By Nuria Marquez Martinez, Masters of Journalism candidate & CRB Editorial Writer Liz Lowe, MBA ‘15, has practiced yoga for years. Among her many extracurriculars during her time at the Haas School of Business, Lowe was a yoga instructor. She says it was an important component of her years at…
Flip flopping between the public and private sectors over the past decade granted me lots of time and food for thought on one of, if not the, most pressing question facing today’s business leaders: what, if any, is the social responsibility of companies? Historically, the multi-million-dollar question was, can businesses…
Dear Friends, On behalf of all of us at the Berkeley Haas Center for Responsible Business (CRB), I wish you a peaceful and joyous holiday season. As I reflect upon this past year, two things provide me with great optimism: 1) my family and 2) our wonderful students here at…
On November 16, 2017, headlines across major business and finance news outlets led with stories that Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund proposed to sell off all oil and gas stocks from their index. This was just the latest in a series of divestment announcements, such as university endowments divesting…
Days before being sworn in as the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy urged, “To whom much is given, much is required… At some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us—recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled…