Business & Society Program
BSP Faculty Books, Research, and Awards
Books, Research, and Awards
2026
- Senior Research Scholar Michael D. Goldhaber
"Private Equity and Healthcare: Balancing Profit with Wellness"
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- Clinical Professor Michael Posner was a 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.
- Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors
"Construal Level Stereotypes: Perceived Differences in Groups’ Abstract Versus Concrete Cognitive Tendencies"
(Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin)
2025
- Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors
"Utilization of Generative AI-drafted Responses for Managing Patient-Provider Communication"
(Published in npj: Digital Medicine)
- Professor Jonathan Haidt was named as a recipient of the 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
"Laypeople’s Use of and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models and Search Engines for Health Queries: Survey Study"
(Published in Journal of Medical Internet Research)
- Jonathan Haidt received the Stern Faculty Impact Award
- Professor Batia Wiesenfeld received the 2025 Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division Distinguished Scholar Award from the Academy of Management
- Professor Jonathan Haidt and co-author
The Amazing Generation: How to Choose Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
(Published by Rocky Pond Books)
- 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
2024
- Clinical Professor Michael Posner
Conscience Incorporated: Pursue Profits While Protecting Human Rights?
(Published by NYU Press)
- Research Scholar Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat and co-authors
"Covert Campaigns: Safeguarding Encrypted Messaging Platforms from Voter Manipulation"
- Senior Research Scientist Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
"The (In)Human Right to Privacy and Freedom of Speech in Gaming Spaces"
(Published as a chapter in Terrorism, Hate, Digital Culture: A Human Rights Approach)
- Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett
"‘We Want You To Be A Proud Boy’ How Social Media Facilitates Political Intimidation and Violence"
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- 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
“Reimagining Shareholder Advocacy on Environmental and Social Issues: The Promise and Pitfalls of ‘E&S Stewardship’”
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- Clinical Professor Alison Taylor was named a winner of the 2024 Porchlight Business Book Awards
- Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors
“Large Language Model–Based Responses to Patients’ In-Basket Messages”
(Published in JAMA Network Open)
- Clinical Professor Hans Taparia and co-investigators were awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator
- Adjunct Professor Christopher Wong Michaelson and co-author
Is Your Work Worth It? How to Think About Meaningful Work
(Published by Hachette Book Group)
- Clinical Professor Tensie Whelan was named a Notable Leader in Sustainability by Crain's New York Business
- NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
“Unleashing Sustainable Value in Food and Agriculture”
(Published by Deloitte)
- Professor Jonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
(Published by Penguin Random House)
- Professor Jonathan Haidt’s book, “The Anxious Generation,” was named to the Wall Street Journal’s 10 Best Books of 2024 list
- Clinical Professor Alison Taylor
Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World
(Published by Harvard Business Review Press)
- Clinical Professor Alison Taylor's book "Higher Ground" was named a Best Business and Management Book of 2024 by The Globe and Mail
- Clinical Professor Alison Taylor's book was named to 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
“Digital Risks to the 2024 Election: Safeguarding Democracy in the Era of Disinformation”
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- The Center for Business and Human Rights filed an amicus brief in response to the Supreme Court case NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton
2023
- Clinical Professor Tensie Whelan and Research Fellow Ulrich Atz
“Hidden Figures: The State of Human Capital Disclosures for Sustainable Jobs”Senior Research Scholar Michael D. Goldhaber
- “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 were awarded the inaugural Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Clinical Professor Sonia Marciano and Clinical Professor Tensie Whelan were recognized as two of Poets & Quants' Best Undergraduate Professors of 2023
- Research Scholar Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
“Reality Check: How to Protect Human Rights in the 3D Immersive Web”
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- Clinical Professor Maria Patterson and Professor Russell Winer were recognized as the winners of the 2023 Stern Leadership Excellence Awards.
- Several new holders of endowed chair titles, distinguished professorships, and fellowship recipients were recently announced: Tensie Whelan, Distinguished Professor of Practice.
- Adjunct Professor Christopher van Bergen
Certifiable: How Businesses Operationalize Responsible Sourcing
(Published by Wiley)
- Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett and co-author
“Safeguarding AI: Addressing the Risks of Generative Artificial Intelligence”
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- Policy Advisor on Technology and Law Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat and Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett
“Gaming The System: How Extremists Exploit Gaming Sites and What Can Be Done To Counter Them”
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- Professor Tensie Whelan and co-author
“The Road to Responsible Private Equity: A Responsible Investing Framework, Insights, and Cases Toward a Positive Pathway”
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business)
- The Center for Business and Human Rights filed an amicus brief in response to the Supreme Court case Gonzalez vs. Google.
2022
- Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-researchers received a $743,451 grant from the National Science Foundation
- Professor Batia Wiesenfeld and co-authors
“AI Model Transferability in Healthcare: A Sociotechnical Perspective”
(Published in Nature Machine Intelligence)
- Adjunct Professor Alison Taylor was named a recipient of The SustainabilityX® Magazine's inaugural Global 50 Women In Sustainability Awards 2022
- Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar Paul Barrett
“Spreading The Big Lie: How Social Media Sites Have Amplified False Claims of U.S. Election Fraud”
(Published by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights)
- The Center for Sustainable Business received a $290,000 grant from the Commonwealth Fund