The Ethics of Ethics Awards
Here’s a story worth looking at, by Will Evans, in Slate: It’s All Good: Beware of corporate consulting firms offering awards for corporate ethics. Evans casts a skeptical eye on corporate ethics...
View ArticleMost Hated American Companies Of 2010
The corporate world is certainly subject to plenty of criticism, and even hatred. But which companies are hated most? Here’s one look at that question, from 24/7 Wall St.: The Fifteen Most Hated...
View ArticleTrustworthy Business Behavior
I was recently honoured to be named among the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior” for 2010, by the folks at Trust Across America. The list is an interesting mix. It includes...
View ArticleSustainability Rankings, the Global 100, and Greenwashing
What’s so sustainable about the Global 100 “World’s Most Sustainable Companies”? Not much, as far as I can see. The ranking was released just a few days ago, as reported here by Helen Coster for...
View Article100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics, 2010
For the third year in a row, I’ve been honoured by Ethisphere Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics.” I was recognized in the category of “Thought Leadership.” Once...
View Article2012 Global 100 Greenwash
Corporate Knights has announced its 2012 list of the “Global 100,” its annual ranking of what are ostensibly the world’s most sustainable companies. And once again the list is deeply misleading. The...
View ArticleSustainability Isn’t Everything
The word “sustainability” doesn’t just refer to everything good. If it did, we wouldn’t need the word “sustainability” at all; we would just use the word “good.” I’m just a small-town philosopher who...
View ArticleGlobal 100: Sustainably Misleading
Corporate Knights continues to mislead. Once again they’ve issued a list of the world’s “most sustainable” corporations — the Global 100 — and once again the metrics they’ve used have surprisingly...
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