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Responsibilities to Investors (Abridged)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Case HBS-319066-EEconomicsThis note focuses on managers' responsibilities-economic, legal, and ethical-to investors. In capitalist and some socialist economies, these responsibilities traditionally have been grounded in fiduciary duties and are typically part of the common law or statutory law or are incorporated in civil codes. But, as this note will show, fiduciary obligations are deeply intertwined with economic and ethical responsibilities.Starting at €8.20
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How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions (Spanish version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R1609JEconomicsThe toughest calls managers have to make come in situations when they have worked hard to gather the facts and have done the best analysis they can, but they still don't know what to do. Then judgment--a fusion of thinking, feelings, experience, imagination, and character--becomes critical. The author offers five practical questions to improve your odds of making sound judgments: (1) What are the net, net consequences of all my options? (2) What ...Starting at €8.20