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Education/Spring 2022

Should corporations be activists?

by Jennifer Lewington

According to top business schools, companies should consider taking a side on social and environmental causes in line with their brand to

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Leadership

How the rise of corporate activism led to the world's biggest companies leaving Russia

by Douglas Schuler and Laura Marie Edinger-Schons

Hundreds of companies have announced plans to close stores, reassign staff or stop selling products in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine

Fall 2021/Leadership

Are companies with purpose-driven pledges accounting for slavery?

by Shilpa Tiwari

We need to do away with business management tools rooted in slavery to create a human-centred economy

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Leadership/Summer 2021

Calgary’s billion-dollar Benevity bets that good deeds are their own reward

by Rick Spence

Bono-backed tech firm says companies that engage their workers in social missions enjoy 57% lower employee turnover

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2020 Best 50/Leadership

Top company profile: Mountain Equipment Co-op

by Brenda Bouw

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) has a long history of sustainability as a retail cooperative focused on getting people outside. Since it was

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