Sarah Kaplan

Check out my new course on Coursera that will give you the tools you need for sustainability and social responsibility. If you’ve heard the terms stakeholder capitalism, or sustainability, or ESG, corporate social responsibility, conscious capitalism, sustainable development goals, shared value, corporate citizenship, or purpose-driven company but don’t know exactly what they mean—or don’t know […]

Winner Responsible Research in Management Book Award in 2023! Click through to see reviews, blogs, videos and more. Companies increasingly face intense pressures to address stakeholder demands from every direction: Here’s what to do about it. Consumers want socially responsible products; employees want meaningful work; investors now screen on environmental, social, and governance criteria; “clicktivists” […]

Peter Dey and Sarah Kaplan propose 13 guidelines for corporate boards to address the challenges of the 21st century.

Check out more on the newly launched Rotman Executive Program micro credential or the Coursera 5-course Specialization. Two great ways to learn to use the Gender Analytics methodology to analyze your products, services, processes and policies with a gender lens to uncover hidden opportunities for innovation and improved effectiveness. You will discover the ways that […]

This video clip from the Toronto book launch of The 360º Corporation highlights the solutions for companies seeking to become more socially responsible. Not knowing how business models create trade-offs Organizations are not having enough conversations about their stakeholder trade-offs. For example, do delivery companies recognize the increased pollution and poor labour conditions that come […]

Sarah Kaplan is Director of GATE. Our motto: using rigorous research to change the conversation on gender equality. More here.

Sarah Kaplan appears on The Agenda to discuss The 360º Corporation and the transformational possibilities of engaging with all stakeholders. Corporations are critical players in Canada’s economy – they create the wealth, jobs, goods, and services we all need. And increasingly that’s prompted people to see them as more than commercial enterprises, but as key […]

“Every business model — from the corner store to a large corporation — contains implicit trade-offs between different stakeholders, whereby one group benefits and another is hurt in some way.”

Hear why I think we can use rigorous research to change the conversation on gender equality.

Sarah Kaplan argues that instead of focusing on building a ‘business case’ for gender equality, we need to re-frame it as an innovation challenge.

Our frames of reference contain implicit biases that devalue women’s contributions and reinforce the privileges of dominant groups. Here’s what to do about it.

Sarah Kaplan’s work at GATE is featured in Rotman Investors’ Report 2019