I’m nearing the end of writing the second edition of the book ‘Corporate Responsibility: a critical introduction‘, and I’ve been reflecting on the changes since I started on the first edition in 2006. These have been years of excitement and disappointment for anyone interested in the role of business in taking on the social and [...]
Economist and business expert John Kay has a new book out called Obliquity. The main message is that we have got too caught up in numbers and measurement, and this has left us pursuing goals whose main justification seems to be that they can be spelt out in equations. Kay calls this ‘bogus rationalisation’ and [...]
In the frantic run up to the Copenhagen Summit later this December, many in the business community are positioning themselves as champions of a revitalised Kyoto Agreement. Their voices lend weight to those of politicians, not least those who are concerned there won’t be a new agreement. I’m agnostic on an agreement at Copenhagen. A [...]