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· CSR Watch / SRI Watch »Your eye on the anti-business movement«
o »Businesses are increasingly under attack by the anti-business movement, i.e. social activists operating under the banners of CSR and SRI. These activists threaten businesses, investor interests, jobs and the free enterprise system. This site monitors and comments on the anti-business movement.«
o »sponsored by the Free Enterprise Education Institute«
o »Required Reading: The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits (Milton Friedman, 1970)«
· CEI Competitive Enterprise Institute (Washington, USA) »Advancing Liberty – From the Economy to Ecology«
o »is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to advancing the principles of free enterprise and limited government. We believe that individuals are best helped not by government intervention, but by making their own choices in a free marketplace.«
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§ Issues > e.g.
· Constitutional and Legal Issues > e.g.
o Corporate Social Responsibility
· AEI American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
o »is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.«
o Founded in 1943
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§ Events >>
· Is Corporate Social Responsibility Serious Business? (3 March 2006)
· Free Enterprise Fund (Washington, DC)
· The Free Enterprise Action Fund is the first mutual fund dedicated to providing both financial and pro-free enterprise ideological returns to investors.
· Human Events Online »The National Conservative Weekly« (USA) > e.g.
o View all topics > e.g.
§ Business & Economy > e.g.
· Corporate Social Responsibility: Another Cover for the Leftist Political Agenda (By: Ivy Sellers, 8 November 2005)
· IEA The Institute of Economic Affairs (UK, David Henderson)
o »The IEA is the UK's original free-market think-tank, founded in 1955. The IEA's goal is to explain free-market ideas to the public, including politicians, students, journalists, businessmen, academics and anyone interested in public policy.«
· Timbro
o Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Timbro is a think-tank devoted to innovating economic and social policies founded on free-market principles.
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§ Blogs > e.g.
· Reason
o »is the monthly print magazine of “free minds and free markets.” It covers politics, culture, and ideas through a provocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews. Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled case for liberty and individual choice in all areas of human activity.«
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§ Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business (October 2005 issue)
· debate featuring Milton Friedman, Whole Foods’ John Mackey, and Cypress Semiconductor’s T.J. Rodgers
· The Economist > e.g.
o Special Reports > e.g.
§ Corporate social responsibility - Just good business (17 January 2008)
o Business >> e.g.
§ In search of the good company (6 September 2007) - The debate about the social responsibilities of companies is heating up again
· ...In his new book, “Supercapitalism”, Robert Reich denounces CSR as a dangerous diversion that is undermining democracy, not least in his native America...
§ The biggest contract (26 May 2005)
· »By building social issues into strategy, big business can recast the debate about its role, argues Ian Davis« (worldwide managing director of McKinsey & Company)
§ Non-financial reporting: Wood for the trees – are company reports on their social and environmental impact any use? (4 November 2004)
· Response to »Risk & Opportunity: Best Practice in Non-Financial Reporting« (.pdf at UNEP)
§ Corporate storytelling (4 November 2004)
o Research Tools:
§ Articles by Subject > e.g.
· Non-governmental organisations
§ Surveys >
· Business >
o Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good Company (20 January 2005)
§ Responses to Survey (3 February 2005)
· The Washington Post > e.g.
o Print Edition > Editorial Pages > e.g.
§ The Business of Business - Expectations of the company are changing (26 June 2006)
· Wikipedia >>
o Corporate Social Responsibility > e.g.
