Companies Use the Olympic Model in Building Institutional Solidarity

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For Russian President Putin, Olympics So Far Are a Public Relations Blunder

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CVS Decision on Tobacco Smart and Long Overdue, Butler Professors Say

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Study of Brokers' Potential Conflict of Interest in Routing Limit Orders Leaked to Wall Street

A new academic paper about potential conflict of interest in large retail brokers’ routing of limit orders has stirred controversy on Wall Street and caught regulators’ attention -- even before the paper has been submitted to a journal. While some in the industry have compared the study’s possible impact to an earlier one that reformed Nasdaq trading, the authors caution that the paper is not yet final and the findings should be taken in proper context.

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Study Finds Why Accounting Firm Leaders and Professional Staff May View Ethical Environment Differently

One of the first research studies empirically tests potential reasons why firm leaders and non-leaders -- or professional staff -- can have contrasting perspectives of the firm's ethical environment.

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Stanford Research Shows How Corporations Can Regain Financial Value After a Scandal

New research from Stanford shows that corporations with tarnished reputations can regain their financial value by undertaking broad-based goodwill efforts.

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Security Breaches and Company Stock Prices

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Insider Trading Laws Are Becoming Anachronistic

Insider trading may be too engrained in the financial system in transactions such as credit default swaps to make banning them feasible, says a Vanderbilt law professor.

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One “Villain” of the Housing Crisis Played Only a Small Role

One of the major factors blamed for the subprime mortgage crisis may have actually played only a minor role in the housing meltdown, new research reveals.

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New Book Examines Unlikely Role of Private Enterprise as Leader in Managing Global Environmental Preservation

scientist Jessica F. Green explains how private firms, in many cases, are emerging as leaders in tackling the world’s climate concerns. Some, Green writes in Rethinking Private Authority: Agents and Entrepreneurs in Global Environmental Governance (Princeton University Press, 2014), are actually creating and enforcing climate-friendly rules that exceed those of international treaties and government regulations. For example, Walmart set long-term goals in 2005 for renewable energy, waste reduction and other sustainability measures. The world’s largest retailer also created an index to help its suppliers evaluate the sustainability of their products and performance—with the requirement that those companies either meet the standards or lose Walmart as a customer. “For better or worse,” writes Green, “Walmart is now a global rule-maker for sustainability.” And, in anticipation of legislated environmental measures, Walmart recently announced it would cut 20 million metric t

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