Tag: Human Rights & Business Initiative
Peterson Speaker Series with Chip Bergh, President & CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
December 30, 2020
Written by Madeleine Wong, B.S. ’22 and CRB Student Advisory Board member On December 1st, the Center for Responsible Business (CRB)’s Peterson Speaker Series and the Berkeley Haas Dean’s Speaker Series hosted Chip Bergh, the President…
Advancing corporate climate action using a human rights‒based approach
February 16, 2020
Written by Stacey King, MBA ’20 As we encounter more severe and destructive climate disasters globally, more people, including activists, politicians, and scientists, are calling for business to play a greater role in the climate crisis. The…
Human Rights & Business Initiative: Advancing Respect for Human Rights Around the World
July 09, 2019
Business has an important role and responsibility in building respect for human rights around the world. From modern slavery to digital privacy, the Center for Responsible Business believes human rights considerations must be core to every business…
AI for Social Impact: Designing for More Inclusive Artificial Intelligence
April 29, 2019
Written by Jeff Hartsough, MBA Candidate Class of 2019 and Ada Maksutaj, MBA Candidate Class of 2020 On March 7th, the Center for Responsible Business and the Human Rights Center, in collaboration with Microsoft, hosted the third annual conference…
Negotiating Human Rights Solutions in Business: The Case of Politically Motivated Disinformation and the Responsibility of Platform Companies
December 11, 2018
Written by: Julia Russo, Political Economy Major at UC Berkeley Business can affect the realization of human rights along every point of the value chain. A new class offered by the Center for Responsible Business at Berkeley Haas, Negotiating Human…
The Future of Work: Leveraging Technology and Bolstering Public-Private Partnerships to Create a More Sustainable Labor Market
April 02, 2018
By Antoine Orard, CRB Human Rights & Business Student Lead & Full-time MBA ’19 candidate Thinking about the future of work can be quite frightening. A recent McKinsey report estimated that automation could displace about 800 million jobs…
Utilizing Technology to Advance Freedom of Expression
November 02, 2017
By Antoine Orard, CRB Human Rights & Business Student Lead & Full-time MBA ’19 candidate “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it…
Welcome Newest Members of 2017 CRB Student Advisory Board
October 23, 2017
The Center for Responsible Business is pleased to announce the newest members of our Student Advisory Board*. The Student Advisory Board is composed of students who help the CRB continue to question the status quo, as a sounding board for new…
2016-17 CRB Year in Brief: Letter from the Executive Director
October 04, 2017
Dear Friends of the Center for Responsible Business: The 2017-18 academic year is off and running. The campus is abuzz with students and the first year MBAs have been pounding down the CRB doors and filling our “Coffee with the CRB” chats to…
The Sustainability and Human Rights Story Behind Your Jeans
April 27, 2017
Shanna Hoversten, CRB Student Advisory Board & MBA/MPH ‘17 I am a long-time Levi Straus & Company (LS&Co.) customer. As a Bay Area native, I’ve visited the company’s flagship store in San Francisco countless times, and…
