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Decline of the Pseudoscience Industry
Remember: all food fads and other get-healthy-quick schemes either start as marketing gimmicks, or end as marketing gimmicks. In many cases, what consumers are supposed to see as a “trend” is in fact an industry. Not that there’s anything wrong
Decline of the Pseudoscience Industry
Remember: all food fads and other get-healthy-quick schemes either start as marketing gimmicks, or end as marketing gimmicks. In many cases, what consumers are supposed to see as a “trend” is in fact an industry. Not that there’s anything wrong
The Origins of Ethical Consumption
Ethical consumerism is all the rage, but it’s hardly new as this piece by historian Andrea Major points out. What can modern efforts at ethical consumerism learn from history? >>> ‘Not made by slaves’: the ambivalent origins of ethical consumption
The Origins of Ethical Consumption
Ethical consumerism is all the rage, but it’s hardly new as this piece by historian Andrea Major points out. What can modern efforts at ethical consumerism learn from history? >>> ‘Not made by slaves’: the ambivalent origins of ethical consumption
Supporting Transgender Employees
It’s not just an HR matter. It’s an ethics matter. >>> How to build a supportive workplace for trans employees …A substantial, reliable Massachusetts public health study with over 28K respondents found that 1 in 200 individuals identified as transgender….
Supporting Transgender Employees
It’s not just an HR matter. It’s an ethics matter. >>> How to build a supportive workplace for trans employees …A substantial, reliable Massachusetts public health study with over 28K respondents found that 1 in 200 individuals identified as transgender….
Chipotle’s Anti-GM Move Populist, Not Evidence-Based
Chipotle’s has decided to shun genetically-modified ingredients — such as, for example, the corn and soy that most of us eat on a regular basis. It’s a purely populist move, feeding on public misconceptions about the safety of GM foods.
Chipotle’s Anti-GM Move Populist, Not Evidence-Based
Chipotle’s has decided to shun genetically-modified ingredients — such as, for example, the corn and soy that most of us eat on a regular basis. It’s a purely populist move, feeding on public misconceptions about the safety of GM foods.
Labor and Liberty in the Nineteenth Century
This new-ish book looks interesting. >>> From Slavery to the Cooperative Commonwealth: Labor and Republican Liberty in the Nineteenth Century, by Alex Gourevitch This book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These
Labor and Liberty in the Nineteenth Century
This new-ish book looks interesting. >>> From Slavery to the Cooperative Commonwealth: Labor and Republican Liberty in the Nineteenth Century, by Alex Gourevitch This book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These
Ethical Challenges of the Underground Economy
The blog entry below follows up on video we posted recently about the ethics of the underground economy. >>> How big is Canada’s underground economy? $42 billion …Ethically, this is not good. Contractors (for example) who don’t charge the required
Ethical Challenges of the Underground Economy
The blog entry below follows up on video we posted recently about the ethics of the underground economy. >>> How big is Canada’s underground economy? $42 billion …Ethically, this is not good. Contractors (for example) who don’t charge the required
How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?
A new paper, on an important and often-misunderstood topic! From the Journal of Business Ethics: >>> How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?, by Xavier Landas Abstract: Insurance is pervasive in many social settings. As a cooperative device based on risk pooling,
How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?
A new paper, on an important and often-misunderstood topic! From the Journal of Business Ethics: >>> How Fair Is Actuarial Fairness?, by Xavier Landas Abstract: Insurance is pervasive in many social settings. As a cooperative device based on risk pooling,
Climate Change & Public Policy
New from the scholarly journal Business & Society. >>> The Drivers of Corporate Climate Change Strategies and Public Policy: A New Resource-Based View Perspective by Charles Backman, Alain Verbeke, and Robert Schulz. Effective public policy to mitigate climate change footprints
Climate Change & Public Policy
New from the scholarly journal Business & Society. >>> The Drivers of Corporate Climate Change Strategies and Public Policy: A New Resource-Based View Perspective by Charles Backman, Alain Verbeke, and Robert Schulz. Effective public policy to mitigate climate change footprints
Cultivating a Culture of Values
Why focus on ethics? For a variety of reasons, not least of which is the business benefits it brings. Why culture? Because, as the saying goes, culture trumps strategy every time. >>> Ethically yours: Why companies are cultivating a culture
Cultivating a Culture of Values
Why focus on ethics? For a variety of reasons, not least of which is the business benefits it brings. Why culture? Because, as the saying goes, culture trumps strategy every time. >>> Ethically yours: Why companies are cultivating a culture
Women Lawyers Building the Firm they Want to Work At
Women make less than men, in part because they more seldom get promoted to management and to, say, partnership positions in law firms. One standard reply is that this is the result of women making different choices, including ones related
Women Lawyers Building the Firm they Want to Work At
Women make less than men, in part because they more seldom get promoted to management and to, say, partnership positions in law firms. One standard reply is that this is the result of women making different choices, including ones related
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