Overview

The Society & Organizations Institute is an interdisciplinary Institute at HEC Paris Business School that brings together over 60 researchers and professors. Together, we carry out research, teach and implement ideas to organize and lead our responses to the daunting challenges of our time. These contemporary challenges include climatic constraints, social inequality, loss of purpose, technological disruption, epidemics, social contestation, ethical imperatives, and liberalization and regulation. The S&O Institute with its three centers: Purposeful Leadership, Inclusive & Social Business and Climate & Earth, addresses key challenges following the THINK, TEACH, ACT approach. Its mission statement is to contribute to our understanding of contemporary challenges, support anyone with a role to play in ecological and social transition, and prepare future generations of managers to lead in these complicated times. We seek to participate in a re-foundation of business and market organization, inside-out through research, education and action, and outside-in through the recognition of key stakeholders, including investors, civil society, and regulators.