they...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
discussing a number of questions, including the following: should GAP include environmental and social aspects beyond food safety; what was GLOBALGAP's role outside of Europe; and how GLOBALGAP is a 'hidden asset' compared to ethical...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
Although much of the debate focuses on the possible health hazards posed by genetically engineered crops, as well as their potential for causing environmental harm, some observers have also expressed ethical concerns regarding the medical...
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- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
member, ed tech veteran, and current cofounder and managing partner of Ethical Ventures, a management consultancy dedicated to social enterprises. In its first month, the Business for Racial Equity Pledge was signed by more than 1,000...
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- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
no rules! But there is a very ornate and well-defined structure of participation. One of our big learnings was to actually dive into the structure: What is the structure that enables these guys to produce this great resource?" One element instilled by founder Wales is...
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- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
efforts of U.S. and European banks to induce changes in organization culture in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Since this crisis, wide ranging regulations aimed at improving risk management and bankers’ ethics have been...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
away from Brazil (as Vale increased its exports to China and purchased Chinese vessels to ship iron ore to Asia) were reasons to start an open campaign to pressure Vale and Roger Agnelli to invest in integrated steel mills in Brazil. In...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
BioDevastation 2000. Obviously, advances in biotechnology are not viewed with confidence by all. Although much of the debate focuses on the possible health hazards posed by genetically engineered crops, as well as their potential for causing environmental harm, some...
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Julia Hanna