Tag: Politics

The Multinational’s Conundrum: From Moral Outrage to Ethical Dilemma

The Multinational’s Conundrum: From Moral Outrage to Ethical Dilemma

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has represented an escalation of hostilities that has led to perhaps the quickest and most aggressive and comprehensive economic reactions in history.  Prior sanctioning usually has been a slow boil or limited to economies that operated […]

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What if Your Stakeholders are Evil?

What if Your Stakeholders are Evil?

The last decade has seen the rise of a belief that shareholder capitalism has failed and that a new era of stakeholder capitalism is needed.  This is more than an academic viewpoint as more and more influential organisations, leading companies, […]

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Corporate Rats Desert a Sinking Ship

Corporate Rats Desert a Sinking Ship

The events in Washington DC on January 6th have resonated far and wide.  Some of those involved on the day find themselves facing Federal charges while others are surprised that there are consequences for their jobs, careers and flight status.  […]

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Let’s Stop the Brexit Impasse with a Single Preference Ordered Vote

Let’s Stop the Brexit Impasse with a Single Preference Ordered Vote

Anyone who has been alive and awake for anytime in the last several weeks will know the agony of the sequence of Parliamentary votes for the various Brexit alternatives.  I suspect that most people are, at one-and-the-same time, fascinated – […]

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Individual Social Responsibility

Individual Social Responsibility

Over the last decade we have seen increased interest in the societal role of corporations.  A cursory Google time line indicates that up until around 1998 mentions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) was relatively constant and fairly low but since […]

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Are Conservatives Really “Happier” Than Liberals?

Are Conservatives Really “Happier” Than Liberals?

Late last year The PBS News Hour aired a discussion where various pundits and think tank researchers attempted to rationalize some survey results showing that “conservatives where happier than liberals (Why Are Conservatives Happier Than Liberals? | PBS NewsHour | […]

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An Inconvenient Reality: Australians Losing Interest in Environmental Sustainability

An Inconvenient Reality: Australians Losing Interest in Environmental Sustainability

If press reports and general news reports are to be believed the issues of environmental sustainability, climate change, pollution and habitat destruction are topics critical to not just social development but economic prosperity as well.  The awarding of the Nobel […]

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The Importance of Religion in Politics: Or Why American’s are Different

The Importance of Religion in Politics: Or Why American’s are Different

The issue of religion and politics has reared its head in both the US and UK recently.  In the US, the candidacy of Rick Santorum has brought to the fore his evangelical side while attempting to expose President Obama as […]

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