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Giving Voice to Values Curriculum: Home Page
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Syllabi
Source: Giving Voice to Values Curriculum Initiative
Publication Year: 2009
Drawing on both the actual experiences of business practitioners as well as cutting edge social science and management research, Giving Voice to Values fills a long-standing and critical gap in business education by expanding the definition of what it means to teach business ethics.
The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits
Author: Friedman, Milton
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Speeches
Source: The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970.
Publication Year: 1970
"When I hear businessmen speak eloquently about the "social responsibilities of business in a free-enterprise system," it's obvious that they believe that they are defending free enterprise
How Marketing Thinking Can Help Social Entrepreneurs
Author: Bloom, Paul M.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: CasePlace.org
Publication Year: 2007
Social Entrepreneurship has become a hot field. Philanthropists and investors, many of whom were successful business entrepreneurs, are now supporting foundations and nonprofits that identify, fund, and advise social entrepreneurs...
Teams, Not Stars, Are the Key to High Performance
Author: Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2010
It's all well and good that a shared ownership stake may promote a team orientation, but does teamwork necessarily translate into superior business results?
Ways of Thinking about Our Values in the Workplace (Giving Voice to Values)
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Giving Voice to Values Curriculum Initiative
Publication Year: 2008
This is the foundational reading for the Giving Voice to Values approach. It explains its origins; the research upon which it is based; and the key elements or pillars for learning to effectively voice and act on our values
How Business Schools and Faculty Can use the Giving Voice to Values Curriculum
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Syllabi
Source: Giving Voice to Values Curriculum Initiative
Publication Year: 2008
This essay introduces the Giving Voice to Values curriculum to faculty and explains different models for how to use it.
Giving Voice to Values Case-In Point
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2007
Why is it so difficult to talk about ethics in our management classes? Perhaps one reason is because we - both faculty AND students - are not convinced that it is, in fact, possible to voice and act on one's values successfully in the workplace. Let me offer an example...
A Team Production Theory of Corporate Law
Authors: Blair, Margaret; Stout, Lynn A.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Journal Articles
Source: Virginia Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 248-328.
Publication Year: 1999
Contemporary corporate scholarship generally assumes that the central economic problem addressed by corporation law is getting managers and directors to act as loyal agents for shareholders. We take issue with this approach and argue that the unique legal rules governing publicly-held corporations are instead designed primarily to address a different problem - the "team production" problem - that arises when a number of individuals must invest firm-specific resources to produce a nonseparable output...
When Earnings Management Becomes Cooking the Books
Author: Millstein, Ira
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Financial Times
Publication Year: 2005
"Earnings management" includes both legitimate and less than legitimate efforts to smooth earnings over accounting periods or to achieve a forecasted result. The line between appropriate earnings management techniques and "cooking the books" can be a blurry one...
CGA: What Do We Know and What Do We Teach Future Business Leaders?
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Speeches
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education's Corporate Governance and Accountability Project
Publication Year: 2003
The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program reports on MBA education's approaches to governance issues, offering a rich picture of what is currently taught in MBA programs; the strengths and limitations of this material; the questions left unanswered or unasked; and some promising approaches for addressing these gaps.
Earnings Management
Authors: Makar, Stephen D.; Pearson, Michael; Alam, Pervaiz
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Publication Year: 2000
Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) allow an accountant to select from various methods when computing earnings and other financial measures, which could lead to lower quality financial information depending on the accounting methods used...
Inequality: What Role Do Corporations Play?
Author: Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2008
Widening inequality in the U.S. may appear to be a complex societal problem beyond the reach of corporate solutions. However, corporations have a role both in the sources of and solutions to inequality.
Perspectives on Corporate Governance: Executive Compensation
Author: Levine, David I.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2007
There are many ways in which poorly designed incentives schemes reward executives for destroying long-term shareholder value...
Public Action to Remedy Hunger
Author: Sen, Amartya
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Speeches
Source: The Hunger Project
Publication Year: 1990
Amartya Sen argues that systematic public action can eradicate the terrible and resilient problems of starvation and hunger in the world in which we live...
The Value of Corporate Values
Authors: Van Lee, Reggie; Fabrish, Lisa; McGaw, Nancy
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program; Booz Allen Hamilton
Publication Year: 2005
An Aspen Institute / Booz Allen Hamilton global survey of corporate behavior finds that leading companies are crafting a purpose drive identity...
Innovation, Competition, and the Theory of Network Externalities
Author: Besen, Stanley M.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Presented at the Yale University Department of Economics Reunion, The World Economy in the 21st Century.
Publication Year: 1999
Network externalities exist when the value of a product to any user is greater the larger is the number of other users of the same product. For economists, the theory of network effects, or network externalities, or standardization, has wide applicability...
The Limitations of Markets: Background Essay
Author: Goodwin, Neva R.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University
Publication Year: 2005
Includes a basic background explanation of the market strengths and limitations, useful for a discussion of where a firm's strategy around responding to this epidemic fits within a larger economic framework.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Partnerships
Author: McElhaney, Kellie A.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, University of California
Publication Year: 2003
In this editorial by the Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business, the author defines methods and recommendations for a mutually responsible partnership between academia and business in corporate social responsibility...
