BY CHRISTIAN SARKAR and PHILIP KOTLER In his first week in office, President Trump unleashed a wave of executive orders aimed at reshaping the federal workforce. These include a temporary…
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One of the problems with constantly measuring the “values gap” between your company’s conscience and the conscience of the various stakeholders is the difficulty of “staying the course” based on…
UPDATE: Jeep has pulled the Springsteen ad following a report by TMZ that Springsteen was arrested in New Jersey for a DWI in November. Bruce Springsteen (and Jeep) give us a powerful…
After watching the MAGA insurrection on live television, Corporate America is rethinking its political donations. Let’s be blunt about it: businesses have to decide if they support democracy or not.…
What happens when our government fails to establish a standard for the Common Good? In the case of COVID-19 and the topic of mask wearing, we see corporate citizens step…
The Coronavirus Pandemic left America with an almost impossible choice. If America didn’t shut down its economy, more than 200,000 persons would die. If America shut down its economy, 26 million American…
Last night, the President of the United States hid in a bunker and turned off the lights at the White House. Not since the murder of MLK has the USA…
As Congress considers various paths to recovery from the health and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it should strive to build back better, by planning for a more…
Henry Mintzberg is the John Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies (Strategy & Organization) and Faculty Director (International Masters for Health Leadership) at the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University…
Elsie Maio has guided leaders in the Fortune 100 for over 25 years to achieve specific business goals by managing their brands strategically. She is an alumna of McKinsey &…
In December of 2018 Patagonia updated its raison d’être: Is this feasible? Can Patagonia really “use business to protect nature”? What concrete actions is Patagonia taking to prove this isn’t…
Maria Hengeveld‘s article in the Nation, Big Business Has a New Scam: The ‘Purpose Paradigm,’ raises a critical point: “Contrary to its purported aim, the point of purpose isn’t to drive change.…
Can government be “run like a business”? This is one of the biggest fallacies in the current political debate. We are told, time and time again, that a candidate for…