blog Tag Archive

The immortal – and false – myth of the workplace Queen Bee

Blogs and op-eds

January 10, 2020

Isabel Fernandez-Mateo and Sarah Kaplan debunk the myth of the “Queen Bee” in The Conversation....

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The Business Roundtable has repudiated shareholder primacy; where does Canada stand?

360º Corporation, Blogs and op-eds

September 16, 2019

Sarah Kaplan writes for The Globe and Mail that corporate Canada may be slipping behind on social responsibility. This...

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How corporations are stepping up to tackle crises when governments won’t

360º Corporation, Blogs and op-eds

September 10, 2019

Sarah Kaplan writes for The Conversation that corporations can be part of the system of checks and balances for social...

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Are companies right to abandon the shareholder-first mantra?

360º Corporation, Blogs and op-eds

August 27, 2019

Sarah Kaplan is invited by the Financial Times to explain why the Business Roundtable announcement is a good first step...

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Mansplaining: New solutions to a tiresome old problem

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

In The Conversation (and Fast Company), Kaplan looks to organizational solutions to a dynamic that silences...

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Taking stakeholders, rather than Milton Friedman, seriously: Beyond “shared value” approaches for corporate social responsibility

360º Corporation, Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

My Stanford Press blog post on The 360º Corporation. “For decades, we have mythologized Milton Friedman’s 1970...

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When Care Work and Paid Work Collide

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

While people in the Western world often assume that extended families in developing countries are oppressive to women...

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Why the ‘business case’ for hiring more women isn’t working

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Sarah Kaplan and Nancy Wilson write for the Globe and Mail that the “business case” won’t motivate...

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Beyond Policy: How Gendered Interactions on the Ground Shape Development

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Viewing social and economic development as a series of interpersonal interactions can help us understand why...

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A brief process for more enlightened brainstorming

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Sarah Kaplan writes for Quartz: Everybody wants to generate breakthrough ideas. Few people know how to do it....

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Reconsidering Gender Diversity in Economic Development

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Building truly inclusive economies requires that leaders broaden their understanding of gender and the many different...

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Holding Up the Sky: Achieving Women’s Empowerment Requires Working with Women and Men

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Involving men in women’s economic development projects can lead to higher impact for women and changes in gender...

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The Mantra of Meritocracy

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Our ongoing obsession with the myth of meritocracy is now spreading to education systems in developing economies with...

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What’s Right with Kansas

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Sarah Kaplan reviews No Place Like Home: Lessons from Activism in LGBT Kansas by C. J. Janovy which offers up...

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Learning Doesn’t Mean a Livelihood

Blogs and op-eds

August 14, 2019

Though girls may be actively encouraged to get educated, family responsibilities and cultural expectations can hold...

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