Content tagged with “Business and Society”
Aspen Institute and Kellogg School of Management invite leaders in business, law and academia to the conference, "Rethinking ‘Shareholder Value’ and the Purpose of the Corporation." Distinguished...
Tags: Rethinking Capitalism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Law, corporate governance, Lobbying, Corporate Speech, Business and Society "[T]he lens in which the politicians of our country see everything is ideology, partisanship, and their own personal reelection."Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks about companies balancing profit...
Tags: Election 2012, unemployment, economy, Business and Society This past weekend, New York Times columnist Joe Nocera debunked the notion that a corporation’s primary duty is maximizing shareholder value, highlighting how this decades-old philosophy is now...
Tags: Business, Investment, Business and Society, shareholder value CONTACT:Nancy McGawDirector of the First Movers FellowshipThe Aspen Institute(212) 895-8007Nancy.McGaw@aspeninstitute.org4th Class of Aspen Institute First Mover Fellows creates success for...
Tags: Business and Society, first movers Public interest in market short-termism—and what do about it—keeps growing. In the Financial Times recently, John Chapman, former secretary of the UK’s Innovation Advisory board, decried the UK’s...
Tags: Business and Society, short-termism BooksOwning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution (Marjorie Kelly; Berrett-Koehler; June 2012)The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors,...
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