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Calculating Consequences: The Utilitarian Approach to Ethics
Authors: Velasquez, Manuel; Andre, Claire; Shanks, Thomas; Meyer, Michael
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Publication Year: 1989
Utilitarianism offers a relatively straightforward method for deciding the morally right course of action for any particular situation we may find ourselves in.
The Bernard Madoff Case: Trust Takes Another Blow
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2009
These are tough times for trust.
Business School Faculty Respond to the BP Oil Leak
Authors: James, Erika H.; Holcomb, John; Seawell, Buie; Moore, Steven; Volschenk, Jako; Miller, Samuel
Product Type: Notes; Interviews
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2010
In June, 2010, Aspen CBE put out a call for business faculty to let us know how they plan to teach on the BP disaster in the coming semester. Below are some of their thoughts.
Brief Bio: David Bonderman
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Product Type: Web Sites; Interviews
Source:
Publication Year: 2007
Biographical references on David Bonderman, Founder, Texas Pacific Group.
Strategy's strategist: An interview with Richard Rumelt
Authors: Lovallo, Dan P.; Mendonca, Lenny T.
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
A giant in the field of strategy ruminates on strategic planning, diversification and focus, and the role of the CEO...
e-Waste: West Africa Continues to Drown in the Rich World's Obsolete Electronics
Author: Consumers International
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: Consumers International
Publication Year: 2008
Every month, hundreds of tons of obsolete computers, televisions and other household consumer electronics are arriving at ports in Ghana and Nigeria.
Andrew Kuper on Innovative Business Strategies that Trigger Social Change
Author: Kuper, Andrew
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: The United Nation's Global Compact Quarterly. Volume 2005, Issue 4.
Publication Year: 2005
The United Nation's Global Compact Quarterly recently interviewed Dr. Andrew Kuper on innovative business models that promote human rights and relieve poverty.
What's Next for Tata Group: An Interview with its Chairman
Author: Pandit, Ranjit V.
Product Type: Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2005
Ratan Tata explains how the company is expanding abroad while cultivating an emerging mass market at home...
Video: People Express Decline: Interview with Don Burr
Authors: Beer, Michael; Holland, Philip
Product Type: Cases; Multimedia; Interviews
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1989
Presents an interview with Don Burr, CEO, as he reviews his account of how and why People Express failed as a corporation and was ultimately sold to Continental Airlines.
Leading Change: An Interview with the Managing Director of Tata Motors
Author: Kumra, Gautam
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
The transformation of Tata Motors into a highly successful, well-diversified, and globally ambitious automobile giant represents one of India's most remarkable corporate-success stories in recent times.
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
Authors: Podolny, Joel; Khurana, Rakesh
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2005
When research on leadership pays more attention to financial results than a person's ability to give the company a sense of purpose, something crucial is lost. Three Harvard Business School scholars are working to change the debate. A Q&A with Joel M. Podolny, Rakesh Khurana, and Marya Hill-Popper...
Creating the Most Frightening Company on Earth: An Interview with Andy Law of St. Luke's
Authors: Coutu, Diane L.; Law, Andy
Product Type: Cases; Interviews
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2000
Though only five years old, employee-owned St. Luke's Communications has become one of the most talked about advertising agencies in the United Kingdom, increasing its profits eightfold.
Puja's Interview
Author: Muncherji, Nina
Product Type: Interviews
Source: Nirma University
Publication Year: 2006
The role-play may be used with students, executives or trainers to provide insights into the following: (1) general interviewing skills, for example questioning, listening, observation of body language; (2) exploring attitudes and perceptions during the interview process; (3) dealing with emotions and feelings of resentment; (4) the need for sensitivity in certain situations; (5) how to establish rapport; (6) managing impressions; and (7) role-play as pedagogy for trainers.
Investing in Sustainability: An Interview with Al Gore and David Blood
Authors: Mendonca, Lenny T.; Oppenheim, Jerry
Product Type: Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
As McKinsey research indicates, executives around the world increasingly recognize that the creation of long-term shareholder value depends on a corporation's ability to understand and respond to increasingly intense demands from society. No surprise, then, that the topic of socially responsible investing has been gaining ground as investors seek to incorporate concepts like sustainability and responsible corporate behavior into their assessments of a company's long-term value...
An Interview with Charles Handy
Author: Kurtzman, Joel
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports; Interviews
Source: Strategy + Business
Publication Year: 1995
Charles Handy is Europe's best known and most influential management thinker. In an interview with Joel Kurtzman, editor of Strategy & Business, Mr. Handy elaborates on his concept of 'membership community' for the corporate model of the future...
Making China Your Second Home Market: An Interview with the CEO of Danfoss
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Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2006
The head of the Danish industrial-controls company wants to make China one of its core markets...
Exploring Business's Social Contract: An Interview with Daniel Yankelovich
Authors: Mendonca, Lenny T.; Miller, Matt
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
As more and more executives come to recognize that a company's reputation is an important strategic asset, many are understandably confused as they ponder the numerous social and political issues that now stand alongside simple profit as a measure of long-term corporate health...
