Business and Markets

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.

Caroline Barlerin, a 2013 Aspen Institute First Mover Fellow and self-described ‘social impact evangelist,’ discusses tech ethics.

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.

Clean tech power washes for aircraft engines. In-home toilet service in Ghana.  A new code of conduct for 100,000 suppliers.  A circular economy strategy for a home goods company.

When the Business Roundtable renounced the primacy of shareholders, putting social good above the bottom line, the group was lauded for its reconception of corporate purpose. But, writes Judy Samuelson, it was the Institute’s Business and Society Program that had heralded the idea for over a decade, working to bring long-term value creation to a tipping point. It worked.

The Latino community is experiencing trying times, from harmful rhetoric resulting in an uptick in hate crimes and attacks against those who

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.

From college textbooks to holiday must-haves, ecommerce has transformed shopping patterns in the United States. Does the global nature of th