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Corporate Responsibility

Resetting CEO Reputation

Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Ceo Reputation, Reset Economy, World Economics Forum, Obama Economy, Businessweek, Obama Leadership, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, Economy, Corporate Greed, Business News
Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross

It is now time for CEOs to stand up and start rebuilding reputations, thereby resetting the path to future economic progress and moral authority.

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Nation's Top Polluters: We're Green Too!

Tom McNichol | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Corporate Responsibility, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Greenwashing, Greenwashing Companies, Dupont, Dow Chemical, Eastman Kodak, Air Pollution, Bayer Group, Archer Daniels Midland, Green News
Tom McNichol

Don't expect any of these companies to admit they have a poor environmental record. In fact, to hear the top polluters tell it, they're as green as Al Gore.

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10 Sure Fire Ways to Make Your Life 100 Times Better

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationship Advice, Youth, Wealth, Corporate Responsibility, Sex, Books, Self-Confidence, Self-Improvement, Self-Esteem, Business, Confidence, Self-Help, Self-Realization, Living News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

My grandmother was a wise woman. She would tell me, "Live each day, one at a time." When I asked her how else you could live, she would take a sip from the flask under her apron and shrug her shoulders.

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It's the Sustainability, Stupid

David Becker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Starbucks, Sustainability, Walmart, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, Green News
David Becker

Consumer trust in business has dropped dramatically in the last two years. A transitory marketing campaign and TV media buy is not going to win back consumers. What can work is a long-term focus on sustainability.

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Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Chevron's Spy Games Unraveling

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Corruption, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Ecuador, Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility, Chevron, Indigenous Rights, Amazon Rainforest, Amazon, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

Given the overwhelming scientific evidence against the company, a potential $27 billion judgment possibly a month out, news of the "scandal" was seen by many as a fourth-quarter Hail Mary, if not something more sinister.

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What We Can Learn About Working With People From Working With Horses

Maria Rodale | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Horses, Leadership, Relationships, Corporate Responsibility, Living News
Maria Rodale

No one wants to be forced to do anything or dominated or made fearful or intimidated or coerced. No one. Not a horse, not a person.

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Illinois Family Sells Company, Gives 6.6 Million Dollars In Bonuses (VIDEO)

Toan Lam | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Spungen, Generosity, goinspirego.com, Corporate Responsibility, Toan Lam, Family Gives Big Bonuses, Go Inspire Go, Ariannahuffington, Arianna Huffington, Corporate Corruption, Philanthropy, Corporate Greed, Toanlam, Chicago Family Sells Company Gives Big Bonuses, Laurence and Florence Spungen Foundation, spungenfamilyfoundation.org, Living News
Toan Lam

Laurence and Florence Spungen and their four children sold their PEER Bearing company last fall and gave the money to employees as bonuses (some bonuses were six figures) based on years of service.

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The Triumph of Symbolism over Substance

Tom Morris | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Conventions, Corporate Responsibility, Ceos, Corporate Meetings, Champagne-Misconceptions, Ford-Ceo, Symbolism, Political Debate, Tarp, Corporate Jet, GM CEO, Chrysler CEO, Home News
Tom Morris

To favor symbolism over substance is to allow the proverbial tail to wag the aphoristic dog. And that's never a good idea.

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The Real Modern Pirates? MNCs Beyond the Rule of Law

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 06.24.2009 | World

Read More: Southern District, Corporate Responsibility, Corporations, Nigeria Oil, Nigeria, International Law, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell Oil, Corporate Power, Sdny, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Lawsuit, Niger Delta, Atca, Ats, World News
Terra Lawson-Remer

The most common modern pirates are multinational corporations operating beyond the rule of law. The U.S. can and should take firm measures against this kind of piracy, just as we have against the Somali pirates.

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Avoiding the Wrong Goals

Tom Morris | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Strategy, Corporate Responsibility, Goals, Recession, Economic Plans, Decisions, Targets, Management Decisions, Bush Administration, Values, Personal Growth, Mea Culpa, Self-Deception, Corporate Greed, Sin, Banks, Scandals, Living News
Tom Morris

Self-deception is such a powerful force in our lives that we cannot guarantee, even if we do spot it in action, that we'll be able to resist its subtle lure.

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It's Up to the Shareholders, Not the Government, to Demand Change at a Company

Carl Icahn | Posted 05.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Retention Bonuses, Aig, Shareholders, AIG Retention Bonuses, Corporate Responsibility, Corporations, Carl Icahn, Business News
Carl Icahn

For too long and for a variety of reasons, shareholders have been complicit in allowing management excesses and incompetence by not taking a stand.

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The Death and Rebirth of Accountability

Tom Morris | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, Responsibility, Corporate Accountability, Accountability, Recession, Business Ethics, Politics News
Tom Morris

How can there be a general ethos of solid and pervasive moral standards once more? We need good laws, and effective regulation. We need to restore an overall moral culture of accountability.