Promoting growth and social progress: An interview with the president of Chile
Authors: Larraguibel, Gonzalo; Larraguibel, Marcelo
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, is one of Latin America’s most prominent leaders. A moderate Socialist who has pledged to combine pursuit of the country’s free-market policies with social measures to narrow the gap between rich and poor, her actions and pronouncements are of special interest to the outside world at a time of turbulent political change elsewhere in the region...
Podcast: Philanthropy Today
Author: Arrillaga, Laura
Product Type: Multimedia; Interviews
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2008
Philanthropy expert Peter Hero interviews Laura Arrillaga, the founder and chairman of Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund, about developments that are now making philanthropy a powerhouse for social change.
Governing China's boards: An interview with John Thornton
Authors: Barton, Dominic; Huang, Richard He
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
As a banker at Goldman Sachs in the 1980s and 1990s, John Thornton made his mark blazing new financial trails with clients in Europe and Asia—trails that eventually led him to the presidency of that prestigious investment bank. Three years ago, Thornton set out on a radically different path: he retired from Goldman to start up a leadership program at Beijing's elite Tsinghua University...
When Chinese Companies Go Global: An interview with Lenovo's Mary Ma
Authors: Orr, Gordon; Xing, Jane
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The Mckinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
CFO Ma describes the unique challenges awaiting Chinese companies that seek growth through international acquisitions...
How Environmentalists Shaped TXU Deal
Authors: Krupp, Fred; Inskeep, Steve
Product Type: Interviews
Source: npr.org
Publication Year: 2007
Environmental advocacy groups were called in to help structure the deal for TXU Corp., the Texas electrical utility. Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense, speaks with Steve Inskeep about the process of winning environmental commitments from TXU's suitors...
Interview with Prof. Mark Finster, School of Business, University of Wisconsin Madison
Author: Shattuck, Rachel
Product Type: Interviews
Source:
Publication Year: 2009
The Ethical Mind: A Conversation with Psychologist Howard Gardner
Authors: Fryer, Bronwyn; Gardner, Howard
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2007
It's now more important than ever that those at the top mend relationships with customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
Leading Change: An Interview with the CEO of P&G
Authors: Gupta, Rajat; Wendler, Jim
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2005
Alan G. Lafley discusses how to stretch a company's aspirations without overpromising. Second in a series of interviews with leading executives on change management...
Shaking Up the Labor Movement: An Interview with the Head of the Service Employees International Union
Author: Mendonca, Lenny T.
Product Type: Interviews
Source: McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2006
Last July, in Chicago, Andy Stern broke up the AFL-CIO's 50th-anniversary celebration by leading 4.6 million workers in three dissident unions out of the largest US labor organization...
Muhammad Yunus
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
What began with a loan of $27 to 42 women in a small village 33 years ago has grown into a global microcredit movement that has changed the lives of millions of poor people around the world. Muhammad Yunus, founder and managing director of Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, was the guest speaker at Wharton's MBA commencement on May 17 and the recipient of an honorary doctor of laws degree during the University of Pennsylvania's commencement on May 18. Yunus spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about his successes, challenges and upcoming initiatives.
Naturally Successful: Entrepreneurship That Redefines the Bottom Line (DVD)
Author: Arnold Creek Productions
Product Type: Multimedia; Interviews
Source: Arnold Creek Productions, Inc.
Publication Year: 2008
"Naturally Successful" features interviews with some of the country's top business consultants, educators, authors and speakers who are inspiring entrepreneurs worldwide.
Cleaner Energy for China: An Interview with the Chairman of ENN Group
Authors: Wang, Michael; Xu, David
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: McKinsey & Company
Publication Year: 2008
Although it is difficult for privately held companies to compete in China’s energy sector, ENN Group found its niche in producing and distributing cleaner energy.
Sustaining an Emotional Business
Author: Hopkins, Michael S.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review
Publication Year: 2009
Georges Kern, chief executive officer of IWC Schaffhausen, shares how his company’s green move electrified consumers and employees.
Countrywide Feels the Heat
Author: Bartiromo, Maria
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: BusinessWeek
Publication Year: 2007
Angelo Mozilo, CEO of Countrywide Financial (CFC), is taking serious flak for the mammoth mortgage company's role in the housing meltdown. I caught up with Mozilo twice in the space of a week—first for an exclusive interview on CNBC following Bank of America's (BAC) $2 billion infusion into Countrywide, and then on the heels of a New York Times story taxing Mozilo and Countrywide with allegedly engaging in questionable lending practices...
Video: Eco Biz- Green MBA
Author: Samuelson, Judith
Product Type: Multimedia; Interviews
Source: Sundance Channel
Publication Year: 2007
Executive Director Judith Samuelson was featured on the Sundance Channel's EcoBiz series, which highlights profiles of people making big ecological advances within the business world. In this short video, Judith discusses her work to green the MBA and bring today's business world in line with an environmentally challenged world.
