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Debate: Should Business Schools Teach Students to Maximise Shareholder Value?
September 20, 2012TweetTweetThe idea that the objective of the firm is to maximise shareholder value has become the centre of fierce debate. It has been blamed for creating short-term incentives that...
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Why Business Schools Should Teach MBAs to Maximise Shareholder Value
In a recent paper Craig Smith and David Rönnegard argue that business schools should teach stakeholder value maximisation, on equal footing with the current practice which focuses on shareholder value...
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Corruption: Can You Ignore It?
December 7, 2014TweetTweetIan Foxley was six months into his new job overseeing a US$3.5 billion supply contract between the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Saudi Arabia’s National Guard, when he...
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Three Things Every Manager Should Know about Consumer Boycotts
January 2, 2015TweetTweetIn October 2014, LEGO caved in to a consumer boycott.Not that it was a formal boycott. LEGO faced a Greenpeace campaign consisting of a viral video (plastic polar bears...
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Does Social Class Impel Bad Behaviour?
January 6, 2015TweetTweetAre the rich more unethical than the poor? Some anecdotal evidence would suggest that they are. Take former presidential candidate John Edwards who cheated on his wife or Mark...
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Capitalism at a Crossroads: The Return of Responsible
If you visit Grannies Inc., you can choose the design of your own scarf, gloves or beanies. You can also choose a British granny to knit it for you. This personal level of customisation delights...
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A Bridge for the Knowledge Gap
April 17, 2015TweetTweetSmallholder farmers in developing nations such as Uganda have it rough. Many struggle to eke out a living using equipment and techniques similar to those of past generations,...
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Redefining Sustainability
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Steering Clear of the Sustainability Reporting Trap
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Bridging the Trust Chasm
Greg (not his real name), the Project Director for a major international utility project, experienced a breakdown in trust. After bumping into technical difficulties, his project was in free-fall....
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Three Ways Luxury Fashion Can Be Sustainable
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Resolving the Conflict Between "Woman" and "Leader"
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New Tools Needed for Managing Uncertainty
OW Bunker was once one of the world’s biggest traders of bunker oil. It had operations in 29 countries and claimed to control around 7 percent of worldwide bunker trade. The company went public in...
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How Not to Respond to a Scandal
In the 6th century, ancient Olympic Games contenders were “encouraged” by spectators who bet entire estates on the outcomes of the events. In 1919 eight Chicago White Sox players purposely lost the...
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Four Strategies for Responding to Sustainability-Oriented Competitors
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Using Tax Havens Secretly Is Bad for Shareholders
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Why Sustainability Meant Opportunity to Innovate for Nike
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Tackling Unethical Banking: How Far Should Regulators Go?
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Getting the Big Money into Social Impact
Scale has always been a challenge for impact investors. Both users and providers of capital suffer from size issues: The kinds of problems being solved on the ground, while noble and lucrative, don’t...
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Corporate Social Impact Initiatives Make Employees More Loyal
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