The premise behind the book is that there is a bubbling up of change that’s coming in our economy. We see massive crises out there in the world and among those crises are the climate change crisis and the sustainability crisis. Sandra Waddock, co-auhtor of SEE Change SEE Change is a book about the myriad [...]
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The Method Method
Posted in Book Reviews, Responsible Business on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Less Violent Business
Posted in Responsible Business, Special Offers on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Evolution of the human and business Our human race is evolving for sure. I was listening to Steven Pinker, author of the book The Better Angels of Our Nature, in Ottawa a few days ago, and he told us that our ancestors were far more violent than we are and that today we are living [...]
Why Your Company Should Occupy Wall Street
Posted in Corporate Responsibility, CSR, Responsible Business, Special Offers on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ten years ago, the very first issue of Ethical Corporation magazine showed a picture of anti-globalisation protesters in Genoa on its front cover. The caption read “Would you like this to happen outside your HQ?” The argument was that companies needed to be more responsible to avoid attack. Today, to point to social unrest as [...]
Leadership for Sustainability: An Action Research Approach
Posted in Book Reviews, CSR, Responsible Business, Sustainability on November 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I rarely read a leadership text from cover to cover, but I found this to be a page turner, reading more like a novel, difficult to put down, and I wondered what each of the short stories would reveal as people have been moved to: “take on the challenges of living courageously in extraordinary times” [...]
To Charge it or Not: Reflecting on Our Culture of Consumption
Posted in Cities, Responsible Business on November 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
As we moved to Canada this summer, our well-meaning bank manager told us to get a credit card and start using it to build up our credit record. This will then lead us to a mortgage and home ownership. With home ownership, the economy moves forward – construction, appliances and the TV urge us all [...]
Corporate Governance at the Crossroads
Posted in Cities, Corporate Responsibility, CSR, Responsible Business, Sustainability, Uncategorized on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Why the rise of China’s and India’s mid-sized cities is a conundrum for the green economy movement When archaeologists recently announced they had just discovered the ape-like remains of our primitive ancestors in South Africa it was hailed as homo sapiens’ “missing link” – the genetic bridge between modern humans and our older less evolved [...]
For a Market Culture Beyond Greed and Fear
Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Ethics, Marketing, Responsible Business, Uncategorized on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Occupy Wall Street protests across the world have revived interest in sifting “good capitalism” from “bad capitalism”. Ever since the financial meltdown of 2008, proponents of market capitalism have been trying to find ways to re-legitimise their creed. Now they fear that a wave of global discontent might overwhelm the only economic system that really [...]
Focus on Consumer Self-Interest to Win Today’s Green Customer
Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Marketing, Responsible Business, Sustainability, Uncategorized on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t forget that customers are motivated by getting good products at bargain prices. Sustainability is an add-on. If your green ads showcase the now tiresome images of babies, daisies, and planets, your messages will likely be irrelevant to mainstream consumers. Eco-imagery may have tugged at the purse-strings of “deep green” consumers, but their lighter green [...]
The Map of Meaning: A Guide to Sustaining our Humanity in the World of Work
Posted in Corporate Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Organisational Learning, Responsible Business, Special Offers, Uncategorized on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This book introduces a ‘Map of Meaning’ called the Holistic Development Model, which provides a clear, simple and profound framework of the dimensions and process of living and working meaningfully. At an individual level this book helps people to define and stay in contact with what is most important to them as they grapple with [...]
