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Employee Ownership Insights
Author: The Beyster Institute
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Web Sites
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2010
Newsletter of The Beyster Institute, helping to build entrepreneurial companies through employee ownership.
Hurricane Katrina: Storm and Crisis
Author: The New York Times
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
This special section in the New York Times collects all the news regarding Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Will Big Business Save the Earth?
Author: Diamond, Jared
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
There is a widespread view, particularly among environmentalists and liberals, that big businesses are environmentally destructive, greedy, evil and driven by short-term profits, but I’ve discovered that while some businesses are indeed as destructive as many suspect, others are among the world’s strongest positive forces for environmental sustainability.
Sole Mates: Looking for 'Profit with a Purpose' from Socially Conscious Footwear Customers
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
Dehtiar, who lives in Ontario, Canada, is founder and president of Oliberté, a start-up that hopes to produce casual footwear in Africa and sell it to socially minded consumers.
Developing a Management System's Approach to Sustainability at BMW Group (Part 1 of 2)
Authors: McElhaney, Kellie A.; Toffel, Michael W.; Hill, Natalie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Corporate Environmental Strategy: International Journal of Corporate Sustainability
Publication Year: 2009
This article describes how DesignWorks/USA, a subsidiary of BMW Group, developed a Sustainability Management System (SMS) by integrating the management of environmental, social and traditional business issues.
One world - One accounting
Authors: Erickson, Devon; Esplin, Adam; Maines, Laureen A.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2009
In this article, we explore the different accounting methods used for financial statement reporting around the globe, and analyze the concept of all businesses adopting the same set of rules.
From Soup to ... Corporate Social Responsibility: Campbell's Efforts to Lead the Way
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
As the culture wars in the U.S. have escalated, any company -- even a seller of soup -- can count on drawing fire from all sides of the political spectrum. When that firing starts, Dave Stangis, Campbell's vice president of corporate social responsibility (CSR), will be standing at ground zero.
Friend or Foe: Does the Minimum Wage Hurt the Workers It's Intended to Help?
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Source: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Publication Year: 2009
Almost every respected study ever conducted on the effects on the minimum wage has come to the same conclusion -- that federal floors on wages are not a boon for the U.S. economy, but rather a burden.
Adworkshop employees part-owners of the company
Author: Heath, Dan
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Press-Republican
Publication Year: 2009
Adworkshop believes it is the first company headquartered in the Adirondack Park to establish an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Curbing Emissions by Sealing Gas Leaks
Author: Revkin, Andrew C.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
Acting quickly to stanch the loss of methane could substantially cut warming in the short run, even as countries tackle the tougher challenge of cutting the dominant greenhouse emission, carbon dioxide.
Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways
Author: Duhigg, Charles
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant...
Behind the Curve
Author: Pham, J. Peter
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Publication Year: 2009
For the Millennium Challenge Corporation to achieve its mission of reducing global poverty through sustainable economic growth, it needs to consider its data more critically. It also needs more timely assessments of grantees.
With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces an Onslaught of Wastewater
Author: Sapien, Joaquin
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: ProPublica, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Publication Year: 2009
The Monongahela, a drinking water source for 350,000 people, had apparently been contaminated by chemically tainted wastewater from the state’s growing natural gas industry.
One CEO's Trip From Dismissive to Convinced
Author: Posner, Bruce
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Sloan Management Review
Publication Year: 2009
In 1994, when Interface Inc.'s founder and CEO Ray Anderson began to think about his legacy, it made him uneasy...
8 Reasons Sustainability Will Change Management (That You Never Thought of)
Author: Hopkins, Michael S.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Sloan Management Review
Publication Year: 2009
MIT Sloan Management Review's first annual Business of Sustainability survey revealed much about what executives are thinking and doing about sustainability-driven concerns right now.
When Workers Take Charge
Author: Smith, Aaron
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: CNNMoney.com
Publication Year: 2009
It's a unique model - the worker-owned business. Some say it sounds like socialism, but these six companies say it's helped them tough out the recession.
The Entrepreneurial Union
Author: Wilkinson, Amy
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Publication Year: 2009
The Freelancers Union is writing new rules for the new workforce, Sara’s great insight was to recognize that the social safety net that followed Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal no longer meets the needs of the freelance workforce.
Toxic Waters: Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells
Author: Duhigg, Charles
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
The Clean Water Act of 1972 largely regulates only chemicals or contaminants that move through pipes or ditches, which means it does not typically apply to waste that is sprayed on a field and seeps into groundwater.
Glaxo Executive’s Memo Suggested Burying Drug Studies
Authors: Feeley, Jef; Fisk, Margaret
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Bloomberg.com
Publication Year: 2009
GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the world’s second-biggest drugmaker, talked about burying negative studies linking its antidepressant drug Paxil to birth defects, according to a company memo introduced at a trial.
