Idea posted: January 2020
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Columbia Business School Harvard Business School
Milton Friedman notwithstanding, maximizing profit (and thus shareholder value) is no longer considered the one and only purpose of a corporation or business. The truly successful business is driven by…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #760Idea posted: October 2019
Institutions: University of Texas McCombs School of Business Emory University Goizueta Business School
Psychologists are divided concerning the link between personal misconduct and professional misconduct. Some argue that misconduct reflects a personal trait; others argue that behaviour is situational — a person may…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #754Idea posted: May 2019
Institutions: University of Florida Florida State University
From its founding, Amazon has been a socially liberal company, notable for its active involvement in LGBTQ issues. Its Seattle, Washington headquarters is embedded in the Northwest, a socially liberal…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #738Idea posted: July 2017
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
‘Greenwashing’ is a new term that describes the actions of companies whose corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities prove to be more window-dressing than action. Two Michigan Ross professors, Jun Li…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #666Idea posted: July 2017
Institutions: George Washington University School of Business FHWien University of Applied Sciences INSEAD
In a seminal 2011 Harvard Business Review article, Michael Porter and Mark Kramer urged companies to abandon the ‘old narrow view of capitalism’ in which the sole purpose of companies…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #663Idea posted: July 2016
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business Harvard Business School
When Indiana passed its Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in March of 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook’s response was swift and unequivocal. “Apple is open for everyone. We are deeply…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #611Idea posted: May 2016
Institutions: University of Oxford Cornell University
Most people make moral judgements intuitively: we feel what is right or wrong. For example, imagine a dilemma in which a runaway trolley is racing toward five people, who will…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #607Idea posted: May 2016
Institutions: IESE Business School
Implementing change is never easy, but for a newly hired executive working with new people in a new culture, the challenge is even greater. Understanding the current culture of the…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #606Idea posted: May 2016
Institutions: Harvard Business School
Sceptics of enterprise risk management believe that the 2008 financial crisis proves their point: risk management practices do little to prevent risks. Instead, according to these sceptics, focusing on potential…
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