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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

Over 80% of millennials report that making a positive difference in the world is more important to them than professional recognition. On the investor side, more and more shareholders demand tracking and reporting of both positive and negative externalities, compelling some of the largest corporations on earth into action.

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Is It Ever OK to Break Into Your Colleague’s Computer?

Harvard Business Review

I had been preparing a client presentation with several of my colleagues at our asset management firm. On the negative side, it may create worker dissatisfaction, hurt morale, and erode trust. Ethics IT management Technology' Observing your employees via careful digital sleuthing will similarly alter their behavior.

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Serving Shareholders Doesn’t Mean Putting Profit Above All Else

Harvard Business Review

(Such a fund might also stipulate that the fund would sell the stock if other shareholders voted to allow gun sales, but this is not strictly necessary for the index fund idea to put positive social pressure on companies.) The impact extends to asset management companies. Does It Matter?