Can Ethics Be Taught?
Authors: Velasquez, Manuel; Andre, Claire; Shanks, Thomas; Meyer, Michael
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Publication Year: 1987
In a recent editorial, the Wall Street Journal announced that ethics courses are useless because ethics can't be taught.
Sustainable Tourism & the Cruise Line Industry
Authors: Bailey, Kalena Samon; Mansour, Saf El; Silue, Rene; Singleton, Denna
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2004
The tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, generating revenue and creating jobs in many countries. The impacts of tourism on a location are not only positive, however.
Integrating Sustainability into Management Education: A Status Report
Authors: McGaw, Nancy; Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2005
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of approaches taken by leading business schools around the globe to build the capacity of graduate students to...
Developing Ethical Leadership
Authors: Freeman, R. Edward; Stewart, Lisa
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2006
One typical response to the "ethics crisis" in business is a clarion call for more "ethical leadership," yet there are few explanations of what exactly is meant by the term. This case presents a framework for developing ethical leadership.
Note on Financing of the U.S. Health Care Sector
Authors: Herzlinger, Regina E.; Grahling, Jeff
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2003
This course describes the public and private sources of financing of the U.S. health-care sector, and identifies the characteristics of insurance policies, their costs, the structure of the insurance industry, and the role of consultants and brokers...
Multinational Corporations, Governance Deficits, and Corruption
Author: Novartis Foundation
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Global Development Research Center
Publication Year:
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A web essay from Novartis Foundation discussing corruption in both developing and developed countries. The different types of corruption are summarized. The article also mentions that ethical corporate behavior by some companies may encourage other companies to do likewise.
Between Public and Private: The Nature of Today's Standards
Authors: Bunduchi, Raluca; Graham, Ian; Williams, Robin
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: The University of Edinburgh School of Management & Economics
Publication Year: 2004
The development of private consortia and the blurring of the boundaries between official and private SDOs have raised a number of concerns regarding the privatization of what was considered to belong to the public domain...
Freshwater Resources: Managing the Risks Facing the Private Sector
Authors: Morrison, Jason; Gleick, Peter
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Pacific Institute. Oakland, California.
Publication Year: 2004
This paper outlines key trends in water use and availability, the resulting new risks to businesses, and strategies companies can take to reduce the risks they face...
Business for Development - Business Solutions in Support of the Millennium Development Goals
Author:
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Publication Year: 2005
Business plays a central role in creating opportunities for empowerment and development. At the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, business publicly ‘stepped up to the plate' by demonstrating that it is taking its own role in development seriously. Part of that commitment involves talking frankly and openly with policy leaders. This publication is part of that ongoing discussion and debate...
Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line
Authors: Dalby, Kaarsten Turner; Palmer, Todd; Potts, Kevin; Sullivan, Denny; Eager, Claire
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2006
Whole Foods Markets (WF) owns and operates the largest chain of natural food stores in the United States. Already an internationally-recognized brand synonymous with organic and natural foods, the chain prides itself on its commitment to sustainable agriculture, wise environmental practices and community involvement.
Why the US Needs a Single Payer Health System
Authors: Himmelstein, David U.; Woolhandler, Steffie
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Physicians for a National Health Program
Publication Year: 2005
The current market-driven health care system in the U.S. is increasingly compromising quality and access to care...
Releasing the Double Bind of Visibility for Minorities in the Workplace (Race Inequality and Media Images of Race in the U.S.)
Authors: Blake-Beard, Stacy; Roberts, Laura Morgan
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: CGO Commentaries
Publication Year: 2004
The NBC hit reality TV show The Apprentice put images of black and white managers at the center of popular culture and water cooler discussions. This paper asks what these images reveal about how minority managers have to manage visibility at work.
Shaping Tomorrow's Business Leaders: Principles and Practices for a Model Business Ethics Program
Author: Business Roundtable for Corporate Ethics
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2007
This report-- Shaping Tomorrow's Business Leaders: Principles and Practices for a Model Business Ethics Program-- identifies key principles and leading practices and recommends actions for developing strong ethics programs and building an aspiring vision of the future for tomorrow's business leaders...
Sleeping Tiger, Hidden Liabilities
Author: Mansley, Mark
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
Publication Year: 2003
The past year has seen the risks of climate change significantly increase and ExxonMobil's competitors strengthen their strategic positions on the issue. ExxonMobil has remained largely immobile, and is now the only oil supermajor without a clear strategy to manage the risks of climate change...
Building the Business Case for Ethics
Authors: Margolis, Joshua; Walsh, James; Krehmeyer, Dean
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2006
This article analyses the almost one hundred research studies which have sought to determine whether or not positive social performance leads to positive financial performance.
Economics Wins, Psychology Loses, and Society Pays
Authors: Bazerman, Max H.; Malhotra, Deepak P.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School, Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Unit, Research Paper Series
Publication Year: 2005
Economics is the social science that dominates public policy debate and formulation. We argue that other social sciences, and in particular psychology, have a great deal to offer, and that our failure to incorporate the lessons from other social sciences leads to inferior public policy...