§ Criticism (Critical points of view)
· See also article at Ethical Corporation:
o Defining the debate – Corporate responsibility on a sticky Wiki (15 January 2007; Columnists; By Mallen Baker)
· CMD Center for Media and Democracy (Publishers of PR Watch) > SourceWatch >>
o Corporate Social Responsibility >
§ Business and Conservative Opposition to CSR
o »is an independent publisher and events producer on business ethics and corporate responsibility. We publish a monthly print magazine, a daily website, hold conferences around the world, and produce reports on business ethics in big firms.«
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§ Last word: The contrarian – Democrat debacle on free trade (12 April 2008; Columnists; By Jon Entine)
§ The contrarian – Don’t harbour the patent pirates (12 November 2007; Columnists; By Jon Entine)
§ Public purpose – Corporate history’s lesson for companies now (3 October 2007; Columnists; By Peter Kinder, KLD)
§ The contrarian – NGO poison politics: responsibility or righteousness? (9 April 2007; Columnists; By Jon Entine)
§ Sustainable enterprise – Redefining capitalism (11 March 2007; By Invitation)
§ The Last Word: The contrarian – Milton Friedman – misunderstood or misguided? (15 January 2007; By Jon Entine)
§ Book review - The failure of corporate law (8 November 2006; By Invitation)
· Joseph Singer recommends a new text on corporate law from Kent Greenfield
· »The Failure of Corporate Law: Fundamental Flaws and Progressive Possibilities is simply the best and most well-reasoned progressive critique of corporate law yet written.«
§ George Soros on ethical business - Corporate responsibility - an incentive for hypocrisy?
· (7 November 2006; Strategy & Management; By Tobias Webb, Editor)
§ Ethical Corporation Press Releases: BP and Infosys co-chair inquiry into the role of the global company of tomorrow (15 August 2006)
§ The crucial role of business in saving the planet (3 July 2006; Columnists; By: Mallen Baker)
§ Why the business of business is more than business (21 June 2005; Columnists; By: Mark Goyder)
§ Is corporate social responsibility serious business? (25 May 2006; Columnists; By: Jon Entine, an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute)
§ The anti-CSR lobby - House of straw (4 May 2006; By Invitation; By: Phillip H Rudolph)
· »A recent US conference on corporate citizenship revealed the logical holes in the arguments of opponents to the corporate responsibility movement.«
§ Interview - Free enterprise takes on corporate responsibility
· (17 January 2006; Strategy & Management)
· »Steven Milloy of the Free Enterprise Action Fund, a mutual fund that promotes American free enterprise, does not mince his words when it comes to the corporate responsibility movement.«
§ The purpose of the corporation (16 January 2006; Columnists)
· »Mark Goyder (Tomorrow's Company) delves once more into what companies are for.«
§ The changing role of business in society (29 August 2002; Leaders)
o See also:
§ Homepage >>>
· Contributions for Jon Entine
§ Jon Entine Online > also
· Jon's Ethical Corporation Archives
· GreenBiz.com > e.g.
o All News > e.g.
§ Columns & Blogs > e.g.
· Rethinking the Role of the MBA (December 2006; By Karen Losee)
o »The recent passing of economist Milton Friedman offers a timely opportunity to reconsider the future role of business and, indeed, the future role of the MBA.«
· The Business of Business is Not Just Business (July 2006; By Gilbert Lenssen)
· Corporate Social Responsibility: What the Smart CEO Needs to Know (June 2006)
o »Dr. Terry F. Yosie, vice president of the chemical industry's Responsible Care initiative, identifies five essential issues that CEOs should focus on to achieve the appropriate balance for their companies' private and public responsibilities.«
· Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward (Blog) >> e.g.
o Milton Friedman and the Social Responsibility of Business (19 November 2006)
o »the business journal of the global management-consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Our goal is to offer new ways of thinking about management in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.«
o (free registration required)
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§ Strategy > e.g.
· Strategic Thinking > e.g.
o Exploring business's social contract: An interview with Daniel Yankelovich (2007)
§ A founding father of public-opinion research explains why shareholder value isn't enough.
o What is the business of business? (by Ian Davis; 2005)
· Strategy in Practice > e.g.
o Assessing the impact of societal issues: A McKinsey Global Survey (November 2007) - This article's exhibits display respondents' views on the role of business in society.
o CEOs on strategy and social issues (October 2007)
§ The report is based on a McKinsey & Company survey, "Shaping the New Rules of Competition: UN Global Compact Participant Mirror."
