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- January 2023
- Article
Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights
By: Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized...
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Keywords:
Civil Rights;
Great Migration;
History;
Race;
Rights;
Prejudice and Bias;
Government Legislation
- November 11, 2022
- Editorial
Finally Companies Have to Be Upfront about Job Pay Ranges
The significance of pay transparency laws is their role in moving American workplaces away from bias and closer to equal opportunity.
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Keywords:
Pay;
Salary;
Pay Gap;
Transparency;
Wages;
Compensation and Benefits;
Recruitment;
Equality and Inequality
- January 2022
- Supplement
Uber in China (C): The Cost of Success for Didi
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
On June 30, 2021, ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (Didi) raised $4.4 billion in its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the largest IPO of a Chinese company listed on an American exchange since Alibaba raised $25 billion in 2014....
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Keywords:
China;
Uber;
Didi Chuxing;
Start-up Growth;
Regulation;
Ride-sharing;
Transportation;
Business Startups;
Business and Government Relations;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Growth and Development;
Policy;
Competition;
Laws and Statutes;
Transportation Industry;
Technology Industry;
China
- October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Health Pandemics;
History;
Rights;
Media;
Organizations;
Business and Community Relations;
Religion;
Social Psychology;
Identity;
Prejudice and Bias;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Health Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
- October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election
By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Galit Goldstein
Following a contentious presidential race, Donald Trump’s 2016 election destabilized America’s status quo. Academics, journalists, politicians and the public at large examined why Trump had won. Many Americans, inside and outside the government, asserted that a...
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Keywords:
Strategic Industry;
Strategic Alliances (Business);
Business And Government;
Business And Public Policy;
Business And Society;
Media Businesses;
Media Content;
Media Slant;
Media Regulation;
Internet Of Everything;
Government Policy;
Politics;
Political Campaigns;
Political Strategy;
Political Turmoil;
Government;
Government Regulation;
Security;
International Business;
International Relations;
National Security;
Political Elections;
News;
Media;
Internet and the Web;
Rights;
Problems and Challenges;
Globalization;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Government Legislation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Cognition and Thinking;
Conflict and Resolution;
Identity;
Civil Society or Community;
Culture;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
War;
Social Media;
Public Administration Industry;
United States;
Russia
- August 2018 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
The Fuji-Xerox Merger
By: Guhan Subramanian and Annie Zhao
In January 2018, Xerox, a well-known American digital document firm, convened its board of directors to decide whether to approve a merger with Japanese imaging company Fujifilm. Activist Xerox shareholders were suing to halt the transaction, and documents unearthed...
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- March 2018
- Article
Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior
By: Jackson G. Lu, Julia J. Lee, F. Gino and Adam D. Galinsky
Air pollution is a serious problem that influences billions of people globally. Although the health and environmental costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and...
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- 2016
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Benjamin Summers
Alberto Mora's time as General Counsel of the Navy from 2001–2006 greatly influenced his mission to illuminate the policy consequences of torture. Mora's drive to restore the nation's awareness and conscience against torture was gaining traction. Prominent...
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Keywords:
Leadership Skills;
Torture;
Costs And Consequences;
Humane;
Restraint;
Human Dignity;
Treatment Of Prisoners;
Prison;
Repression;
Opposition;
Revolution;
Democracy;
Communism;
International Affairs;
Public Service;
September 11;
War On Terror;
Operation Enduring Freedom;
Guantanamo;
Cuba;
Coalition;
Working Group;
Cruelty;
Interrogation;
Memorandum;
American Law;
Authority;
Authoritative;
Quadrennial Defense Review;
National Defense Authorization Act;
Public Engagement;
Advocacy;
Law;
Accountability;
Center For The Victims Of Torture;
Human Rights;
Public Policy;
Legality;
Morality;
Legal System;
Tactical Military Operations;
West Point;
NGO;
Human Rights First;
American Civil Liberties Union;
Human Rights Watch;
Amnesty International;
Constitution Project;
Center For Constitutional Rights;
Strategic Military Effect;
National Security;
Weapon;
Terrorism;
Prisoners Of War;
Abu Ghraib;
Pentagon;
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Leadership;
Rights;
Policy;
Public Opinion;
United States
- February 2016 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
Battle Over a Bank: Defining the Limits of Federal Power Under a New Constitution
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In late February, 1791, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton submitted a report to President Washington defending his recent proposal for a national bank, which he hoped would bolster the American economy and assist the federal government in managing its finances....
