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Andrew John Hoffman is a scholar of environmental issues and sustainable business. He is the Holcim Professor in Sustainable Enterprise… more

Andrew J. Hoffman
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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Will September 2025 be the point at which social media jumped the shark and began rapidly accelerating its transition from the place to be seen (through a flattering Instagram filter), to a gaudy backwater of the internet inhabited by those with nothing better to do?

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Have we passed peak social media?
As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away
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✨Business can and should be a force for good. The Management as a Calling workshop invites faculty to reimagine business education with purpose and moral clarity.
🗓 12–14 Feb 2026
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⏰ Applications due 1 Dec.
🔎 Learn more from @andyhoffman.bsky.social
Join the Management as a Calling Workshop
The Management as a Calling Workshop will take place at the University of Notre Dame, from 12–14 February 2026.
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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For business school professors interested in learning how to bring hashtag#character formation into the classroom - the Management as a Calling Workshop.

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Management as a Calling Workshop | Institute for Social Concerns
Management as a Calling: A Training Program February 12–14, 2026University of Notre Dame Business has the power to shape the world—let’s make sure we’re using it wisely. Too often, business education ...
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When the world's biggest insurer says climate change has pushed traditional home insurance to its limits, it's already too late to start preparing. And we are in no way ready for a post-insurance world.

Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com

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Home Insurance as You Know It Is Doomed. You’re Not Ready.
The remedies for homeowners so far aren’t preparing them for a financially stable existence as the risk of disaster increases.
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Reposted by: Andrew J. Hoffman, Cathy N. Davidson, Julie Novkov , and 2 more

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We asked major AI chatbots to help craft a phishing scam. They did. From fake charities to urgent pleas, the bots delivered. This investigation shows how generative AI is fueling fraud — and why it’s so hard to stop. Read our findings here: reut.rs/3K400yU
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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Out of the Woods: Business Education as Finding One’s Calling.

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Out of the Woods: Business Education as Finding One’s Calling | Institute for Social Concerns
It’s Friday early in the fall semester, and a group of students from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business board a bus for what Professor Andy Hoffman calls “a four-hour ride into the w...
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
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Reposted by: Andrew J. Hoffman, Michael E. Mann, Michael Wagner , and 27 more

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RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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The University of Michigan’s former president Santa Ono has landed a new job in the United Kingdom. Ono has been appointed as Ellison Institute of Technology Global’s president, the institute announced in a release. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Santa Ono lands new job at United Kingdom institute
The University of Michigan's former president resigned earlier this year.
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

andyhoffman.bsky.social
J.B. MacKinnon on Why He’s Suing the AI Giants. The Vancouver author leads class-action suits claiming firms used stolen, copyrighted Canadian works and covered it up. via @thetyee.ca

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J.B. MacKinnon on Why He’s Suing the AI Giants | The Tyee
The Vancouver author leads class-action suits claiming firms used stolen, copyrighted Canadian works and covered it up. A Tyee Q&A.
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The richest 1% of Americans now have 5x more wealth than the bottom 50%.

Meanwhile, 59% of Americans can't cover a $1000 emergency expense.

Strengthening collective labor rights may reduce economic inequality, according to political scientists. buff.ly/SHI9BwJ
Strengthening collective labor rights can help reduce economic inequality
A research team’s findings suggest that when workers are free to advocate for better wages and benefits for themselves, it also benefits society as a whole.
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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Republicans who backed Trump’s anti-environment bill have accepted over $105m from big oil. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes billions of dollars in giveaways to fossil fuel companies and their executives.

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Republicans who backed Trump’s anti-environment bill have accepted over $105m from big oil
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes billions of dollars in giveaways to fossil fuel companies and their executives
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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Big Oil heeds call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ in bet green transition will slow. Energy groups are refocusing on exploration in anticipation of the world remaining hooked on fossil fuels for decades. via @financialtimes.com

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Big Oil heeds call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ in bet green transition will slow
Energy groups are refocusing on exploration in anticipation of the world remaining hooked on fossil fuels for decades
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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Is the future insurable? Global climate change is shrinking the range of insurability. www.insuranceforgood.org/isthefuturei...
is the future insurable — Insurance for Good
No society has ever been able to insure everything, but under the right circumstances, insurance markets can thrive. Where that has happened, insurance has quietly evolved from a niche product to bein...
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#ICYMI: What does it take to lead in a world facing ecological crisis?

Professor @andyhoffman.bsky.social joined Motley Fool Money to explore what business school is missing – and how corporate leaders can step up to meet today's sustainability challenges.

