Corporate social responsibility

They're worried about their jobs but otherwise optimistic.

By pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies.

Startups typically operate with the mentality that growth and profit come first, higher calling comes second. This strategy, however, is misguided. Increasingly,...

The green movement focuses attention on numerous resources going to waste that could be turned into cost savings, revenue streams, and profitable businesses...

A Q&A about the storm’s aftermath.

Central coordination.

Judge your algorithm by its impact, not your intentions.

It’s about incentives, not just fiduciary duty.

Consumers in poor countries especially stand to benefit.

It matters for business and for policy.

While the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street, the crisis has exposed a deeper distrust and implacable resentment of capitalism itself. Capitalism might be the greatest engine of prosperity and progress ever devised, but in recent years, individuals and communities have grown increasingly […]

Especially in countries that are hostile to it.

Last week I attended an Executive Sustainability Summit hosted by Xerox, Waste Management (WM), and Arizona State University. The short conference brought together public and private sector managers working on environmental and social issues. Xerox asked me to attend and give my thoughts on what I heard and saw*. What really struck me is that […]

Joe Ryan turned a small-town cosmetics company into a national powerhouse, making employees happy and shareholders rich in the process. Does it really matter that he cheats on his wife?

Most businesspeople will serve on the board of a nonprofit organization at some point. But the governance of nonprofits can differ dramatically from the governance of businesses. Even the best intentions can prove disastrous when new board members fail to understand that their traditional business experience can carry them only so far.

CEO activism has entered the mainstream.

Now is the time for major corporations to make good on their commitments.

I just arrived on the ground in Copenhagen for the global climate change negotiations this morning. On the surface, climate change has had no impact here. Lovely as it is, the Copenhagen that is greeting delegates, global business leaders, and others from around the world this week is cold, wet, and dark. But after barely […]

In my last post, I talked about the ways you can use green data — footprinting information on your products and services up and down the value chain — to create enormous value for your company. As they say, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. And those with the best information can cut costs, […]

Case interviews are a waste of time. Firms need a better approach.