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Bringing Green Speech Back to Earth

Legal studies and business ethics professor Sarah Light examines the legal complexities and public impacts of companies’ environmental claims.

Concept of a person at a crossroads, with arrows pointing in multiple directions.
School News

How Do You Make a Decision When Every Option Looks Bad?

Dean Erika James analyzes the move by Patagonia’s founder to give away the company and offers advice for other leaders facing hard choices.

Businessman signing documents in office.
Blog Network

Case Study: Force Majeure Clauses

A recent art auction lawsuit reveals the complexities of excusing contractual performance due to the pandemic.

Conceptual illustration of people cutting a hanging apple that is secretly a bear trap.
Ideas

Strategies for Bringing Your Conscience to Work

A new book serves as a guide for standing by your values and creating a more ethical workplace.

SPAC’s Under Regulatory Attack
Blog Network

SPACs Under Regulatory Attack

Three public statements from the SEC show increased and perhaps even hostile new scrutiny

Collage of Witold Henisz, Larry Fink, and Marc Benioff.
Ideas

The Case for Responsible Business

Influencing companies to shift strategy and take on society’s pressing issues

SPAC 101
Blog Network

The Lifecycle of a SPAC

Taking a close look at the three phases of a special purpose acquisition company.

Don't Split the Pie — Supersize It
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Don't Split the Pie — Supersize It

Why companies should see responsible business practices as a boon to profits and essential for success.

Data: Voting Wait Times, Pre-IPO Confidentiality, and More
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Data: Voting Wait Times, Pre-IPO Confidentiality, and More

The latest research and insights from Knowledge@Wharton

unlocked handcuffs
Blog Network

Reversing Cannabis Incarcerations

As the tide turns toward marijuana legalization, Marvis Burns WG14 calls for the release of those who have been arrested for related offenses.

The Case for More Content Moderation
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The Case for More Content Moderation

Changes to Communications Decency Act are needed to protect cybercrime victims.

Blog Network

Can I Get Out of My Pre-Pandemic Contract in the Post-Pandemic World?

A contract is not necessarily a promise, says Maurice Lefkort W86

Lawyer, Judge & Civil Rights Leader: Raymond Alexander W20
People

Lawyer, Judge & Civil Rights Leader: Raymond Alexander W20

A look back at the life of one of Wharton's first Black graduates.

U.S. Protection For Individual Rights: William J. Brennan Jr. W28
People

U.S. Protection For Individual Rights: William J. Brennan Jr. W28

From Newark, NJ, to the Supreme Court, Justice William Brennan left his mark on history in more ways than one, giving opinions on landmark cases and nearly breaking two Supreme Court records.

Make the Rules, Or Your Competitors Will
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Make the Rules, Or Your Competitors Will

In the high-stakes game of legal strategy, says Wharton's Richard Shell, businesses must use the law as a competitive tool.

Where Do We Go From Here?
People

Where Do We Go From Here?

Wharton alumni and faculty take stock of the ethical landscape.

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Law/Business Ethics
Spring/Summer 2023

Bringing Green Speech Back to Earth

Legal studies and business ethics professor Sarah Light examines the legal complexities and public impacts of companies’ environmental claims.

Concept of a person at a crossroads, with arrows pointing in multiple directions.
School News
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Leadership
October 14, 2022

How Do You Make a Decision When Every Option Looks Bad?

Dean Erika James analyzes the move by Patagonia’s founder to give away the company and offers advice for other leaders facing hard choices.

Businessman signing documents in office.
Blog Network
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Law/Business Ethics
April 25, 2022

Case Study: Force Majeure Clauses

A recent art auction lawsuit reveals the complexities of excusing contractual performance due to the pandemic.

Conceptual illustration of people cutting a hanging apple that is secretly a bear trap.
Ideas
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Law/Business Ethics
Fall/Winter 2021

Strategies for Bringing Your Conscience to Work

A new book serves as a guide for standing by your values and creating a more ethical workplace.

SPAC’s Under Regulatory Attack
Blog Network
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Law/Business Ethics
May 19, 2021

SPACs Under Regulatory Attack

Three public statements from the SEC show increased and perhaps even hostile new scrutiny

Collage of Witold Henisz, Larry Fink, and Marc Benioff.
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ESG
Spring/Summer 2021

The Case for Responsible Business

Influencing companies to shift strategy and take on society’s pressing issues

SPAC 101
Blog Network
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Finance
April 12, 2021

The Lifecycle of a SPAC

Taking a close look at the three phases of a special purpose acquisition company.

Don't Split the Pie — Supersize It
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ESG
Fall/Winter 2020

Don't Split the Pie — Supersize It

Why companies should see responsible business practices as a boon to profits and essential for success.

Data: Voting Wait Times, Pre-IPO Confidentiality, and More
Ideas
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Law/Business Ethics
Fall/Winter 2020

Data: Voting Wait Times, Pre-IPO Confidentiality, and More

The latest research and insights from Knowledge@Wharton

unlocked handcuffs
Blog Network
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Law/Business Ethics
August 07, 2020

Reversing Cannabis Incarcerations

As the tide turns toward marijuana legalization, Marvis Burns WG14 calls for the release of those who have been arrested for related offenses.

The Case for More Content Moderation
Blog Network
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Law/Business Ethics
July 08, 2020

The Case for More Content Moderation

Changes to Communications Decency Act are needed to protect cybercrime victims.

Blog Network
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Law/Business Ethics
June 24, 2020

Can I Get Out of My Pre-Pandemic Contract in the Post-Pandemic World?

A contract is not necessarily a promise, says Maurice Lefkort W86

Lawyer, Judge & Civil Rights Leader: Raymond Alexander W20
People
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Law/Business Ethics
Anniversary Issue

Lawyer, Judge & Civil Rights Leader: Raymond Alexander W20

A look back at the life of one of Wharton's first Black graduates.

U.S. Protection For Individual Rights: William J. Brennan Jr. W28
People
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Law/Business Ethics
Anniversary Issue

U.S. Protection For Individual Rights: William J. Brennan Jr. W28

From Newark, NJ, to the Supreme Court, Justice William Brennan left his mark on history in more ways than one, giving opinions on landmark cases and nearly breaking two Supreme Court records.

Make the Rules, Or Your Competitors Will
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Law/Business Ethics
Spring 2003

Make the Rules, Or Your Competitors Will

In the high-stakes game of legal strategy, says Wharton's Richard Shell, businesses must use the law as a competitive tool.

Where Do We Go From Here?
People
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Government
Fall 2002

Where Do We Go From Here?

Wharton alumni and faculty take stock of the ethical landscape.

Cover of the Fall Winter 2023 issue of Wharton Magazine, featuring two soccer players colliding in a midair jump, as well as a spread of the magazine with an image of a soccer pitch on it.
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