Insights

Rethinking food disposal with Baldor Food’s Thomas McQuillan
McQuillan, Baldor’s VP of corporate strategy, culture, and sustainability, talks to students about innovations in the food industry to reduce food waste.

Addressing challenges, finding opportunities where business and sustainability meet
The Sustainable Global Enterprise immersion blurs the lines between applied research, teaching, and engagement with organizations.

The college scam defendants’ privilege is following them into court
Robert Frank, economics professor at Johnson, weighs in on why, all too often, legal outcomes are based on the ability of defendants to pay for A-List representation.

Fishing for funding: Speaker talks challenges where sustainability, finance intersect
Neel Inamdar ’90, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise speaker, discusses the challenges in attracting impact investments to sustainable fisheries.

Ethics speaker Kristin Behfar: Effective team leadership is ethical leadership
Kristin Behfar, PhD ’03, professor at U.S. Army War College, sees effectively leading a high-performing team as a manager’s ethical responsibility.

Beyond #MeToo: Re-examining sexual harassment in the workplace
Dean Wooten and co-author Erika James re-examine their original findings amidst a sea of recent sexual assault allegations.

Living in an age of inequality: Perspectives from the business world
Two deans and three faculty members from the SC Johnson College offered a multilayered discussion on business and technology in the age of rising inequality.

Destinations at Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism
Mark Milstein and the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise co-authored a report describing how destinations must uncover and account for tourism’s hidden costs.

Cornell law student and EMI’s Casanova discuss Operation Car Wash
Operation Car Wash, Brazil’s ongoing investigation of systemic corruption, exposed money-laundering schemes at Petrobras and other state-owned organizations.