AI & Machine Learning
Using Artificial Intelligence to Promote Diversity
What if, instead of perpetuating harmful biases, AI helped us overcome them?
Social Responsibility
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Amazon Raised Its Minimum Wage — Will Its Rivals Do the Same?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines whether Amazon’s new $15 per hour minimum wage for workers will force rivals to follow suit.
Climate Change
Critical Questions Live: Is It Up to Business to Save the Planet?
As government fails to act on climate change, experts debate whether business should take the lead.
Climate Change
Finding Good News for Human Rights After Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder demands moral courage and a principled response from business leaders.
Climate Change
Is It up to Business to Save the Planet?
MIT SMR holds a live forum to debate the role of business in solving climate change.
Corporate Social Responsibility
We Must Keep Globalization in Its Place: The Marketplace
Globalization’s power to improve the world is undermined by its incursions into the public arena.
Collaboration
Consider Culture When Implementing Agile Practices
Create harmony between agile and your team’s culture.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Coming to Grips With Dangerous Algorithms
With a new scrutiny around technology user data and privacy, we must not forget about the potential dangers of the technology itself.
AI & Machine Learning
There’s Always a Time Lag (With a Price Tag)
In the growth of artificial intelligence, technology is changing faster than society can keep up.
Climate Change
Explaining the Business Case for Sustainability Again … and Again … and Again
The question “What’s the business case for sustainability?” has come roaring back in recent years.
Climate Change
The High Cost of the Actions We Don’t Take
The only way we can protect what we love is by actively pursuing a stable, just, and sustainable world.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Building an Ethically Strong Organization
Large-scale misconduct starts small, so prevention should focus on how employees make decisions.
Climate Change
Your Organization Is a Network of Conversations
Leaders should realize that companies are fundamentally linguistic entities.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Business, Technology, and Ethics: The Need for Better Conversations
We need a commitment to honestly talk about the challenges technology now poses.
Climate Change
Finding the Middle Ground in a Politically Polarized World
Corporate activism is often framed as “take a stand or be silent.” But other alternatives exist.
Climate Change
A Platform Greater Than Facebook
Upheavals in technology and politics are a wake-up call: It’s time to reconsider our priorities.
Climate Change
Blockchain and the Clean, Smart Grid
A blockchain platform for the energy sector could accelerate the transition to renewables.
Climate Change
Defining True Sustainability
Most companies have not yet come to terms with what it means to be truly sustainable.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate ‘Purpose’ Is No Substitute for Good Governance
Any corporate purpose, however laudatory or noble that mission may be, must be accompanied by strong governance.
Climate Change
The Right Way to Support the Sustainable Development Goals
A company’s support of the U.N.’s SDGs is not necessarily a proxy for doing good.