🎧 Listen below.
What Business School is Missing
Podcast Episode · Motley Fool Money · 07/27/2025 · 17m
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What happens when you take sustainability out of the classroom?

You get Erb on the Road – an immersive, on-the-ground learning opportunity with policy advocates, nonprofit leaders, and corporate changemakers across Michigan.

Learn more about how we're connecting theory with action:
Beyond the Classroom: Erb on the Road Brings Business Sustainability to Life - U-M Erb
How can GRI sustainability certifications help MBA student? One Erb Institute dual-degree student dives in to find out.
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@lauraknelson.bsky.social @stecklov.bsky.social @somardrawoh.bsky.social @mclevey.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Opinion | Reimagining the Humanities to Make Them A.I.-Proof
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’ If AI can analyze information, crunch data and deliver a slick PowerPoint deck within seconds, how does the biggest name in consulting stay relevant?

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AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’
If AI can analyze information, crunch data and deliver a slick PowerPoint deck within seconds, how does the biggest name in consulting stay relevant?
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom. lithub.com/what-happene...
What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English Classroom
My students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on t…
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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“Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College” nymag.com/intelligence...
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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Buddhist teachings caution against creating AI avatars of deceased loved ones.

The practice may deepen our attachment to illusions and interfere with healthy grieving processes.
It is becoming easier to create AI avatars of the deceased − here is why Buddhism would caution against it
A scholar of Buddhism explains why creating a digital afterlife for loved ones may cause us to miss critical moments for genuine transformation and connection.
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The Motley Fool Money podcast interviewed @andyhoffman.bsky.social about his new book, Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market.

Watch the full interview:
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by Andrew J. Hoffman

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It was a real pleasure talking with Motley Fool hosts David Meier and Rich Lumelleau about my new book and ways to improve business education. @themotleyfool.bsky.social
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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · Jul 29
The Motley Fool Money podcast interviewed @andyhoffman.bsky.social about his new book, Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market. #ReadUP

Watch the full interview here:
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Or listen here:
What Business School is Missing - Motley Fool Money
So what is the role of business? Motley Fool contributor Rich Lumelleau and Motley Fool analyst Dave Meier talk with Andy Hoffman, Professor at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and Sch...
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stanfordpress.bsky.social
The Motley Fool Money podcast interviewed @andyhoffman.bsky.social about his new book, Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market. #ReadUP

Watch the full interview here:
players.brightcove.net/627339321000...

Or listen here:
What Business School is Missing - Motley Fool Money
So what is the role of business? Motley Fool contributor Rich Lumelleau and Motley Fool analyst Dave Meier talk with Andy Hoffman, Professor at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and Sch...
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💰 ⌛ "The inherent contradiction between journalistic integrity & corporate profits was a ticking time bomb in American society, but for decades it remained submerged, like so many others."

READ HERE: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Text with a quote from an article called The Death of Objectivity. Here is the text: The inherent contradiction between journalistic integrity and corporate profits was a ticking time bomb in American society, but for decades it remained submerged, like so many others.
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The Yale Center for Business and the Environment hosted author @andyhoffman.bsky.social for a book discussion on Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market. You can watch the video of the full conversation now

#ReadUP
Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market
YouTube video by Yale Center for Business and the Environment
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Out now! Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market by @andyhoffman.bsky.social explains the intellectual foundation MBA students, faculty, and administrators need to reform capitalism and restore its noble purpose for the 21st century. #ReadUP

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Book cover of Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market: Correcting the Systemic Failures of Shareholder Capitalism by Andrew J. Hoffman
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“The reality is that climate change and inequality are system breakdowns caused by capitalism...These are the products of the market as it's designed. If we want to fix them, we have to change the market.”

@andyhoffman.bsky.social spoke to @umich.edu SEAS about the future of business schools
Why business schools must rethink curriculum to adjust to realities of climate change, inequality
“Business schools are waking up to the issue of climate change,” says Andy Hoffman, whose new book, Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market, addresses why business schools have a responsib...
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Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market by @andyhoffman.bsky.social was featured on
@financialtimes.com's "Business Books: what to read this month"
Business books: what to read this month
Taylor Swift, the philosophy of AI, and imagining an anti-capitalist business school
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The Next Big Idea Club highlighted @andyhoffman.bsky.social's Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market

"We need to fundamentally rethink business school and what it teaches.We must stop teaching outdated models and ideas, such as that the firm’s purpose is to make money for shareholders"
A New Curriculum for the Future of Business School
Author Andrew Hoffman shares 5 key insights from his new book, Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market: Correcting the Systemic Failures of Shareholder Capitalism.
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