Following the publication of their award-winning paper in Administrative Science Quarterly, which examined how local communities shape business responses to social issues, School of Management academics Enrico Forti and Joost Rietveld joined co-author Alessandro Piazza (Rice University) for a conversation with digital platform Faculti. The discussion dives into the motivations behind the research and its implications for businesses navigating societal challenges.

The social structure of local communities has a powerful influence on whether businesses take a stand on controversial and societal issues, finds a new award-winning study, now published in Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ).