Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

We know that we are somehow complicit in the moral chain that links our cheap clothes with collapsing factories, but we feel powerless to respond. So here are three radical suggestions for transforming the field of supply chain ethics. The truth is that the world is complicated, and supply chains are tangled and dynamic.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. These factors form a formidable foundation for effective organizational governance when paired together.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2019

The ‘trust issue’ is a central theme for organisations in any sector, and it’s one in which I’ve conducted a mass of research into how a post-truth culture is impacting brands, across an array of business sectors, on a global basis. Why is this so important? And this genuinely has to go all the way.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

From 2007-2011, forced turnovers due to ethical lapses were 3.9% On a regional basis, the share of all successions attributable to ethical lapses rose most sharply in the U.S. We see five reasons for the rise of ethics-based dismissals. More extended global supply chains also increase these counterparty risks.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated that corruption amounted to roughly 2% of global economic output — between $1.5 and $2 trillion globally. Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

While no one advocates for labor abuses, poor working conditions are often seen as an inevitable consequence of global trade. However, until recently there was little evidence on this question in the countries that dominate global markets in low-cost manufacturing. Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Recent global developments underscore the importance of these societal issues. In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. But the U.S. The challenges of business-in-society issues arise in many different settings.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Tough Supply-Chain Choices. Suddenly, companies and consumers across the world are finding themselves in a moral quandary: How can you make (or purchase) clothing cheaply without compromising supply-chain ethics? I Would Give This Five Stars, But. You Want Me to Innovate Where?

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Supply Chain Health Care Letter Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

As companies expand globally, it''s even more crucial to understand the differences between professionals in different markets. People do think about global customers, they do think about global supply chains, but they really don''t think about global talent. This is an edited version of our conversation.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2014

Thus, we operate a value creation model that is globally driven but locally focused. This footprint enables us to set up partnerships with organizations large and small to make the greatest local or global impact. We also have ethical drivers for our sustainability work. It can be difficult to measure and compare.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. But how much do these hazards actually cost global companies in emerging markets? Crime exacts a toll.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Part of this story relates to the provenance, or origins, of its products: Chains that provide more upmarket “fast casual” dining such as Panera, Chipotle, and Shake Shack have brands that speak of freshness, health, and trustworthy sourcing. McDonald’s woes offers three lessons for others about supply-chain transparency.

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HR Digest

JULY 14, 2022

It is more important than ever to prioritize our employees and ensure we are fostering a culture of inclusion globally. The Alliance for Global Inclusion: In 2021, Intel, in partnership with Dell, NTT DATA, and Snap Inc. All of this enabled through our technology and the passion and expertise of our employees.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

When contaminated meat or vegetables are recalled, consumer advocates demand more transparency from food supply chains. When obscure financial instruments threaten the global economy, transparency is the proposed solution.

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How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

And as with quality, this isn't just about ethical or aspirational hopes — acting with sustainable values, for example, as covered well by many, including Dov Seidman in his book How. No, I'm talking here about the more prosaic, everyday, tactical, blocking-and-tackling of business.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

The occasion was the Tuck Global Leadership 2030 executive education program, which took place in Chennai, India, and Satyarthi was the distinguished guest. Together, they represent a significant percentage of the world’s tobacco supply chain. Economics & Society Ethics Multinational'

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

But this single-minded focus can be a major problem when it comes to tackling slow-building, systemic challenges, like global warming, that could take down not just supply chains but, over time, entire economies. For anyone with a pension linked to market performance, that is a good thing.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2012

As the public raises its expectations about appropriate corporate conduct, ranging from sustainability to global labor standards to animal welfare policies, more companies will find themselves in the cross-hairs more frequently. Reputational damage to Apple could be used as leverage to change working conditions in its supply chain.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

There were no checks and balances for members of the supply train. This archaic mindset flies in the face of progressive supply chain management, which successful companies now embrace. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Communications.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

employees can be 25 percent or greater of total workforce; its supply chain of third parties is vital. Yet, politicians oppose — or at least do not defend, and certainly do not fairly explain — this most fundamental international dimension of global business reality. especially in fast-growing foreign markets.

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