Publications Archives

• The Voice of the Stakeholder: Is Sustainability Sustainable? Twelve works argue there is value in "corporate values." (Fall 2003)
  This article, co-authored by Judith Samuelson, published in Booz Allen Hamilton's strategy+business, examines 12 books which discuss and argue for sustainable enterprise. The authors review the challenges shared by corporate executives, shareholders and stakeholders in implementing sustainable policies and overall corporate social responsibility.
• What Do We Teach When We Teach Social Impact Management? (Fall 2002)
  Business schools are under increased pressure to demonstrate that they are preparing their students to be more “ethical” managers. But what exactly should schools be teaching - and how do we know it when we see it?
• Social Impact Management and Social Enterprise: Two Sides of the Same Coin or a Totally Different Currency? (Fall 2002)
  As attention to these interrelated topics grows in business schools, this paper examines how curricular, research and institutional initiatives in each area can reinforce initiatives in the other.
• Social Impact Management: A Definition (Fall 2002)
  This paper defines our understanding of Social Impact Management and our experience of applying the term as a partner in Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey evaluating the performance of business schools in preparing their graduates for social and environmental stewardship.
• Raising the Stakes or Finally Seeing Them Clearly (Jan 2002)
  Is “balanced leadership” a luxury affordable only in bull economies? By examining several apparent “leadership paradoxes,” the authors assert that “the true stakes of corporate leadership are being revealed and the true responsibilities and functions of corporate leaders are being defined, even as the impacts on all stakeholders are heightened by economic upheaval.”
• Preparing Business Leaders to Manage Social Impacts: Lessons from the Field (Summer 2001)
  A systematic look at both the "demand" for, and the "supply" of, business education that addresses the complex interdependency between business needs and wider societal concerns.