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Predictions for Business & Society in 2023

We asked business executives, journalists, and scholars for their predictions about the path ahead in 2023.

Predictions for Business & Society in 2022

We asked business executives, activists, scholars, and journalists: what will we find at the crossroads of business and society in 2022?

Predictions for Business & Society in 2021

We asked leaders: in 2021, what trends within business do you foresee as a result of the crises revealed in 2020?

Who’s Winning the Battle for Stakeholder Capitalism?

You can’t dismantle a half-century of shareholder primacy, or the scaffolding that supports it, in a day—or even a year.

Predictions for Business & Society in 2020

The year 2020 is many things: the first of a new decade, a presidential election in the United States with global implications, and perhaps, a year of newfound economic uncertainty. Just how much will change – and how much will continue? Here are 20 predictions from leaders in business and academia.

Teaching Corporate Social Responsibility in the Middle East

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.

Our Place in the Business Purpose Conversation

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.”

2018: An Opportunity to Connect Private Investment and the Public Good

Some of our program’s core principles and values are being threatened by the discord in politics and markets that reward narrow, short-term measures of success. Yet there are lots of reasons for hope.

Why American Businesses Are Shifting Their Focus to Help Local Communities

Featuring CEOs James Verrier of BorgWarner, John Replogle of Seventh Generation, and Lynn Good of Duke Energy.

An Aspen Idea: Can we find our own Paul Polmans?

Americans are hungry for the business sector to stand for something great.