Focusing on the Customer: An Interview with the Head of Merrill Lynch's Operations and IT
Author: Weinberg, Allen
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2007
Merrill Lynch has combined operations with IT in a single unit. Diane Schueneman, the head of the company's Global Infrastructure Solutions, explains how she is changing both to focus on the customer.
Brief Bio: Fred Krupp
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Publication Year: 2007
Biographical information on Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense.
Planning for Surprises
Author: Bazerman, Max
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2004
As authors of a new book from Harvard Business School Press, Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming and How to Prevent Them, Bazerman and Watkins recently collaborated on the following e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge...
Brief Bio: Henry Kravis
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Publication Year: 2007
Biographical Information on Henry Kravis, Founder, Kolhberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Brief Bio: C. John Wilder
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Product Type: Web Sites; Interviews
Source:
Publication Year: 2007
Biographical information on C. John Wilder, President and CEO, TXU Corp.
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing to Do?
Authors: Reinhardt, Forest; Vietor, Richard
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Harvard Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2005
Does it make legal, ethical, or economic sense for companies to participate in environmental corporate social responsibility programs? A new book from HBS professor Richard Vietor and colleagues Bruce Hay and Robert N. Stavins attempts to separate fact from fiction on the debate...
Making a Difference by Speaking Out
Author: Armenakis, Achilles
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: Journal of Management Inquiry, Volume 13, # 4, 355-362, 2004.
Reprinted with Permission from Sage Publications Inc.
Publication Year: 2004
When starting a career with a particular organization, few of us expect to be confronted with organizational wrongdoing. The typical individual probably thinks that the options available to someone confronted with organizational wrongdoing are clear-cut and the decision that must be made is relatively straightforward...
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Insuring the future: Foundation secure, co-founder focuses on giving back
Author: Engstrom, Tim
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Fort Myers News-Press
Publication Year: 2006
Oswald Trippe & Co. will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, but longevity isn’t what cofounder and chief executive officer Gary Trippe lists as his top accomplishment.
Q&A: Strategies for Growth
Author: Huang, Keith
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Publication Year: 2007
The question of when and how to grow your business is one of toughest decisions an executive can make, and often the impetus can come too late or with drastic consequences. Often executives miss the best option for growth even though it is right in the company's own backyard, says Chris Zook, a partner and head of global-strategy practice for consultants Bain & Co. in Amsterdam...
Can an Ethical Approach Boost a Business's Bottom Line
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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Knowledge@Emory
Publication Year: 2010
The scandal resulting from Toyota Motor Corp.’s failure to adequately address life-threatening malfunctions in several of its car models has once more underscored the importance of ethics in corporate decision making.
Leading Change: An Interview with the CEO of Barclays Bank
Authors: Price, Colin; Turnbull, David
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2005
John S. Varley speaks to why high performance doesn't necessarily mean a healthy company. Last in a series of interviews with leading executives on change management...
Where Morals and Profits Meet:
Authors: Tishler, Carla; Paine, Lynn S.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers; Interviews
Source: Harvard Business School, Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2002
Although recent headlines focus on business boondoggles, HBS professor Lynn S. Paine's research shows a rising standard of corporate performance that includes moral and financial dimensions. In an interview from 2002, she details this trend and her book, Value Shift.
Testimony of Wendell Potter
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Product Type: Interviews
Source: ConsumerWatchdog
Publication Year: 2009
India's Economic Agenda: An Interview with Manmohan Singh
Author: Gupta, Rajat K.
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2005
The prime minister of India discusses his plans to modernize the country's infrastructure, attract foreign investment, and create jobs -- all in the service of eliminating chronic poverty and disease in India...
One Business's Commitment to Society: An Interview with the President of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
Author: Kumra, Gautam
Product Type: Journal Articles; Interviews
Source: The McKinsey Quarterly
Publication Year: 2006
Since the creation of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development in 1979, it has been in the thick of efforts to tackle the Third World's health- and poverty-related problems. Besides contributing to the fight against tuberculosis and malaria, for instance, the organization has pioneered novel techniques to teach people suffering from leprosy that it is a treatable disease, introduced new programs to support the orphans of AIDS, and launched a potentially groundbreaking experiment to bring health insurance to Africa's rural poor...
Brief Bio: Jim D. Marston
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Source:
Publication Year: 2007
Biographical information on Jim Marston, Attorney, and Texas Regional Director, Environmental Defense.
The ROI of CSR
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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Interviews
Source: Columbia Business School
Publication Year: 2008
Geoffrey Heal discusses his new book, in which he considers how a firm's environmental and social performance affect its competitiveness and financial performance.
Creating a High-Performing Workplace
Author: Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Interviews
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
Beyster Institute Senior Consultant Martin Staubus is teaching a course entitled "Management 269: Creating a High-Performing Workplace." In this interview, Professor Staubus describes the course's five themes.
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