Can and should companies be in the business of doing good? This long-running debate was graced earlier this year by a new contribution from Michael Porter, one of the world’s leading management gurus, and his sometime sidekick, philanthropy consultant Mark Kramer. In a headline article in the Harvard Business Review they both took a swipe at […]
Is corporate social responsibility to blame for the oil spill in the Gulf or for the meltdown of the global financial system in late 2008? This accusation has been made by our friend Chrystia Freeland in the Washington Post. While it is easy to understand the contrarian appeal of this claim – how ironic that […]
“Ten jobs may not sound much in America, but in India that is ten lives transformed,” says Anagha Kulkarni. The Indian entrepreneur is speaking in Manhattan’s Central Park on July 20th, at an event honouring the women and non-profits that are taking part in the 10,000 Women initiative launched last year by Goldman Sachs. The […]