Developing Strategy
Every Company Needs a Political Strategy Today
Companies must be prepared to respond strategically to state and federal policies that conflict with stakeholder values.
Corporate Social Responsibility
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Diversity & Inclusion
Should DEI Efforts Be Expected to Have a Financial Return?
Strategy experts weigh whether companies should expect monetary returns from diversity, equity, and inclusion investments.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Rethinking Executive Incentives Can Boost ESG Performance
A new mechanism — parity pills — aims to address pay inequities between high-level execs and rank-and-file workers.
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Importance of Corporate Political Responsibility
Engaging on political policy requires courage when it goes against industry dogma.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Rethinking How We Measure Companies on Social and Environmental Impact
The authors present a new framework for assessing the effects of a company’s social and environmental practices.
IT Governance & Leadership
To Be a Responsible AI Leader, Focus on Being Responsible
The 2022 MIT SMR-BCG responsible AI report finds that leaders view RAI as important but few prioritize it in practice.
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Meeting the Imperative for an Organizational Sense of Purpose
Two experts explain how and why financial services companies should develop purpose-led strategies.
Executing Strategy
How to Evaluate the Impact of Corporate Purpose
Companies must develop the capacity to accurately assess the execution of purpose-driven strategies on ESG goals.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Should Organizations Link Responsible AI and Corporate Social Responsibility? It’s Complicated.
A panel of experts weighs in on whether responsible AI should be connected to corporate social responsibility efforts.
Global Strategy
Will Russian Sanctions Have Long-Term Effects on Human Rights Protections?
Strategists weigh in on the long-term effects of Russian sanctions on how companies respond to human rights abuses.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Businesspeople Must Reconnect With Nature to Save the Planet
Forming a stronger bond with nature can benefit business leaders, their organizations, and the environment.
Boards & Corporate Governance
Why Top Management Should Focus on Responsible AI
A panel of AI experts weighs in on whether responsible AI should be at the top of leaders’ management agendas.
Culture
To Have Joy in the Workplace, There Must Be Justice for All
New research identifies three focus areas for leaders who want to bring more justice and joy to their organizations.
Developing Strategy
Has Strategic Management Overlooked the Role of Purpose? What Experts Say
Strategists weigh in on the role of corporate purpose in driving business performance.
Corporate Social Responsibility
How Leaders Can Respond to Increasing Employee Activism
Megan Reitz shares insights on managing in an era of employee activism.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Socially Responsible Investing: Marketing Tool or Solution to ESG Problems?
Strategists weigh in on whether socially responsible mutual funds are just hype or real solutions to societal issues.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Why Companies Practice Corporate Social Responsibility
An analysis of 200 surveys over 20 years reveals three primary motivations behind companies’ embrace of CSR.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Leading in an Age of Employee Activism
Employees are demanding that companies engage in social issues. Leaders need to be ready to respond.
Customers
Boosting Charitable Giving Can Also Boost Profits
As brands compete for holiday shoppers, they would do well to learn this lesson: Donations can boost sales and profits.
Leading Change
Recapping Work/22: Day 1
Day One of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of employee activism, DEI best practices, and collaboration.