
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
Re: Debora Spar & Paul Healy
- 14 Feb 2023
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- Harvard Business School
All first year students last month completed a short new course on the Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF), organized by the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS).

ESG Reports, Unlike Financial Statements, Are Evolving Rapidly to Reflect a Changing World: Ethan C. Rouen
Re: Ethan Rouen
- 20 Jan 2023
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- Economic Times

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
Re: Drew Keller (MBA 2022); David A. Thomas (Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business in Global Society Unit Head, General Management); Robin J. Ely (Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2022
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- HBS Alumni Bulletin

Contributing to a Better Future
Re: Drew Keller (MBA 2022); Debora L. Spar (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean, Business in Global Society Unit Head, General Management); By: April White
- 01 Dec 2022
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- HBS Alumni Bulletin

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change
Re: Michael W. Toffel (Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management); George Serafeim (Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration); Peter Tufano (Baker Foundation Professor); Rebecca M. Henderson (John and Natty McArthur University Professor); Shirley Lu (Assistant Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2022
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- HBS Alumni Bulletin

Have the Anticapitalists Reached Harvard Business School?
Re: Debora Spar & Ethan Rouen
- 28 Nov 2022
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- New York Times
“We’re at Harvard Business School — it’s a bastion of capitalism,” said Ethan Rouen, who teaches the Harvard class “Reimagining Capitalism.” “I will say, though, that if you look at the courses being offered, the institutes being created and speakers we bring on campus, there is a huge demand both from the faculty and the students for rethinking the obligation of the corporation to society.”
Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future
By: Margie Kelley
- 22 Nov 2022
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- HBS Alumni Stories
European alumni gather around the business imperatives for sustainability in the face of climate change.
The Evolution of ESG Reports and the Role of Voluntary Standards
By: Ethan Rouen
- 21 Nov 2022
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- Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation

People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
by Scott Van Voorhis
- 21 Oct 2022
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- Working Knowledge
Companies should do more to confront climate change, labor market shifts, and racism, according to a survey of 14,000 people in 14 countries by the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society and the Edelman Trust Institute. Is it time for more business leaders to step up?