Doing Business in a Divided World: The Changing Role & Responsibilities of the American Firm
Doing Business in a Divided World: The Changing Role & Responsibilities of the American Firm
21 Oct 2022
By invitation only
Preliminary Agenda
General Sessions
Setting the Stage: Understanding A Landscape of Division
Srikant Datar, Dean of the Faculty
Debora L Spar, Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society
Debora L Spar, Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global Society
Roles, Responsibility, and Expectations: What is Business Meant to Do?
HBS professors unpack original research about evolving expectations, roles and performance of businesses and moderate a discussion among attendees about their experiences and understanding of the evolving research.
Case Study
General Mills, 2020
Jeff Harmening, CEO, General Mills
CEO Jeff Harmening grounds our conversation in the specific choices General Mills has made in the face of a rapidly changing external environment, and in the immediate aftermath of racial unrest in its hometown.
Working Sessions
Channels of Engagement
How are leaders in the room reacting to these changing expectations? And how are they deciding which issues or stakeholders demand attention? An active discussion of firms’ opportunities and challenges beyond profitability.
Crafting an Effective Response
If business does have some role to play in addressing societal divides, what approaches are likely to be most effective? What does “help” look like for leaders making decisions in this environment?