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Socially Responsible Business

Big Business Matters

Social intrapreneurs—change agents already working deep within business—are the answer for business’s woes.

By Judith Samuelson | 7 | Fall 2010
 
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Energy

This Old Green House

Clean Energy Works Portland gets consumers—and the workforce—energized about weatherization.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Fall 2010
 

Human Rights

Diversity Brings the Dollars

More diverse workplaces have higher revenues, more customers, larger market shares, and greater relative profits.

By Alana Conner | Fall 2009
 

Environment

Evil Green

New research shows that buying green products makes people more likely to cheat and steal.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2010
 
BUILDING SOCIAL
BUSINESS: The New
Kind of Capitalism
that Serves Humanity’s
Most Pressing Needs
Muhammad Yunus

Socially Responsible Business

Hear, Hear for Profits

Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus

Reviewed By Rodney Schwartz | 3 | Fall 2010
 
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Business

Unsoiled Reputations

Family-owned firms pollute less than nonfamily firms; and that is due to the family values that these firms were founded upon.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Fall 2010
 

Business

Thinking Straight About Sustainability

Sustainability is the best way to integrate social, environmental, and economic impacts into all corporate decisions.

By Marc J. Epstein | Summer 2010
 

Government

Fermenting Innovation

New public-private partnerships have led to big leaps in the exportation of Argentinian wine.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2010
 

Business

A Good Business for Poor People

Microfranchising poses fewer risks and offers greater benefits than does creating a new business from scratch.

By Lisa Jones Christensen, David Lehr, & Jason Fairbourne | 1 | Summer 2010
 
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Economic Development

Lucrative but Deadly

As parents spend more time raising their profitable coffee crop, they spend less time attending to their children's needs.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2010