(Outlet: Freakonomics Radio) Zeke Hernandez, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers (2024, available for pre-order), joins the show.…Read More
(Outlet: Wharton Business Daily) Serguei Netessine, Wharton’s Vice Dean for Innovation and Global Initiatives, joins the show to discuss his research on how an emphasis on ESG impacts a company’s value.…Read More
Two Wharton graduates and Bendheim Loan Forgiveness Awardees followed very different paths to build gratifying careers in social impact. They spoke recently to the next generation of undergraduates in the Turner ESG Fellows program to share their inspiring stories and offer practical advice.…Read More
The Zicklin Bright Index (ZBI) is a ranking established in 2023 that seeks to classify companies demonstrating notable human rights awareness into tiers. Researchers evaluate corporations in a specific region based on their publicly available information, self-disclosure, and gross revenue. Importantly, the ZBI does not measure direct human rights performance but rather emphasizes transparency and disclosure practices as fundamental social goods.…Read More
(Outlet: Wharton Business Daily) Tiantian Yang, Wharton Assistant Professor of Management, joins Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to discuss mothers re-entering the workforce and how they utilize their professional networks.…Read More
Deepen your knowledge, expand your toolkit, and power your impact this fall. Explore ten of the many ESG-related courses available to Penn and Wharton students in the upcoming semester. …Read More
(Outlet: Wharton Press Release) Penn Interim President J. Larry Jameson and Wharton Dean Erika H. James are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Sarah E. Light as the inaugural recipient of the Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professorship at the Wharton School, which is one of three Presidential Professorships Dr. Mitchell J. Blutt, C’78, M’82, WG’87 and Mrs. Margo Blutt have generously established at the University of Pennsylvania. The three Presidential Professorships are at the Wharton School, Penn Arts & Sciences, and the Perelman School of Medicine, the three Penn schools Dr. Blutt attended.…Read More
(Outlet: Knowledge at Wharton) Consumers really do care about ESG, according to research by Wharton visiting professor Jean-Marie Meier.…Read More
(Outlet: Poets & Quants) Today, business leaders are tasked not just with delivering a healthy bottom line to stakeholders, but to be good stewards of the environments in which they operate – both in regards to natural resources and society at large. Leading B-schools around the world are adding a range of executive education courses to train leaders on business sustainability. The Wharton ESG Executive Certificate for Senior Leaders is ranked #4 on this list of the top 10 Executive Education Courses in Climate & Sustainability for 2024. …Read More
(Outlet: Forbes) Hiring and retaining foreign-born scientists and engineers is expensive for employers in the United States. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services fee rule represents the latest federal action making it more costly to employ H-1B visa holders. …Read More
