Synchrony’s DJ Casto tells us why the financial services company cut 40% of its office space square footage and is embracing a hybrid model of “hubs” and working from home for its 16,500 employees.
MIT Sloan professor Zeynep Ton explains why assessing your workforce’s financial wellness is a powerful first step toward building long-term value and resilience.
Companies That Have the Most Workers Earning a Living Wage Have Higher Returns on Assets
Companies that don’t pay their workers well need to take up more debt (i.e. more risk) to have the same returns on equity as those that pay their workers well.
Industry Leaders Are Embracing the ‘Gold Standard’ of Diversity Disclosure
There is a movement to release EEO-1 diversity data as an important early step to building an inclusive corporate culture.
Using JUST’s data and Converseon’s social media analysis, we take a look at how the public perceived the actions of 11 major corporations during the early days of the pandemic.
Survey: Here’s What Americans Expect From Corporate America in the Wake of the Capitol Riot
Despite some expected partisan splits, Republicans and Democrats alike look to CEOs for leadership and want corporate political spending reined in.
After a group of Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of Biden’s victory, leaders of the country’s largest companies and trade groups responded.
50 Years After the Introduction of the ‘Friedman Doctrine,’ It’s Time to Create a New Capitalism
Milton Friedman and his peers set America on the course of shareholder primacy. Business leaders and academics are considering what must be done for a stakeholder-driven alternative.
How CEOs Can Lead Better If They Shed Myths of the Middle Class and Invest in Workers
New York Times economics reporter Jim Tankersley shares lessons from “The Riches of This Land.”
The health care company is working to align shareholder value with a positive societal impact, said CEO Bruce Broussard in the Quarterly JUST Call.
The public is demanding CEOs help create a more equitable society.
These Are the Corporate Responses to the George Floyd Protests That Stand Out
We’ve highlighted companies that took actions that will outlast the moment we’re in.
The virus has not been defeated, but wage increases for many frontline workers are set to expire.
Mckesson said the George Floyd protests are providing an opportunity for lasting structural change.
The bank announced Wednesday a new deployment of $35 million in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Forbes Uses JUST Data in a New Ranking of Top Corporate Responders to the COVID-19 Crisis
The “Forbes Corporate Responders” list highlights large companies that reacted quickly and drastically to the pandemic.
Early polling and research show a disconnect between workers’ and economists’ expectations.
JUST Capital can help you understand how your industry is responding.
It “lays out the limits of thinking of people as solely interchangeable units and not as human beings,” said Rebecca Henderson.
Marc Morial wants banks to help guide stimulus funds to communities that need it most.
The outspoken host of “Pitchfork Economics” says shortchanging workers is hurting all Americans.
A Wishlist for the Post-COVID Economy: Introducing New JUST Board Member Xavier de Souza Briggs
Briggs says this is a moment to turn rhetoric around stakeholder capitalism into real policy.
PwC’s U.S. head Tim Ryan said that leaders need to be absorbing stress, not creating it.
Mark Cuban: ‘Shareholders Come Last’ in the Coronavirus Crisis
The NBA owner and investor tells us what he wants America’s largest employers to prioritize.
