Business

The Business of Societal Relevance

By Shannon Schuyler 2

Corporate social responsibility is about more than giving money. It’s ultimately about how businesses engage with people.

Reframing America’s Opioid Epidemic to Find Solutions

By John Dreyzehner & Nat Kendall-Taylor 4

Framing the opioid epidemic as a crisis and an individual problem obscures the power of prevention and society’s role in promoting it.

The Best Leaders May Be Those Who “Give Up”

By Vu Le 6

Leadership is often defined by lists of character qualities, values, or skills. But what if the best leaders are simply those who can willingly give up things they value?

Philanthropists Must Invest in an Ecology of Change

By Chloe Cockburn 6

How a “social movement ecology” framework lent new insights into substantially reducing incarceration in the United States.

After the Merger: Getting to “Yes” is Only the Beginning

By David La Piana

The integration process following a merger agreement is essential to achieving success.

Aspirin and Democracy

By Jan Masaoka 12

With its professional management class and army of consultants, the nonprofit sector can sometimes seem isolated from the messiness of civil society, and a new Philanthropic Beltway may have sprung up. But it wasn’t always that way, and it may be time to reclaim an earlier identity as the “volunteer sector,” which is inherently democratic.

A Mostly Vanilla Ice Cream Company’s Learning Journey About Race

By Jostein Solheim 2

How a business built on shared values between company and consumer can use those values to help navigate difficult social justice discussions and drive progress.

Today’s Charitable Sector and Its Roots and Challenges

By Alan J. Abramson 3

Like all of civil society, the American nonprofit sector is a living thing. Its recent evolution has created a large and diverse force for good, but faces distinct challenges ranging from identity to sustainability.

Best Practices in Impact Management Begin to Take Hold

By Ben Thornley & Bryan Locascio 8

Impact investors are figuring out how to integrate impact throughout their investment process in ways that are efficient, effective, and authentic.