New Wine, New Bottles: The Rise of Non-Financial Reporting - A Business Brief for Social Responsibility
Author: White, Allen L.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business for Social Responsibility Website
Publication Year: 2005
This article traces changes in corporate reporting practices which indicate that non-financial reporting is on a trajectory to becoming standard business practice in the 21st century...
Science and Innovation Policy: Key Challenges and Opportunities
Author: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers; Web Sites
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Publication Year: 2004
Science and technology exert a growing influence on society and the economy. Scientific achievements continue to expand the frontiers of knowledge and increasingly contribute to the technological progress that affects how people live and work...
Economics in Context: Goals, Issues, and Behavior
Authors: Goodwin, Neva; Nelson, Julie; Ackerman, Frank; Weisskopf, Thomas
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Global Development And Environment Institute, Tufts University
Publication Year: 2007
This module draws on the first two chapters of Microeconomics in Context to present the study of economics in a broad social and environmental context...
Do Stakeholders Belong in Corporate Finance?
Author: Becker-Blease, John
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2008
Economists and legal scholars have discussed the proper role of a public corporation since at least the early part of the 20th century. The two major schools of thought that have emerged from this discourse are frequently characterized as shareholder primacy and stakeholder primacy, noting that shareholders are one of many stakeholders.
What Research in Marketing Can Teach Managers About Improving Corporate Social Performance
Author: Bloom, Paul
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC-Chapel Hill
Publication Year: 2006
This paper presents an overview of the research undertaken by marketing scholars concerned with the social impact of marketing practices.
Training Managers for the Future
Author: Gentile, Mary C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education; E Journal USA
Publication Year: 2005
In the wake of a new series of corporate scandals – Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Arthur Andersen – business educators in the United States are once again facing difficult questions about their ability to prepare future managers to lead their organizations responsibly and ethically. I say “once again,” because we have been here before. There were the insider trading scandals of the 1980s, and the defense industry scandals before that...
Avoiding Ethical Danger Zones
Authors: Messick, David; Bazerman, Max; Stewart, Lisa
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2006
To develop a framework for improved ethical decision making, managers can focus on three key areas: quality, breadth, and honesty.
Bubbles, Human Judgment, and Expert Opinion
Author: Shiller, Robert J.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics
Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper NO. 1303
Yale University
Publication Year: 2001
Research in psychology and behavioral finance is surveyed for evidence to what extent experts such as professional investment managers or endowment trustees may behave in such a way as to help perpetuate speculative bubbles in financial markets....
Developing Leaders for a Sustainable Global Society
Author: McGaw, Nancy
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Strategic HR Review
Publication Year: 2005
Asking business leaders to make decisions that produce superior financials and simultaneously contribute to social progress while protecting environmental quality is a tall order.
After Katrina: Rebuilding Places and Lives, City & Community
Author: Briggs, Xavier de Sousa
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: City & Community, Volume 5, Issue 2. American Sociological Association
Publication Year: 2006
In this article, the author briefly outlines this context and develops two arguments about rebuilding: First, that debates about returning versus relocating families, including the poor, should be grounded in the realities of the city's housing and labor markets and reflect informed choices, not anecdotes, about the preferences of the displaced; and second, that we should not rely on simplistic images of "community lost" to understand what the displaced stand to lose or gain by either moving back or moving on...
Company Stakeholder Responsibility
Authors: Freeman, R. Edward; Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna; Moriarty, Brian
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2006
Corporate social responsibility is often about seeming to "do good works." And, while there is certainly nothing wrong with doing more good, there can be an implication that companies need to do good works because the underlying structure of business is not good, or morally neutral. This is a destructive idea and can cause companies to act in bad faith and get involved in matters where they have little expertise. The authors outline a new approach that focuses on "corporate stakeholder responsibility."
Restoring Trust
Author: Breeden, Richard C.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Publication Year: 2003
Restoring Trust is not just a study of corporate governance. It is also intended as a blueprint for action.
Globalization and Employment by U.S. Multinationals
Author: Slaughter, Matthew J.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Unpublished manuscript, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Publication Year: 2004
This paper argues that the debate over employment, globalization and outsourcing is limited by a lack of information and a narrow view of the impacts of globalization on companies and their home countries...
Wal-Mart and Job Quality
Authors: Dube, Arindrajit; Wertheim, Steve
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Center for American Progress
Publication Year: 2005
Since opening its first store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas, Wal-Mart has grown to be the world's largest company. However, there is a growing concern that part of Wal-Mart's success is underpinned by a compensation practice that keeps wages low...
How Much Will We Pay for a Year of Life?
Authors: Zenios, S.A.; Chertow, G.M.; Lee, C.P.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Publication Year: 2009
How much are we-and should we be-willing to pay, as a society, for improving health outcomes? The authors discuss how making medical decisions based on their cost-effectiveness leads to profound ethical dilemmas.
Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator
Authors: Chatterji, Aaron; Levine, David; Toffel, Michael W.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2007
In this study, we examine how regulatory enforcement activities influence organizations' decisions to self-police.
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