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- 03 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers
their daily activities and practicing intentionality when budgeting their time. “Ask yourself: ‘Am I doing a task for a reason related to impression management, and is it that important?’” she says. You Might Also Like: How Racial View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as...
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting
fairly within their larger organizations. “These surveys should be broken down by demographic categories, including race and gender, to identify certain populations that have a lower engagement or sense of commitment to the organization,” Roberts suggests. 4. Keep...
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
inequality, driving environmental destruction, and sustaining systems of racial injustice. Join Professor Debora Spar and a panel of fellow alumni for a discussion about where business and society interact and occasionally collide, and...
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- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
he also took action, closing all Starbucks stores to provide training to employees on racial bias and inclusion. Looking back, Johnson says that moment in Philadelphia gave him the opportunity to reaffirm...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 10 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated
exploring ways to leverage social media to have a positive social impact. You Might Also Like: Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable Addressing Racial Discrimination on Airbnb When Design Enables...
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- 17 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women
immigrants. “Us vs. them” rhetoric framed diversity as an impediment to American greatness, and—consistent with historical racial and socioeconomic fractures—global trade and immigration, the increasing presence of white women and people...
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by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
gender or racial minority might feel pressure to fill stereotypical roles or represent their entire group. “It was unexpected to us that people would even be willing to put themselves in these situations,” says Chang, noting the vast...
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by Danielle Kost
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
Misconduct? How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives The Yelp Factor: Are...
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- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
harassment or racial discrimination—in which coworkers' morale or performance suffers even when they are not the direct targets of abuse. He coined a term for the phenomenon, "ambient cultural disharmony," which he discusses in depth in...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
and can help uncover the racial bias in algorithms used by social media platforms, which may have coded rules that alter which faces are seen by users. A. Chyei Vinluan, Postdoctoral Fellow of Business...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Diversifying HBS's Case Collection
and inclusion, write cases that feature the full array of protagonists and issues, and thereby help students, educators, and practitioners understand pathways toward equity. We have a long way to go, but I feel we now have momentum.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT:...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
superiority or inferiority of a given race (Gannon, 2016; Goodman, 2003; Kolbert, 2017), the color line persists as an enduring social issue in the United States. Over 150 years post-emancipation, the wealth gap between blacks and Americans of other View Details
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- 16 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
organization,” Roberts suggests. 4. Keep confronting racial bias in hiring Companies should train managers to root out racial bias from their...
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- 20 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews
whitening my resume because if they don’t accept my racial identity, I don’t see how I would fit in that job.” How to address discriminatory hiring practices It’s time for employers to acknowledge that bias...
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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
domestic firms in part due to a deliberate governmental bias against private local firms, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, he continued, so foreign firms held a more substantial relative advantage. But in Taiwan, the government provided a...
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by Martha Lagace
- 04 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021
together to recruit and retain talent within your organization utilizing the important tools, strategies, and resources that make an impact. We are grateful you are part of our community, and it’s an honor to be part of yours. Take Actionable Steps Towards View Details
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
babies on the “no fly” list. It’s searches and racial profiling at airport security. It’s suspicious looks from neighbors. We experience this where we work and live. And then we turn on the nightly news and we see hatred, like the pastor...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
or their parents. If 10 percent of the people they spoke to tell more people, it can become a true change factor,” she says. “Awareness is the first step.” MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Advancing Racial Equity HBS Addresses View Details
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
here. What on earth is going on? Brian Sykes (MBA 2020) and Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020) THE PROBLEM The combination of systematic bias and outright prejudice have played a huge role in preventing underrepresented founders and investors from...
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