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Pay For Success and Social Innovation Financing: Serving Santa Clara County's Mentally Ill Residents
Brest, P; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-SI133-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeIn 2016, Santa Clara County was launching a six-year project aimed at reducing the enormous costs of treating its most acute mental health care patients − $45 million a year − while improving their treatment and quality of life. For the project, the county chose a new model called "Pay for Success" (PFS), in which governments only pay service providers if their efforts are successful. By contrast, in the traditional payment model, providers bill...Starting at €8.20
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Can an "Ethical" Bank Support Guns and Fracking? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Marquis, Christopher; Almandoz, JuanArticle HBS-R1404L-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs the founder of a new "ethical" bank focused on environmental sustainability, Jay McGuane realizes that he has to come up with clear rules about how the board should make decisions on "values" grounds--and quickly. Already, the bank is facing loan approvals involving two hot-button issues. Without clear guidelines, the bank's directors may fall into bitter squabbling, which could lead to resignations, negative media attention, and a flight of i...Starting at €8.20