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The Value of Corporate Purpose

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(Outlet: Harvard Business Review) Instead of conceiving of the firm as a collection of managers writing contracts specifying roles and tasks and then struggling to get workers to comply, we need to develop theories that better match the organizations we lead, study, advise, and report on, argues Witold J. Henisz, Vice Dean of the ESG ...Read More

Emerging Trends in Institutional Social Responsibility

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The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiative at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has released a new research report sharing insights on the current state of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG investing practices among a diverse range of large U.S. for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Read More

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