Category: Responsible Gambling

Redefining the Role: How Innovative Corporate Investigations Leaders Drive Impact Summary Historically, corporate investigations teams have been reactive compliance enforcers operating in silos. This article argues that modern investigations leaders are shifting to a proactive, business‑aligned model: they immerse themselves in operations, build trusted relationships across functions, and use investigations to surface both misconduct and […]

Weekly Roundup: August 29-September 4, 2025 Summary This roundup collects the Forum posts from 29 August to 4 September 2025. The pieces span antitrust concerns around overlapping directors, developments in the 2025 proxy season (including shareholder proposals and disclosure scrutiny), recent Delaware case law on directors’ investigative duties, ongoing litigation over California’s climate disclosure laws, […]

Rebalancing Retirement: How 401(k) Plans Exacerbate Inequality and What We Can Do About It Summary This article, drawing on a recent academic paper by Quinn Curtis, Leo E. Strine, Jr., and David Webber, argues that the US 401(k) system — subsidised to the tune of roughly 1.5% of GDP — is highly regressive and deepens […]

Weekly Roundup: September 5-11, 2025 Summary This roundup collects 12 posts published on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance during 5–11 September 2025. The items cover a wide set of boardroom and corporate governance issues: evolving roles in corporate investigations, sustainability team best practice, the US–EU trade framework’s ESG/CSR implications, board crisis preparedness, […]

Narrative Contradictions: The Invisible Governance Risk Summary Craig E. Carroll of the Observatory on Corporate Reputation argues that narrative contradictions — statements that are individually true but collectively inconsistent — have become a distinct and material governance risk. These contradictions typically stem from organisational complexity, shifting priorities and fragmented accountability rather than deliberate deceit. Yet […]

2025 Proxy Season Review: Volatility, Evolving Tactics and New Expectations for Shareholder Engagement Summary The 2025 proxy season was highly volatile: strong early activity gave way to a slowdown after the April 2 tariff announcement and further disruption when the SEC revised guidance on 13D/13G engagement rules. Authors Dan Scorpio and Sheila Ennis (H/Advisors Abernathy) […]

Do’s and Don’ts of Using AI: A Director’s Guide Summary This Harvard Law Forum piece gives practical guidance for company directors who are using AI tools in their corporate roles. It flags key risks — accidental disclosure of confidential information, discoverability of AI chats, lost privileges when transcribing counsel conversations, and the hazard of relying […]

The UPS Store’s CX Secret: Serve Two Customers, Not One Summary The UPS Store treats franchisees and end customers as dual customers — because end-customer experience can never outpace the franchisee experience. Sean O’Neal, VP of Retail Operations, explains how a culture of rapid recovery, a “high say-to-do ratio”, and fast feedback loops (double-blind NPS, […]

Individual entrepreneurial orientation: analyzing what we know, what we need to know, and future directions Summary This is a systematic literature review (SLR) of individual entrepreneurial orientation (Ind.EO) that synthesises 210 peer-reviewed articles (Q1–Q2) from Web of Science and Scopus through November 2024. The authors identify six thematic domains in Ind.EO research: construct development; performance […]

Defaulting alone: SME owner numbers and credit risk in Hungary Article Meta Article Date: 03 Jun 2025 Article URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472778.2025.2502090?af=R Article Image: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showCoverImage?journalCode=ujbm20 Summary This paper uses the Hungarian National Credit Registry (2007–2019) to examine how the number of owners in SMEs affects credit default probability. The author finds that micro-enterprises with a single owner […]