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Teaching Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East

In recent weeks, a major theme has emerged in U.S. and U.K. coverage of business schools: business schools need to change to satisfy student demand for pursuing profits with purpose—and a handful of far-sighted schools are currently ahead of the game. This interview with Professor Talia Aharoni of Tel-Aviv University explores this concept.

BY Ideas Worth Teaching

Blog Post

11.06.2019
Business and Markets

What I Learned over 4 Days with 100 Corporate Change-Makers

The Aspen Institute First Movers Summit in California is our biennial gathering of First Mover Fellows – corporate social intrapreneurs who are generating business value for their companies and social value for the world.

BY Eli Malinsky

Blog Post

10.28.2019
Business School

The Past and Future of Worker Voice in a Single Classroom

How GW's Patrick McHugh teaches employee activism and human capital sustainability in his award-winning class, “Human Capital Sustainability.”

BY Ideas Worth Teaching

Blog Post

10.02.2019
Long-Term Capitalism

Five Reads on the BRT Statement, One Month Later

The impact of the Business Roundtable Statement on Corporate Purpose is “TBD” by hard choices in the real world.

BY Miguel Padró

Blog Post

09.23.2019
Long-Term Capitalism

If We Want Our Corporate Leaders Held Accountable, We Must Let Other Stakeholders In

The Business Roundtable's declaration opens an historic opportunity to reshape the relationship of business and society for decades to come.

BY Miguel Padró

Blog Post

09.17.2019
Business and Markets

Our Place in the Business Purpose Conversation

On August 19, Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs whose voices echo through Wall Street and K Street, released a “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.”

BY David K. Gibson

Blog Post

08.30.2019
Business School

Why College Campuses Are Critical for the BRT Statement

This month, the venerable Business Roundtable (BRT) released a new set of principles for enacting a corporate purpose broader than (only) generating profit ...

BY Claire Preisser

Blog Post

08.28.2019
Business and Markets

Did the Business Roundtable Sound the Death Knell for Shareholder Primacy?

What is the purpose of the corporation? The Business Roundtable changed the answer it's given for decades.

BY Judy Samuelson

Blog Post

08.26.2019
Long-Term Capitalism

Amazon’s HQ2 Reversal Is About Much More than Amazon or NYC

The headquarters fight is part of a larger drama that could reshape American capitalism.

BY Miguel Padró

Blog Post

03.12.2019
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