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The Lingering Cost of Instant Fashion

Harvard Business

Consumers should understand the side effects of business models — particularly the privatization of profit and the socialization of costs, including human and environmental harm.

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When AI Becomes the New Face of Your Brand

Harvard Business

As brands assume more and more AI functionality, businesses must proactively manage any potential ethical and legal concerns. And then there are ethical challenges. Amazon, for example, recently added a camera to its Alexa/Echo platform so the company can use its AI technology to offer personality-driven fashion advice.

Ethics 127
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MIT Media Lab’s Joi Ito on Digital Innovation and Disruption

BCG

The Lab is supported by more than 80 members—including some of the world’s leading corporations—representing such diverse fields as electronics, entertainment, fashion, health care, and telecommunications. Soon after coming to MIT, Ito introduced mindfulness meditation training to the Media Lab.

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Our Biases Undermine Our Colleagues’ Attempts to Be Authentic

Harvard Business

By 1799, the fashion landscape was primed for redefinition and adjustments to previous styles. Enter Beau Brummell , a British “dandy” from the lower class who climbed the social ladder by providing fashion advice to wealthy elites.

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PEST Analysis

Tom Spencer

STEEPLED: Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Legal, Ethical, and Demographic. Fashions, fads, trends, role models, and influential personalities. Prohibitions, taboos, and ethical issues. PESTELI: Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal, and Industry Analysis. Social norms (e.g.

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Leveling Up: Consulting Skills for an AI-Powered World

Tom Spencer

For example, in a retail setting, let’s say a fashion clothing client wants to understand the purchasing behaviour of their customers. The data analysis may reveal that many customers are looking for sustainable and ethical clothing options.

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Working as a Prison Guard Convinced Me That Bosses Should Never, Ever Date Subordinates

Harvard Business

At 22, I was lonely, living in a new city, and handling the transition from college to the real world in a reluctant fashion. In prison, the ethics and the tradeoff were apparent. For the employee, a transfer can be interpreted as a punishment since the manager is the one who is obliged to act ethically in this situation.