Scholarly Articles

Whether a company expects to remain in existence for a reasonable time into the future is a fundamental consideration for investors and creditors when evaluating investment alternatives.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued its long-awaited new standard on the accounting for leases in Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, on February 25, 2016.

In recent years, sustainability reporting has increasingly become common practice by large corporations.

On April 25, 2014, Garthen Leslie and Ben Kaufman, Quirky founder and CEO, appeared on the Bloomberg television show, In the Loop, hosted by Betty Liu, to discuss how they had teamed up&nbsp

This paper presents a challenging and interactive legal, policy, and ethics exercise for business students which engages them to explore “nonmarket” (social, political, and legal) issues related

In 1522, Ignatius Loyola left his home in the Basque region of Spain for a 500 mile trek that included life-changing stops in Montserrat and Manresa.

The goal of this essay is to describe a unique approach to business ethics education pioneered at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management over the last nine years.

To make real progress on what can only be classified as environmental emergencies, we need a wide base of public consensus for action given that public motivation and involvement is a prerequisit

Inspired by Pope Francis’s call for a new journey that instills the importance of conservation and care for the environment, we propose a practical model that mathematically incorporates sustaina

It’s never easy for an industry leader to turn its back on everything that had fueled its extraordinary success.

The music industry has long been a symbol of the damaging potential of the Internet.

Judi and Terry Paul, the founders and principal owners of Renaissance Learning (“RLRN”), were vocal in their objections of the potential sale of RLRN to Plato Learning, Inc. (“Plato”).

The articles also share at least one other theme: the observation that too few people are influencing the fate of the earth.

This study analyzes sustainability concepts through the lens of Roman Catholic Social Teaching (CST) with a special emphasis on Laudato Si’.

The world is facing significant threats from inequality and climate change, both of which are potential sources of societal and civilizational instability.

In 2015, Pope Francis released his second papal encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home (Francis, 2015), the central idea of which is the Holy Father’s concern for the future of our

This decision-based case is concerned with the proposed acquisition agreement of The Valspar Corporation by The Sherwin-Williams Company.

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn intends to introduce the first mass-produced all-electric car, the Leaf, in December 2010.

The Downtown Development Corporation (DDC) in Fletcher, NE was a non-profit organization that organized events in downtown Fletcher, a small community that underwent a downtown revitalization.

Nick Servies, the founder and owner of Scarlet Lane Brewing Company, was faced with a dilemma.