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Just as women were unseen until recently, due to institutional sexism, as appropriate candidates for board positions, racialized Canadians are also dismissed due to institutional racism.
Whatever we’re told about shareholder primacy, their rights to control companies are actually very limited.
Big businesses often engage in social activism because they want to sway public policy outcomes. They’re not exclusively trying to appeal to liberal customers.
Millions of dollars are spent every election by corporations that want to influence state regulations and policies, and that’s likely to continue in the upcoming election.
Few of those in the K-pop industry have donated or even spoken out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Social ties can help entrepreneurs acquire necessary information and insights about their plans to exit a company, as well as provide them with emotional support.
COVID-19 has prompted many companies to lay off employees, but
most companies don’t have a policy governing layoffs. Here’s why that’s a mistake.
Instead of going after large corporate networks, which often have multiple defenses, cybercriminals can now simply target people’s home networks.
More women on corporate boards means more opportunities for women, and better performances by businesses.
A Québec company is asking for a Charter right usually reserved for people. There could be unintended consequences if it wins its challenge to the Supreme Court of Canada.
For a winning digital transformation, every organization should establish the upskilling and reskilling of their learning and development teams as their critical 2020 New Year’s resolution.
In an interview, law professor Carlos Ball explains how gay rights activists and corporations went from adversaries to partners. But would the alliance have happened if it had hurt companies’ bottom lines?
New initiatives have allowed firms to enshrine their purpose in corporate bylaws, but gaps exist between local and international issues that can complicate the definition of a multinational’s purpose.
Corporations are often stepping in to fill the void when governments are failing to adequately address social, economic and environmental crises.
The consequences for board members of corporations found to violate the law and ethical norms are rare and usually minor.
Companies often go out of their way to avoid clearly explaining actions like firing people or informing investors and others of bad news.
Gillette isn’t the only male-centric brand to have recently challenged masculine stereotypes. But advertising research can help us understand why it’s been getting the most flack.
An employment law expert explains why it’s time CEOs had to follow the same rules and harassment policies as every other employee.
The study of innovation in large companies and start-ups would benefit from being inspired by physics, which mobilizes different sets of laws for large masses and particles.
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Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin
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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Associate Dean, Research and External Relations; Executive Director, Madden Center for Value Creation; Phil Smith Professor of Entrepreneurship, Florida Atlantic University
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Freelance Reporter and Editor, The Conversation
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Professor of Corporate Governance, City, University of London
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Professor of Education Policy & Law; Director of the National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer in Managerial Communication, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Assistant Professor of Law, Penn State
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