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Accountants Will Save the World

Harvard Business Review

We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. Scaling Social Impact Insights from HBR and The Bridgespan Group. Facebook Presence Is an Important Clue to a Social Venture's Future. Using Technology and Data for Social Impact.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

executives feel that they do not generally seem to have the kind of social capital that would cushion against a big sociopolitical backlash. A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers. Perhaps U.S.