Publications

• The Aspen Principles: A Better Way Forward (Summer 2008)
  In this Directors & Boards cover story, Judith Samuelson explores the genesis of the Aspen Principles, when a "critical mass of 'strange bedfellows' came up with a plan in 2007 to reverse the destructive pull of short-termism on U.S. business."
  
  
• The New Rigor: Beyond the Right Answer (Sept 2006)
  The old decision rules of business, which equate profit or share price maximation with corporate purpose, are fast expiring in today's complex business world. In this Academy of Management Learning & Education article, Judith Samuelson looks beyond the financial bottom line to consider new attitudes necessary for successful and sustainable business. 
  
• The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2006 (Feb 2006)
  In the sixth annual Harvard Business School List, Judith Samuelson and Claire Preisser propose Idea #17: That a special set of "vanguard companies" are the key to decisively shifting the short-term biases of today's business world to a longer-term orientation for good.
  
  
• Put Your Values to Work (Jan 2006)
  What differentiates an abstract value statement from a dedicated business plan in corporate decisionmaking?  Co-authored by Nancy McGaw, this article from the Harvard Management Update, a newsletter of Harvard Business School Publishing, recommends ten action steps for meaningfully integrating corporate value into everyday management practice.
  
  
• Keynote Address to the AACSB International Deans, February 10, 2003: The State of Affairs for Management Education and Social Responsibility (Dec 2005)
  Reprinted by the Academy of Management Learning & Education, this speech by Mary Gentile and Judith Samuelson asks how management education can respond effectively to the challenges facing business today, and actually become part of the solution rather than merely a critical bystander. 
  
  
• Get Aggressive About Passivity (Nov 2005)
  If managers always acted on their values, heroic whistle-blowing might never be required. But, research shows, people don't think that doing the right thing is part of their jobs. Co-authored by Judith Samuelson and Mary Gentile, this Harvard Business Review article features BSP's brand-new curriculum project, Giving Voice to Values.
  
  
• Developing Leaders for a Sustainable Global Society (Sept/Oct 2005)
  Asking business leaders to make decisions that produce superior financials and simultaneously contribute to social progress and protect environmental quality is a tall order. Nancy McGaw shares the results of BSP's research into leadership development with representatives from firms around the world.
  
  
• Training Managers for the Future (Feb 2005)
  In the wake of corporate scandels, this article by Mary Gentile explores the challenges of corporate governance that need to be addressed in order to re-train business's managers and leaders. Originally published in the February 2005 issue of E Journal USA, a publication of the U.S. Department of State.

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Speeches

• Developing Leaders for a Sustainable Society
  Nancy McGaw presented this paper at the Gallup Leadership Summit, "Leadership and Organizational Performance," held in Lincoln, NE on June 11, 2004.
  
  
• Corporate Governance and Accountability
  This paper was presented by Mary Gentile at the 3rd Colloquium of the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS).  The conference, entitled "The Challenges of Sustainable Growth: Integrating Societal Expectations in Business," was held on September 27-28, 2004 in Ghent, Belgium. 
  
  
• AACSB International Deans Conference Keynote Speech
  This speech addresses the state of affairs for management education and social responsibility. Keynote address to the AACSB International Deans Conference by Judith Samuelson, Founder and Executive Director of The Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. Written by Mary C. Gentile and Judith Samuelson. Delivered February 10, 2003.
  
  
• The Conference Board Corporate Contributions Council Speech
  “Leadership and Values: Moving Beyond the Ethics Debate.” Here, Judith Samuelson, Founder and Executive Director of The Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program, lays out the key challenges facing business today in the arenas of ethics and CSR. Delivered September 22, 2003.
  
  
• Liderazgo y Valores: más allá del debate sobre la ética
  Judith Samuelson, fundadora y directora ejecutiva del programa Negocios y Sociedad del Instituto Aspen, establece los retos que las empresas enfrentan actualmente in las áreas de ética y responsabilidad social corporativa.

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