The “glass cliff” is a well-known metaphor that describes how women are set up for failure by being put in leadership roles when organizations are in crisis. A research team of three feminist scholars push back on the metaphor, arguing that it perpetuates gender inequalities by placing the responsibility for negative outcomes on the individual […]
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When Toyota achieve zero waste-to-incineration production, it never publicized this remarkable accomplishment. While significant research has focused on companies exaggerating their sustainability and environmentally friendly records, known as “greenwashing”, less attention has been paid to “brownwashing” or “greenhushing” the decision to hide or understate environmental successes. The reasons for companies under-reporting their environmental accomplishments can […]
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Can organizations of vastly different sizes collaborate effectively? An intriguing case study based on 25 interviews with the actors involved offers a sobering answer: perhaps, but it will be a challenge. The case study concerns a collaborative effort among SMEs in the U.S. to enable and market apprenticeships. The goal of the collaboration, pseudonymously called […]
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