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The JUST Report: Communities Are A Stakeholder, Not A Box To Check
Some companies have been used to “checking the box” of DEI with philanthropic donations and community investment, but that isn’t where real change happens.
Professors Ella Bell Smith and Stella M. Nkomo discuss why their book “Our Separate Ways” is as relevant as ever in its 20th anniversary republishing.
By leveraging supplier spend with diverse and local businesses and funding local education programs, companies are proving how community investment drives racial equity.
The JUST Report: It’s Been Two Years Since the BRT Statement, How Are Things Going?
Yesterday was the two-year anniversary of the Business Roundtable’s embrace of a stakeholder approach in its revised Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation. The question everyone is wondering is – has it just been for show?
University of Virginia professor Ed Freeman told JUST that critics of stakeholder capitalism misinterpret it in three primary ways, rather than seeing it as the ideal way to run a growing, profitable business.
Since the Business Roundtable redefined the Purpose of a Corporation two years ago, how do Americans think companies are measuring up to this new stakeholder-focused purpose?
The JUST Report: How Americans Feel About Corporate Vaccine Mandates
This week we and our partner The Harris Poll fielded an update to the question on vaccine mandates in the private sector that we first asked Americans back in mid-June – here are the results.
Vaccines at Work: Americans Increasingly Support Employer Vaccination Mandates
With the rising risk of the Delta variant, Americans are increasingly in favor of employer mandates for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Join Just in Investing in American Workers
An economy that works for all Americans means that no worker should be struggling to get by. At JUST, we’re committed to helping make that a reality. And, with your support, we can go even further.
The JUST Report: Reality Hits ESG
How do you know an ESG fund is really making an impact? How can you be sure a company is doing what it says it’s doing, and truly delivering stakeholder value?
Ariel Investments Co-CEO Shares Two Ways of Overcoming the Biggest Corporate Diversity Challenges
Mellody Hobson shares what’s holding companies back from being more transparent on their diversity efforts, and how they can overcome these hurdles.
The JUST Report: Special Forces
How can companies do better for women and people of color?
We sat down with Jean Case and Mellody Hobson to talk about what companies can do to avoid “diversity fatigue” and create a more equitable post-pandemic workforce for women and workers of color.