Business and Society Program

In recent weeks, a major theme has emerged in U.S. and U.K. coverage of business schools: business schools need to change to satisfy student demand for pursuing profits with purpose—and a handful of far-sighted schools are currently ahead of the game. This interview with Professor Talia Aharoni of Tel-Aviv University explores this concept.

The Aspen Institute First Movers Summit in California is our biennial gathering of First Mover Fellows – corporate social intrapreneurs who are generating business value for their companies and social value for the world.

The impact of the Business Roundtable Statement on Corporate Purpose is “TBD” by hard choices in the real world.

The Business Roundtable's declaration opens an historic opportunity to reshape the relationship of business and society for decades to come.

On August 19, Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs whose voices echo through Wall Street and K Street, released a “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.”

What is the purpose of the corporation? The Business Roundtable changed the answer it's given for decades.

The headquarters fight is part of a larger drama that could reshape American capitalism.