
Corporate Reckoning
How Businesses Can Address Historical Wrongs
$96.18
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
26 May 2026
Summary
Increasingly, corporate executives find themselves called upon to atone for their predecessors’ moral transgressions. While many are prepared to address inherited failed product lines or dysfunctional teams, few know how to handle demands that their enterprise address legacies of mass atrocity such as slavery, genocide, or colonialism. In Corporate Reckoning, Sarah Federman provides a corporate atonement model for corporate leaders and employees across industries around the world.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262053761 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262053764 |
| Author: | Sarah Federman |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 26 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 152mm |
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ENDORSEMENTS“Corporate Reckoning challenges leaders to confront not just the future they want to create but the past they prefer to forget. A vital guide for anyone serious about building a truly net positive company.”—Paul Polman, business leader, investor, philanthropist“In this courageous and beautifully written book, Sarah Federman draws on powerful narratives, rigorous research, and a rare moral clarity. Anyone concerned with the future of responsible organizing should read this book.”—Roy Suddaby, University of Victoria, Canada“An illuminating survey of contemporary institutional remedies and a clarion call for reparatory action. Both organizational leaders and the advocates who keep after them will find sound advice and inspiring cases within this highly engaging and timely book.”—Margaret Burnham, Northeastern University; author of By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners “Professor Federman’s book is an important contribution to the growing literature about corporate accountability.”—Paul Hoffman, UC Irvine School of Law
About The Author
Sarah Federman
Sarah Federman is Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies.
She is the author of the award-winning books:
- Transformative Negotiation
- Last Train to Auschwitz
She is also the coauthor of two anthologies:
- Introduction to Conflict Resolution
- Narratives of Mass Atrocity
In 2022, Federman testified before Congress concerning the responsibility of US banks to respond to their slavery ties. Her TEDx talk on this topic has been selected by TED’s main conference for wider promotion.
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