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What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization - Recruiting
us all the time without us doing anything. It is a system created for economic, political, and social reasons that privileges white folks and marginalizes people of color.” It’s important to understand that View Details
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new...
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by Avery Forman
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
2018 arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks after employees called the police to complain they were trespassing, even though they were just waiting for a business acquaintance. “Given the racist rhetoric and vitriol in the air right now, View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
rights leader and role model for millions of people around the world. How did he do it? Early in his career, Ali’s creativity and hard work helped him overcome significant obstacles. Ali used his growing fame to bring attention to racism...
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by Danielle Kost
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human...
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
State (CATS) (Fall 2024) Debora L. Spar Capitalism today is under attack, criticized from many quarters as being the source of societal ills that range from inequality and systemic racism to climate change...
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Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
reinforce primary elements for examining equity in student achievement, while challenging educators to specifically focus on racial equity as a critical lens for institutional and systemic change. It's Not Because You're Black: Addressing...
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- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for...
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by Glen Justice
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
which directly contributed to the segregation of neighborhoods. Understanding the role systemic racism has played is essential to EJ. For environmental policy to really be EJ, it needs to combat the View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
anti-racism to the workplace is critical because racism is not simply people being unkind to one another. As Manso-Brown explains “Racism is around us all the time without us doing anything. It is a system...
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- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
George Floyd’s murder last year forced many people to recognize the systemic racism that pervades American institutions, from law enforcement to health care. Even so, identifying those inequities is...
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- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
steps toward addressing institutional racism Companies have long used competition to motivate employees to think creatively and push themselves. Law firms, consultancies, and other adherents to the “up or out” philosophy aim to promote...
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by Danielle Kost
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting
right now, racism is more prevalent today than we would have hoped,” says Mayo, the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. “We’ve made some progress in the workplace, but we still have such a long way to go. It’s...
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- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
many people to acknowledge the systemic racism that pervades American society. Mihir Desai, the Mizuho Group Professor at Harvard Business School and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, was inspired to...
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by Michael Blanding
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault
current energy and passion around issues of racism in the US and make long-term change. The team transformed the Anti-Racism Fund GoFundMe project into a nonprofit organization, ARF, and then set off to make that organization the best it...
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What Black Executives Really Want
studied how across the world, for centuries, different groups of people have been marginalized. I thought I understood racism in America—but I did not. George Floyd's murder and other recent tragic events really brought the problem home....
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- 08 Oct 2020
- News
JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity
America’s history,” Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982) said in a release. “We can do more and do better to break down systems that have propagated racism and widespread economic inequality, especially...
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Make clear where we stand and where we aim to go. - Advancing Racial Equity
for HBS itself to attract the most promising talent and have its greatest impact, we cannot tolerate social systems and structures that hold back individuals because of their race. Racism is a direct...
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- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
unkind to another. As Manso-Brown explains, “Racism is around us all the time without us doing anything. It is a system created for economic, political, and social reasons that privileges white folks and marginalizes people of color.”...
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A Conversation with Roger Ferguson, CEO, TIAA - Advancing Racial Equity
"Managing Diversity" speaker series addressing the role of race in business and society. The series brings together leading scholars and business practitioners in conversations on the impact of systemic View Details