Have a Nice Day
Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
Applied Materials is one of the most important U.S. companies you’ve probably never heard of.
Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering
Author: Russell, Karl
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
In the last five years alone, chemical factories, manufacturing plants and other workplaces have violated water pollution laws more than half a million times.
Changing the World, One Laptop at a Time
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Source: Knowledge@SMU
Publication Year: 2009
What started out as little more than a concept, has now developed into fully functioning computers, gainfully placed in the hands of nearly one million children in 31 developing countries, including Afghanistan, Haiti, Rwanda, Lebanon and Mongolia.
'Locals,' 'Cosmopolitans' and Other Keys to Creating Successful Global Teams
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Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
Global teams are like oceans: Depending on how they are navigated, they can link the world together or split it apart.
Lobbying for Good
Authors: Peterson, Kyle; Pfitzer, Marc
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Publication Year: 2009
In their efforts to be socially responsible, most companies fail to wield their most powerful tool: lobbying. Yet corporations such as Mary Kay, Royal Dutch Shell, and General Motors are increasingly leveraging their deep pockets, government contacts, and persuasive powers for the cause of good. Not all kinds of socially responsible lobbying are created equal, however. The authors discuss which forms are best for companies and society.
Toxic Waters: Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass
Author: Duhigg, Charles
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
The compound atrazine often washes into water supplies and has become among the most common contaminants in American reservoirs and other sources of drinking water. Recent studies suggest that, even at concentrations meeting current federal standards, the chemical may be associated with birth defects, low birth weights and menstrual problems.
A New Test for Business and Biofuel
Author: Johnson, Kirk
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
An unusual experiment featuring equal parts science, environmental optimism and Native American capitalist ambition is unfolding here on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in southwest Colorado.
The Land of 'No Service'
Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
Product Type: Journal Articles; Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
While maintaining “No Service” in the wild is essential for Africa’s ecotourism industry, the rest of the continent desperately needs more connectivity if it is to prosper.
Deloitte Chairman Sharon Allen on Ethics, Decision Making and Career-Life Balance
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Source: Knowledge@Emory
Publication Year: 2009
Deloitte LLP Chairman Sharon Allen has garnered many “firsts” in her life. She was the first woman elected to serve on the $11 billion company’s U.S. board of directors and the first woman to chair its U.S. board.
Managing at the Speed of Change
Author: Knowledge@Emory
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Source: Knowledge@Emory
Publication Year: 2009
Can business leaders learn a lesson from the President of the United States? Faculty at Emory University's Goizueta Business School explore the obstacles to change as well as the opportunities inherent in times of transition.
Nissan's New Leaf: An Electric Car and Charging Stations Too
Author: Masters, Coco
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: TIME Magazine
Publication Year: 2009
Nissan's new zero-emissions electric vehicle is a quiet car with a noisy message. During an Aug. 2 unveiling at the company's new headquarters in Yokohama, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn drove the Leaf, a four-door hatchback, onto the main stage with Japan's former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in the passenger seat and the mayor of Yokohama and the governor of Kanagawa prefecture sitting in the back. The point was loud and clear: Nissan, which is investing heavily not just in electric-car development but also in infrastructure like charging stations, has politicians on board.
Medical Papers by Ghostwriters Pushed Therapy
Author: Singer, Natasha
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
Newly unveiled court documents show that ghostwriters paid by a pharmaceutical company played a major role in producing 26 scientific papers backing the use of hormone replacement therapy in women...
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
Authors: Lagace, Martha; Rangan, V. Kasturi
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: HBS Working Knowledge
Publication Year: 2009
Financial turmoil is not a reason to scale back on CSR programs—quite the opposite, says HBS professor V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan. As a marketing scholar Rangan is optimistic about strategic CSR efforts that provide value in communities and society.
Second Look: Michael Ahearn of First Solar, Inc. Says Europe's Energy Policies Leaving U.S. Behind
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Source: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Publication Year: 2009
A company based in Arizona's "Valley of the Sun" went abroad to the much less sunny Germany to find the market opportunity that made it one of the fastest growing manufacturers of solar modules in the world, said its CEO, Michael Ahearn.
Neighbor: Starbucks stole my ambiance
Author: Kiesler, Sara
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Hearst Seattle Media
Publication Year: 2009
Located next to the Starbucks store that will now be called 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea in Capitol Hill, Smith owner Linda Derschang said Thursday that everything from the paint color to the light fixtures inside the coffee shop have been replicated to match her rustic, mountaineer-like bar.
When All Else Fails
Author: Mathews, Anne Wilde
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Wall Street Journal
Publication Year: 2009
Last year, AmeriGas Propane Inc. gave its employees an ultimatum: get their medical checkups, or lose their health insurance.
