When lending institutions (like banks) trumpet their commitment to environmental stewardship, they find themselves subject to the proverbial "sniff" test. It is one thing, for example, to offer paperless banking as a means of satisfying the eco-conscious consumer, but it requires a much higher degree of commitment to, say,
(33) Comments | Posted April 2, 2012 | 11:07 AM
If climate change is humanity's greatest challenge, a close second must be uniting people around the common goal of overcoming it.
As a country, the United States has proven inept at tuning out pundits, skeptics and even presidential hopefuls intent on clouding the climate issue. It has...
Comments | Posted February 10, 2012 | 10:19 AM
Of those named to Ethisphere's "2011 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics" last month, readily apparent is the occupational diversity of the field. Rare is the occasion that one sees the likes of Michelle Obama (#53) and Stephen Colbert (#48) listed alongside the...
(48) Comments | Posted January 10, 2012 | 5:01 PM
In the lead up to the GOP New Hampshire primary, one thing has become abundantly clear: climate change has few friends in this field of candidates.
So visibly absent is the subject of climate change from ongoing stump speeches that New Hampshire scientists -- representing institutions such...
(8) Comments | Posted November 17, 2011 | 5:29 PM
For those following the News Corp hacking scandal in the UK, accusations of shady journalism and immoral business practices are percolating up the chain of command into executive management.
While the son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch answers to British lawmakers about his knowledge of internal phone hacking...

(2) Comments | Posted May 2, 2012 | 12:39 PM