How to Create Shared Value for the Firm and Society

Idea 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…

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Effective Risk Management to Secure Change and Growth

Idea 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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Ethics and the Slippery Slope: Why Good People Do Bad Things

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business    University of Arizona Eller College of Management    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Most people think of themselves as moral and ethical. And yet, major fraud and unethical behaviour is widespread. A team of researchers from the University of North Carolina, University of…

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How Sleep Deprivation Can Cause Unethical Behaviour

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Washington    University of Arizona Eller College of Management    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Recent years have seen a surge in ‘unethical’ behaviours in the workplace, whether in the form of corporate scandals, fraud, or just disrespecting company values. As management research has focused…

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