Eradicating Mud Cookies: Global Executives Try to Connect Profit to Social Good
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Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
Thirty-nine executives -- from countries as diverse as Nigeria, India, Russia, South Africa and The Netherlands -- were challenged to devise a profitable business plan to address social ills around the globe. The effort, part of the Aresty Institute of Executive Education's Advanced Management Program, called on participants' expertise in such fields as oil, aerospace, finance, fashion, entertainment and HIV/AIDS education.
Hedge Fund Clamp-down? Research Says Investors Can Watch Out for Themselves
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
According to a study by two accounting professors, even though hedge funds give their managers virtual autonomy in investment strategy, investors can successfully demand effective internal controls to discourage fraud. The paper, titled "Determinants of Hedge Fund Internal Controls and Fees" and written by Wharton professor Gavin Cassar and University of Chicago Business School professor Joseph Gerakos, also looks at the incentives hedge funds have in place to avoid excessive risk.
'Rewarding Failure'
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Source: Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
The federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into the banking system, and most experts seem to agree that the financial crisis is closer to its end than its beginning. But as attention shifts from fire fighting to rebuilding, many are worrying about the "moral hazard" that may remain, with an apparent government safety net encouraging a new round of foolish risk taking.
Social Entrepreneurship Revisited
Author: Light, Paul C.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Publication Year: 2009
The question is not whether social entrepreneurship is a term in good currency, but what it actually means.
Incandescent Bulbs Return to the Cutting Edge
Author: Vestel, Leora Broydo
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
When Congress passed a new energy law two years ago, obituaries were written for the incandescent light bulb. But as it turns out, the incandescent bulb is turning into a case study of the way government mandates can spur innovation.
Can I Clean Your Clock?
Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
In a world that is adding one billion people every 15 years or so the demands for energy and natural resources are going to go through the roof. Energy technologies that produce clean power and energy efficiency are going to be the next great global industry.
Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert
Author: Bradsher, Keith
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
Think outside your box
Author: Leung, Angela
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge @ SMU
Publication Year: 2009
Creative ideas are often the result of two or more seemingly non-overlapping concepts. The more we expose ourselves to diverse experiences, the more likely we might be to sample from a richer pool of ideas, thereby facilitating our creativity, and by extension for some, organisational innovation. This is because experience lowers our resistance and increases our readiness to sample foreign concepts. Angela Leung, a psychology professor at Singapore Management University, notes that while ideas from differing cultural experiences can be recruited as intellectual resources, several factors inhibit our ability to draw on these experiences, thus impeding our creative potential.
Your Career, Our Economy
Author: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Publication Year: 2009
Bernie Madoff. AIG. Allen Stanford. When Marianne Jennings talks to her undergraduate students about business ethics these days, those are the subjects they want to talk about. Blame it on the executives, the students say. It's the guys in the executive suite who can't be trusted. Not so fast, says Jennings.
'Mustaches for Kids'
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Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
In the wake of the global financial crisis, social enterprises are hastening their transition from the traditional donor model to rely more on market mechanisms long established in the private sector. In so doing, organizations hope to not only survive the current recession, but also to create a foundation for long-term sustainability, say Wharton faculty and executives at non-profit institutions.
A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics
Author: Kaufman, Leslie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2009
This month, Edward Reilly, 35, finally let go of the television he had owned since his college days.
Expedited Shipping, Done Environmentally
Author: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Publication Year: 2009
A case study on the green redesign of the U.S. Postal Service's expedited shipping products shows the importance of supplier collaboration in meeting sustainability requirements and keeping cost increases at bay. "One of the big issues with sustainability initiatives is cost, but the Postal Service was able to complete this green project and remain cost-neutral," says Phil Carter, a professor of supply chain management at the W. P. Carey School and executive director of CAPS Research. Private businesses can learn a lot from the Postal Service's example.
Innovation: Sometimes It Takes a Village
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Source: Knowledge @ Wharton
Publication Year: 2009
Companies have formed alliances and strategic partnerships for hundreds of years, but experts gathered for a recent conference at Wharton's Mack Center for Technological Innovation said such connections are more important than ever in a fast-changing business environment. Still, because more innovation networks fail than succeed, companies may have to alter their culture to make these critical alliances work.
Making the B List
Author: Lawrence, Jenna
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Publication Year: 2009
Although different organizations offered environmental, labor, quality, and governance certifications, no one offered a single, independent, comprehensive standard for a company’s overall social and environmental responsibility.
How Safeway Is Cutting Health-Care Costs
Author: Burd, Steven A.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Publication Year: 2009
Effective health-care reform must meet two objectives: 1) It must secure coverage for all Americans, and 2) it must dramatically lower the cost of health care.
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