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Professor Ed Freeman’s new The Stakeholder Podcast features interviews with some of the world’s best theorists, policy makers, scholars, authors, and practitioners of stakeholder thinking. In a recent episode, Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne shares what stakeholder theory has to do with her research and teaching and project management.

Many of us want to act in alignment with our values, but it’s often easier said than done. Giving Voice to Values (GVV) is an innovative approach to standing up for values under pressure. Here, GVV pioneer Mary Gentile shares a portion of her journey in finding the answer to “Once I know what I believe is right, how can I enact it effectively?”

The goal of social justice movements is to bring about deep institutional and community change, and it’s unavoidable that such a massive mission would spark intense debates. But what happens when people bring that passion to the workplace? Leaders need to be prepared for how to handle sensitive emotional issues among organizational stakeholders.

As we close Women’s History Month, some of Darden’s many female faculty experts share wisdom on leadership and business. Here they offer guidance in advancing to leadership positions, creating trust, race in the workplace, leading mindfully through crisis and supporting female entrepreneurs in emerging economies.

Professor Mike Lenox and Senior Researcher Becky Duff at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business talk with the Batten Institute’s Sean Carr about their new book on what it will take to decarbonize the economy. Not just one sector. Every sector. And their insights have big implications for every business leader, investor and policymaker

Investor tax credit programs are often touted as effective ways to promote high-growth entrepreneurship, job creation and economic growth. Professor Ting Xu’s study of angel tax credit programs in the U.S. provides new insights about their impact, raising serious concerns about using investor subsidies to promote entrepreneurship.

New research by Darden Professor Gaurav Chiplunkar tracks the rise and fall of dowry in India and analyzes common theories about trends in the practice, as well as offers speculation on mitigating it: “As there is a public interest in eliminating dowry due to harmful effects, education may be an effective strategy to fight it.”

Design Thinking, Agile and Lean are ways of innovating that focus on building products and services that create customer value and take the risk out of development and delivery processes. But each method has a specific focus and combination of tools, as well as suitability for different projects.

Assistant Professor Gaurav Chiplunkar is in the Global Economies and Markets area.

What kinds of political and social institutions matter in confronting disaster—and how do they affect a country’s response? Darden Professor Gaurav Chiplunkar examined how nations addressed the COVID-19 pandemic, measuring variables like democracy, freedom of press and trust in government.