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- February 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Democracy and Women's Rights in America: The Fight over the ERA
By: David Moss, Amy Smekar, Dean Grodzins, Rachel Wilf and Marc Campasano
On the afternoon of June 21, 1982, the Florida Senate prepared to vote on whether to ratify the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which stated that “Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or...
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- February 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Case
Labor, Capital, and Government: The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In late October 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt felt relieved after months of anxiety and uncertainty. Workers in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal industry had been on strike for five months, threatening to leave eastern cities in the cold without enough heating fuel...
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- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Paul Lee and Asian Americans Advancing Justice
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Frank Jerome LaNasa and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Paul Lee and Asian Americans Advancing Justice
2013 AL Fellow, 2014 Senior AL Fellow
Two years after the formation of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), a national affiliation of four independent Asian American civil rights groups, Paul Lee, who... View Details
Two years after the formation of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), a national affiliation of four independent Asian American civil rights groups, Paul Lee, who... View Details
Keywords:
Leadership Skills;
Asian;
Asian Americans;
Asian Americans Advancing Justice;
Civil Rights;
Asian Law Caucus;
Asian Pacific American Legal Center;
Asian American Institute;
Asian American Justice Center;
Immigration Issues;
Immigration Reform;
Affirmative Action;
Coalition;
Asian American Activism;
Japanese;
Chinese;
Korean;
Indian;
Pakistani;
Hmong;
Cambodian;
Laotians;
Filipino;
Vietnamese;
Pacific Islanders;
Ethnic Group;
Model Minority;
Anti-asian Prejudice;
Pan-asian;
Discrimination;
Immigrants;
Immigration Acts;
Alien Land Laws;
Sei Fujii;
Naturalize;
Interracial;
Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965;
Refugees;
War;
Warfare;
Vincent Chin;
Bigotry;
Chinatown;
Boston;
Social Impact;
Asian American Lawyers Association;
National Asian Pacific Bar Association;
Asian Community Development Corporation;
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence;
Southeast Asia;
Mee Moua;
Change Management;
Demographics;
Prejudice and Bias;
Rights;
Immigration;
Leadership;
Problems and Challenges;
Society;
North and Central America
- June 2015
- Case
1996 Welfare Reform in the United States
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Katrina Flanagan and Alastair Su
On August 22, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)—a dramatic reform of the American system of economic assistance for the poor that, as its title suggested, attempted to...
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- December 2014
- Article
The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty
By: Tiziana Casciaro, Francesca Gino and Maryam Kouchaki
To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences for an individual's morality. Unlike...
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Keywords:
Networking;
Morality;
Dirtiness;
Power;
Networks;
Moral Sensibility;
Identity;
Power and Influence
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty
By: Tiziana Casciaro, Francesca Gino and Maryam Kouchaki
To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences for an individual's morality. Unlike...
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- November 8, 2013
- Article
What Men Can Do to Help Women Advance Their Careers
By: Debora Spar
Today, most major corporations—along with hospitals, law firms, universities, and banks—have entire units devoted to helping women and minorities succeed. There are diversity officers and work/family offices and gender-sensitivity training courses in all tiers of...
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- November 2012 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
The Levees Repaired, a System Still Broken: Post Katrina Turnaround at the Orleans Public Defenders (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Olivia Leskinen
Law Professor Ronald Sullivan was asked to lead a turnaround of the Orleans Public Defenders as a one-year assignment following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The office was underfunded and had perverse incentives embedded throughout the system. Sullivan's new vision to...
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- December 2011 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
The Indian Removal Act and the 'Trail of Tears'
By: Tom Nicholas, Ari Medoff, Raven Smith and Sam Subramanian
Native Americans were subjected to a protracted and painful process of forced removal from their land. The case provides "first hand" evidence on the debate over Indian removal as it took place during the early nineteenth century. The first document is excerpted from...
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- February 2011
- Article
Dividend Taxes and International Portfolio Choice
By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA) of 2003. An open-economy after-tax capital asset...
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- November 2010
- Technical Note
Technical Note: An Abridged History of the American Corporation
By: Rakesh Khurana, Andrew David Klaber and Eric Baldwin
This note examines the development of the corporate form in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing primarily on legal issues. It identifies several major trends in the history of the American corporation: the transition of corporations...
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