Social Responsibility

The financial industry’s use of ownership and board membership statistics to measure diversity is insufficient.

Conventional ways of making strategy are inadequate amid uncertainty and complexity. Today, it requires moral purpose.

Cutting carbon emissions in heavy transport and industrial heat can be done profitably.

Female executives can command bigger pay increases than men by switching jobs.

To meaningfully support Pride, companies need to focus on employees, customers, and the community.

The pandemic has upended business. Let’s consider how managers should respond.

The Special Report in MIT SMR‘s Summer 2021 issue looks at how businesses can support a more inclusive workplace culture. Also in this issue: ways to communicate — and disagree — using candor and logic, business’s role in national emergencies, how volunteering helps workers’ skills, and changing the rules to suit turbulent times.

Knowing why racial equity initiatives provoke opposition can help you lead employees through change.

Businesses that pledged to support racial equity in 2020 must maintain their commitments to effecting change.

Supplier diversity initiatives can drive positive change, boost earnings, and build resilience.