The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics is pleased to announce the recipients of their annual faculty and doctoral research grants for the 2019-2020 academic year for projects pertaining to the topics of business ethics, values based leadership, corporate social responsibility, governance, workplace culture, and the future of work. This year, the Center was proud to sponsor four research projects under the newly established Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership, which is a joint initiative between Columbia Business School and Columbia Law school to develop and design curricula, programming, and research which imparts lifelong leadership lessons and teaches the skills and strategies necessary to create optimal organizational cultures.  In line with the mission of the Center, the research will help provide new tools and frameworks in which to think critically about leadership, ethical conflicts, and the future of work across industries in order to better prepare future business leaders at Columbia Business School. The Center plans on presenting the research findings at a colloquium to be hosted during the 2020-2021 academic year.  Faculty Grant Recipients: Wei Jiang, Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise, Finance Department Research Project: “Women in the Boardroom: Why does Change come at a Glacial Pace?” Christian Moser, Assistant Professor of Business, Economics Department Research Project:  “The Value of Leadership and Workplace Attributes in the Labor Market” Dan Wang, David W. Zalaznick Associate Professor of Business, Management Division Research Project: "Does Diversity Bolster Social Activism Against Corporations? An Experimental Study” Doctoral Grant Recipients: Shayan Dashmiz, Finance Division Research Project: “Concavified Contracts: A Remedy for Managerial Risk-Taking” Zaijia Liu, Management Division Research Project: “Reactions to Observed Norm Violations: Differences between Moral and Conventional Domains and the Differential Role of Internalization” Jenna Song, Management Division Research Project:  “Empty Claims or Real Commitments? Decoupling and the Gender Pay Gap”  Yegor Tkachenko, Marketing Division Research Project: “Toward an Ethical Clearing House: Scalable Ranking Under Ethical Constraints”