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Top 10 Greenwashing Companies In America

24/7 Wall Street | Posted 05.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Greenwashing, Exxon Mobil, Green Business, Pollution, Archer Daniels Midland, Green News

The irony of the "green" movement of US companies is that many of the firms that spend the most money and public relations effort trying to show the g...

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Bringing Democracy to Corporate America

Richard Arthur | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Citi, Aig, Economic Stimulus Package, Corporate Responsibility, Bailout, Icahn, Corporate America, Democracy, Obama, Corporate Power, Corporate Greed, Wall Street Bonuses, Economy, Business News
Richard Arthur

It will not be painless but it is difficult to imagine it not happening -- the tools exist, corporations have proven that they need oversight and we need to protect our investments.

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Four Reasons Ford May Be a Company of the Future

Tony Schwartz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate Responsibility, Corporations, Alan Mulally, Ford, Business News
Tony Schwartz

In the midst of a perfect storm, CEO Alan Mulally has created a culture in which his team is working together closely to create a new kind of company.

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The Power of Collaboration

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Green Rubber, Green Business, Timberland, Business Values, Corporate Responsibility, Business, Collaboration, Business News
Jeffrey B. Swartz

In a perfect world, we'd all have the time and money and resources to be able to run our businesses successfully. Unfortunately we don't live in that world.

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Wal-Mart and the Future of Healthcare

Ron Galloway | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Healthcare, Seiu, Tom Daschle, Electronic Health Records, Information Technology, Corporate Responsibility, Health Clinics, Electronic Healthcare Records, Medicare, Medicaid, Netflix, Sam's Club, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Business News
Ron Galloway

In healthcare I think through sheer scale Wal-Mart wi'll prevail, and change the landscape of the industry as a healthcare "black swan."

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Hertz's One State Solution: Netanyahu's Rent-a-Car Ally

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, One-State Solution, Gaza, West Bank, Corporate Responsibility, Israel-Palestine, Commerce Department, Palestinians, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Corporate-Social-Responsibility, Corporate America, Rental Cars, Two-State Solution, Israel, Hertz, World News
Michael Shtender-Auerbach

With Hertz operating in every major Middle Eastern country, one would think Hertz would recognize how utterly offensive its map is and immediately repeal its use.

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Carbon Cap Explainer Videos: Which Do You Like Best? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Cap, Cap and Trade, Video, Corporate Responsibility, Environment, Pollution, Green Politics, Green News

The Environmental Defense Fund is trying to help the American public understand the concept of a carbon cap system. To that end, they held a contest: ...

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How Philadelphia Could Determine the Future of the Public Library

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Nutter, Education, Philadelphia, Corporate Responsibility, Cities, Libraries, Public Libraries, Importance of Reading, Books, Reading, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

There is a longstanding preemptive element to the public library: for every child or teenager with their head in a textbook or glazing through that day's homework is one less idle mind wreaking criminal havoc.

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The Right Way to Icahn-Proof Your Board

Carl Icahn | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Shareholders, Corporate Boards, Corporate Responsibility, Carl Icahn, Economy, Corporate Board Member, Business News
Carl Icahn

I await Corporate Board Member magazine's upcoming article, "How to Icahn-proof your board," with keen interest, particularly since I serve on a number of boards that apparently failed in this regard.

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Carbon Neutrality: What It Means And What It Doesn't Mean

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Dell Environment Plan, Corporate Responsibility, Carbon Offsets, Carbon Neutrality, Dell, Computers, Environment, Green Economy, Green Business, Dell Carbon Neutral, Sustainability, Green News

The Wall Street Journal reported today on corporate goals of "carbon neutrality" and just what those goals entail. The story presents a highly skeptic...

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Upper Class Pillaging

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Corporate Responsibility, Wall Street, Economy, Middle Class, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Obama, Obama Middle Class, Upper Class, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Barack Obama, Business News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

Warren Buffet says, "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning."

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"Too Big to Fail" Vs. "Too Big to Be Responsible"

Ryan Mack | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, U.S. Economy, Corporate Responsibility, FInancial Markets, Corporate America, Corporations, Weak Economy, Financials, Economy, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Bear Sterns, Bankruptcy, Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation, Tax Breaks, James Cayne, Business Ethics, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bailout, FHA Loans, Financial Ethics, Pbgc, Business News
Ryan Mack

I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.

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Leadership is More Than Profit

Margaret Blair and Ralph Gomory | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Free Trade, u.s. Economy Problems, Globalization, Corporate Responsibility, Shareholder Value, Economics, Corporate America, Economy, CEO Pay, Recession, Business News
Margaret Blair and Ralph Gomory

In the rush to globalization, the United States has tossed aside a crucial principle that guided the economic prosperity of the twentieth century: co...

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