/ en /news/2021-08/how-activist-investors-risk-triggering-even-more-automation-job-losses-and-wealth <span>How Activist Investors Risk Triggering Even More Automation, Job Losses, and Wealth Inequality</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:36</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_associated_people" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-associated-people"> <h2>In This Story</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-associated-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">People Mentioned in This Story</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/dhorstme" hreflang="en">Derek Horstmeyer</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/profiles/lgringpe" hreflang="en">Lisa M. Gring-Pemble</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In an op-ed for <em>MarketWatch, </em>Associate Professor of Finance Derek Horstmeyer and Associate Professor of Business Foundations and Co-Executive Director of the Business for a Better World Center Lisa Gring-Pemble say that ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investors’ blanket demands may have unintended consequences.</p> <p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-activist-investors-risk-triggering-even-more-automation-job-losses-and-wealth-inequality-2020-06-16" target="_blank" title="How activist investors risk triggering even more automation, job losses and wealth inequality">Read the full article</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12616" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Opinions in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:36:57 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50786 at /news/2021-08/outside-box-look-government-force-boards-diversify-if-companies-wont <span>Outside the Box: Look For the Government to Force Boards to Diversify if Companies Won’t</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:33</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>In an op-ed for <em>MarketWatch, </em>Executive in Residence of the Business for a Better World Center Rashed Hasan says that for meaningful change to occur, the boards of companies must be reformed — how they are selected, who sits on them, and what perspectives they bring to the table — if we want to drive meaningful, lasting change.</p> <p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/look-for-the-government-to-force-boards-to-diversify-if-companies-wont-2020-12-01" target="_blank" title="Look for the government to force boards to diversify if companies won’t">Read the full article</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12616" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Opinions in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:33:29 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50781 at /news/2021-08/higher-federal-minimum-wage-not-sufficient-it-time-companies-share-profits-workers <span>A Higher Federal Minimum Wage is not Sufficient. It is Time for Companies to Share Profits with Workers</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/791" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">Marianne Klinker</span></span> <span>Tue, 08/24/2021 - 14:28</span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Body</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Executive in Residence at the Business for a Better World Center M. Rashed Hasan wrote an op-ed for <em>Business Insider</em> on minimum wage. </p> <p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-minimum-wage-not-enough-companies-must-share-profits-2021-3" target="_blank" title="A Higher Federal Minimum Wage is not Sufficient. It is Time for Companies to Share Profits with Workers">Read the full article</a>. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12416" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12616" hreflang="en">Business for a Better World Opinions in the News</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:28:01 +0000 Marianne Klinker 50776 at