Past distinctions between ‘society’ and ‘the market’ are blurred in ways that present new challenges. Customers, employees, and investors raise an increasingly loud voice, insisting that firms and their leaders take concrete steps towards alleviating social tensions and imbalances – both those predating and those exacerbated throughout the Covid-pandemic.
Observations
Feb 14, 2025In a recent American Banker article, journalist John Heltman explores how US President Donald Trump's executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at federal agencies may complicate the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) efforts to recover from its high-profile toxic culture scandal.
by Stephen Scott, Sir Keith Skeoch, Colin Mayer
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Feb 21, 2024In an article published in The Spectator, London Business School Professor Alex Edmans considers whether the truism that "diversity is good for business" is actually true at all.