§ See also:
· Related article at SocialFunds: CEOs Add ESG Issues to Business Blueprints (8 November 2007)
o The trust gap between consumers and corporations (2007, Number 2; Research in Brief)
§ Sixty-eight percent of executives say that large corporations make a generally or somewhat positive contribution to the public good. Yet only 48 percent of consumers agree.
o CEOs as public leaders: A McKinsey Survey (January 2007)
§ US business executives say they should play a much greater role in shaping debate about sociopolitical issues and leading efforts to effect change.
§ See also related article at Center for Corporate Citizenship (February 2007)
o When social issues become strategic (2006; By Sheila M. J. Bonini, Lenny T. Mendonca, and Jeremy M. Oppenheim)
§ Also at The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
o The McKinsey Global Survey of Business Executives: Business and Society (January 2006)
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· The McKinsey Quarterly Chart Focus Newsletter: December 2006: The business of social responsibility
· MIT Sloan Management Review > e.g.
o Browse by Topic > Business Ethics and Public Policy
· Ivey Business Journal (Canada) >
o Topics >
· IOE International Organisation of Employers (Geneva) > e.g.
o Policy Areas > e.g.
§ CSR
o IOE Papers > e.g.
§ Position papers > e.g.
· The Role of Business within Society (.pdf, June 2005, 16 pp.)
§ Statements & Resolutions
· ICC International Chamber of Commerce >
§ The Commission on Business in Society defines the role of business in the context of globalization and changing societal expectations and articulate messages on issues relating to business in society.
· UN Global Compact (UN GC) > e.g.
o News & Events > e.g.
§ Leaders Summit 2007 (5-6 July 2007, Geneva) > e.g.
· News items on the 2007 Leaders Summit > e.g.
o Business Leaders Adopt Declaration on Responsible Business Practices (= Geneva Declaration; .pdf has 2 pp.)
§ Also about »The Role of Business in Society«
§ See also related article, e.g.:
· The Age >> The business of business is...? (10 July 2007; By Leon Gettler)
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development > e.g.
o Focus Areas >
· »The WBCSD believes that a healthy, prosperous private sector is an essential contributor to sustainable development by providing economic growth, employment, taxes, innovation, technologies and investment – business does good by doing business. Yet in light of the challenges that society as a whole is facing, should business be doing more? And what can it do? What role should business play?«
· »The Business Role Focus Area explores what business can and should do and how business can build trust around its various roles. It grows out of the WBCSD long tradition of work focused on the many roles of business.«
o »Tomorrow’s Leaders, a small group of WBCSD Council Members, met with key stakeholders throughout the year 2005 to explore and debate the roles of business, governments, and civil society organizations.«
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· From Challenge to Opportunity: The Role of Business in Tomorrow’s Society (20 February 2006; .pdf has 40 pp.)
o Related article: The role of business in tomorrow's society (2 June 2006)
· Article: Can business do business in ways that reduce poverty and save the environment? (21 February 2006)
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· IBLF The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum
o The International Business Leaders Forum works with business, governments and civil society to enhance the contribution that companies can make to sustainable development.
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§ Resources > e.g.
· Publications > e.g.
o The Role of Business in Society: An Agenda for Action (3 October 2006) >
§ A report (.pdf, 36 pp.) produced by The Conference Board, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and IBLF
· »This paper brings together an international business leader, Niall FitzGerald, former Chairman and CEO of Unilever and Chairman of Reuters, and corporate responsibility executive, Mandy Cormack, who headed up Corporate Responsibility at Unilever.«
· Harvard University >>
o John F. Kennedy School of Government >
§ Research > Programs >
· Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (Cambridge, USA) >
o Programs >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
· »...seeks to study and enhance the public role of the private enterprise.«
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