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US Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, highlights the need to balance regulation and innovation when it comes to embracing AI in medicine.

Keeping secrets on behalf of workplace has both positive and negative effects on well-being at work according to a new Columbia Business School study

On October 1st, the Global Family Enterprise Program held its inaugural Owners' Day, a milestone event that brought together family enterprise leaders, students, alumni, and experts to explore the evolving role of ownership in today’s world. The event showcased the potential for family enterprises to not only drive economic success but to lead with values and create sustainable, positive change across industries, communities, and generations.

Columbia Business School research finds Black and white workers quit jobs for different reasons, highlighting racial disparities

New Research Shows U.S. Voters’ Ability to Identify Real News Hinges on Education and Income, Not Political Alignment

For its 15th anniversary, the award for operational excellence recognizes executives Ford, of Land O’Lakes, Inc., and Sweet, of Accenture

Prior to 2009, women made up only 8 percent of the directors of U.S. corporate boards. By 2019, the figure increased to 19 percent among public firms, but for private firms it was roughly unchanged. Despite mandates, goals, and rhetoric, progress toward board diversity is what commentators have referred to as "glacial." New research affiliated with the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership under the auspices of the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School examines a critical factor for achieving and sustaining a faster pace of change.

The gender pay gap is a hot topic among business leaders, policy makers and the public. The difference between men’s and women’s salaries is a clear-cut measure of gender equity. Yet, it doesn’t tell the whole story. A limited focus on pay excludes the value of non-pay job attributes, such as benefits, hours flexibility and other amenities. New research affiliated with the Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership under the auspices of the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School explores these non-pay attributes, which are often valued differently by men and women in the labor force. Thus, policies that strive to improve gender equity in the workplace must include both pay and non-pay aspects of employment. However, measuring the relative importance of non-pay attributes in the labor market is notoriously challenging.

Digital media platforms such as Netflix, Facebook, and TikTok are under increasing scrutiny regarding the ethical implications of their personalized content recommendations. To combat bias and avoid skewed content suggestions, sophisticated algorithms can perform additional layers of analysis to ensure that recommendations give space to topics such as racial equity, sexuality, and political persuasion. However, doing this in real time with the conventional algorithmic approach would greatly increase page-load times and create a frustrating user experience. New research affiliated with the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics sets out a new, faster method for applying ethical constraints to produce responsible content recommendations.

Policymakers and international organizations like the United Nations have suspected that local banks play a role in improving healthcare outcomes in developing countries. New research affiliated with the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics takes a broad look at bank services in developing countries and uncovers surprising links between healthcare marketplaces and positive community outcomes.