A new Stanford Social Innovation Review series examines how organizations should handle disagreement. Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life is proud to be a co-presenter of this series. Tisch College Professor of the Practice Ahmmad Brown is the curator and editor, and our colleague Nancy Marks even provided the professional art.

The first article is by our dean, Dayna Cunningham, and me. It is entitled “The Civic Stakes of Organizational Disagreement.” We consider the value of disagreement and dissent in different kinds of organizations (a social movement, a firm, and a university). We advocate for pluralism–not neutrality–as the guiding ideal. We argue that how organizations handle disagreement matters not only for their performance but also for the democracy more broadly.

The citation: is Levine, P., & Cunningham, D. L. (2026). The Civic Stakes of Organizational Disagreement. Stanford Social Innovation Review. https://doi.org/10.48558/EYWC-EA67