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How to Be Generous in Business

Nathan Magnuson

It can seem like a conflict of interest. Think about it: when businesses aren’t making any money, corporate sponsorships, employee development programming and hiring all come to a standstill. Obviously marketing campaigns and revenue targets matter. But can I point out the obvious?

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William Miller on Business Model Innovation

Rajesh Setty

WM: No business is an island, separate and independent from the society it operates in. For example: • Charles Schwab disrupted the brokerage industry in the 1970-80s using a business model driven by Principles of high ethics, no conflicts of interest, being trustworthy, and helping everyone become financially fit.

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The Case for Corporate Disobedience

Harvard Business Review

If your company puts you in charge of developing a foreign market or a new line of business, your challenges are in many ways similar to those facing a startup. And it requires a constant vigilance to make sure that you don’t get into legal or ethical grey areas or lose sight of the company’s interests. An HBR Insight Center.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business Review

Tactics include, for example, labeling claims and how to be clear about what standards we might want to develop, and also about disclosure, when he mentions materiality. For example, installing a rapidly deployable flood barrier around your campus can help keep your buildings operational during megastorms. It’s a start.

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Are Uber and Facebook Turning Users into Lobbyists?

Harvard Business Review

If a user agreed to the noble goal of free connectivity for their fellow citizens, they were directed to tell their Member of Parliament to support Facebook’s developing world program: Internet.org seeks to connect billions of people in the developing world to the internet.

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Adapting Your Organizational Processes to a New Culture

Harvard Business Review

We all know that in a foreign culture, one of the most important skills to develop is the ability to translate, to learn to speak the new language — or at least master a few key phrases. You also need to learn to translate your behavior so you don’t end up making cultural faux pas.

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The “Maximize Profits” Trap in Decision Making

Harvard Business Review

This logic and the institutions that reinforce it, like competitive markets and the rule of law, have transformed the world and lifted billions of people from poverty. In addition, 30 states have passed laws that explicitly authorize companies to consider the interests of parties other than shareholders.

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