Business & Society Program | BSP Faculty Books, Research, and Awards

Senior Research Scientist Lucy Siers

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

Too Hot to Ignore: Extreme Heat in Garment Supply Chains

Clinical Professor Hans Taparia and Professor Bruce

Buchanan"Capture, Redesign, Release: A Non-Regulatory Remedy for Intractable Market Failure with Application to the Cigarette Industry"

Senior Research Scholar Michael D. Goldhaber

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

"Private Equity and Healthcare: Balancing Profit with Wellness"

Clinical Professor Michael Posner

Co-signer of an amicus curiae brief filed in Noem v. Al Otro Lado.

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-author

"Generative Organizational Learning: Affordances for New Modes of Knowledge Search, Creation, Transfer, and Forgetting with LLMs"

Professor Alison Taylor's book "Higher Ground" was named a Best Business Book of 2024 by the Financial Times.

Best Business Book of 2024

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors

(Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)

"Construal Level Stereotypes: Perceived Differences in Groups’ Abstract Versus Concrete Cognitive Tendencies"

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors

(Published in npj: Digital Medicine)

"Utilization of Generative AI-drafted Responses for Managing Patient-Provider Communication"

Professor Jonathan Haidt was named as a recipient of the Bezos Courage & Civility Award.

Bezos Courage & Civility Award

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors

"AI Rivalry as a Craft: How Resisting and Embracing Generative AI Are Reshaping the Writing Profession"

Clinical Professor Alison Taylor was shortlisted for the 2025 Thinkers 50 Leadership Award

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors

(Published in Journal of Medical Internet Research)

"Laypeople’s Use of and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models and Search Engines for Health Queries: Survey Study"

Jonathan Haidt received the Stern Faculty Impact Award in 2025
 

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld received the 2025 Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division Distinguished Scholar Award from the Academy of Management

2025 Managerial and Organizational  Cognition Division Distinguished Scholar Award

Professor Jonathan Haidt and co-author The Amazing Generation

(Published by Rocky Pond Books)

The Amazing Generation: How to Choose Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World

Michael Posner

Clinical Professor Michael Posner's book Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human Rights won the 2025 United States Prose Award in Business, Finance, and Management

Clinical Professor Michael Posner

(Published by NYU Press)

Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human Rights?

Research Scholar Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat and co-authors

"Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation"

Senior Research Scientist Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat

(Published as a chapter in Terrorism, Hate, Digital Culture: A Human Rights Approach)

"The (In)Human Right to Privacy and Freedom of Speech in Gaming Spaces"

Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

"‘We Want You To Be A Proud Boy’ How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence"

Research from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights was cited in a report from the FTC

Senior Research Scholar Michael D. Goldhaber

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

“Reimagining Shareholder Advocacy on Environmental and Social Issues: The Promise and Pitfalls of ‘E&S Stewardship’”

Clinical Professor Alison Taylor

2024 Porchlight Business Book Awards

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors

(Published in JAMA Network Open)

“Large Language Model–Based Responses to Patients’ In-Basket Messages”

Clinical Professor Hans Taparia and co-investigators 

Awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator

Adjunct Professor Christopher Wong Michaelson and co-author

(Published by Hachette Book Group)

Is Your Work Worth It? How to Think About Meaningful Work

Clinical Professor Tensie Whelan

Named Notable Leader in Sustainability by Crain's New York Business

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business

(Published by Deloitte)

“Unleashing Sustainable Value in Food and Agriculture”

Professor Jonathan Haidt

(Published by Penguin Random House)

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Professor Jonathan Haidt

“The Anxious Generation,” named the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books of 2024 list

Clinical Professor Alison Taylor

(Published by Harvard Business Review Press)

Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World

Clinical Professor Alison Taylor

"Higher Ground"  named Best Business and Management Book of 2024 by The Globe and Mail

Clinical Professor Alison Taylor

Book named the 2024 Business Book of the Year Longlist by the Financial Times and Schroders

Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett and co-authors

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

“Digital Risks to the 2024 Election: Safeguarding Democracy in the Era of Disinformation”

The Center for Business and Human Rights 

Filed an amicus brief in response to the Supreme Court case NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton

Clinical Professor Tensie Whelan, Research Fellow Ulrich Atz, and Senior Research Scholar Michael D. Goldhaber

“Hidden Figures: The State of Human Capital Disclosures for Sustainable Jobs” 

"Making ESG Real: A Return to Values-Driven Investing”

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

Professor Jonathan Haidt and Professor Steven Koonin 

Awarded inaugural Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

Clinical Professor Sonia Marciano and Clinical Professor Tensie Whelan 

Recognized as two of Poets & Quants' Best Undergraduate Professors of 2023

Research Scholar Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

“Reality Check: How to Protect Human Rights in the 3D Immersive Web”

Clinical Professor Maria Patterson and Professor Russell Winer 

Recognized as winners of the 2023 Stern Leadership Excellence Awards.

Tensie Whelan, announced as Distinguished Professor of Practice

Adjunct Professor Christopher van Bergen

(Published by Wiley)

Certifiable: How Businesses Operationalize Responsible Sourcing

Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett and co-author

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

“Safeguarding AI: Addressing the Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence”

Policy Advisor on Technology and Law Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat and Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

“Gaming The System: How Extremists Exploit Gaming Sites and What Can Be Done To Counter Them”

Professor Tensie Whelan and co-author

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business)

“The Road to Responsible Private Equity: A Responsible Investing Framework, Insights, and Cases Toward a Positive Pathway”

Center for Business and Human Rights 

Filed an amicus brief in response to the Supreme Court case Gonzalez vs. Google.

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-researchers

Received a $743,451 grant from the National Science Foundation

Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors

(Published in Nature Machine Intelligence)
 

“AI Model Transferability in Healthcare: A Sociotechnical Perspective”

Adjunct Professor Alison Taylor 

Named recipient of The SustainabilityX® Magazine's inaugural Global 50 Women In Sustainability Awards 2022

Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett

(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)

“Spreading The Big Lie: How Social Media Sites Have Amplified False Claims of U.S. Election Fraud”

Center for Sustainable Business

Received a $290,000 grant from the Commonwealth Fund