Women and the Future of Work
The strategies companies and policy makers are designing to address the changing nature of work need to include a gender lens if they are to help foster the economic empowerment of women.
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Three Cheers for Regulation
During the Industrial Revolution, labor organizations, social movements, the media, and government came together to rein in big business, providing lessons on how to regulate firms of today like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, writes SSIR's editor-in-chief in an introduction to the Summer 2019 issue.
Creating New Pathways to Capital
Inequity continues to plague the lending industry, but a microlending program in New Mexico has created a solution that is providing underserved communities the capital they need. A Viewpoint article from the Summer 2019 issue.
The Roots of Workplace Gender Inequality
Executives who cite work-family conflict to explain lack of female advancement in firms embrace a myth to preserve the status quo. A research report from the Summer 2019 issue.
Pay, Productivity, and Depression
Performance-based pay forces many employees to choose between leaving or suffering mental illness. A research report from the Summer 2019 issue.
Systems Change in Social Innovation Education
Why social entrepreneurship and innovation education needs to incorporate systems change concepts, and where educators and institutions can begin.
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Making Space for Prosperity
An excerpt from The Prosperity Paradox shows how the story of the success of instant noodles changed a nation’s economy.
How to Make Wealth Building and Job Opportunities More Equitable
Alternative economic and social investment models that are properly supported by new public policy and investment could help the United States create more equitable access to jobs and wealth.
Hippocratic Oath for a Digital World: Insights From SSIR’s 2019 Data on Purpose Conference
From emphasizing the importance of a data culture to exhorting people to "move thoughtfully and improve things," nonprofit leaders, funders, scholars, and technologists at SSIR's 2019 Data on Purpose Conference provided deep insights into surviving and thriving in an increasingly digital world.
Living on the Edge
It’s time for socially responsible business leaders to pay higher wages and offer better benefits.