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Oct 2024
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Should Your Business Take a Stand on Soc...

Harvard Business Review
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What’s the best way to determine whether or not your business should engage on potentially controversial societal issues? In this episode, Harvard Business School senior lecturer Hubert Joly explains how to create a process for decision-making around these issues, in collaboration with your board. Joly wrote a case study based on his own time as chairman and ... Show More
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