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Can We Sustain Globalization?
Posted by Inspired Protagonist | Wed, Jul. 9, 2008
In February of 2008, on a trip to London for the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition, I stopped by to visit John Elkington, the founder of SustainAbility and an old friend. John has worked in the environmental and sustainable development fields since 1972. In 2004, BusinessWeek called him, "a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades," an apt description. ...
Wal-Mart & the Sins of Our Fathers
Posted by Inspired Protagonist | Thu, Jul. 3, 2008
"Judge King wrote that Ms. Braun had recounted the humiliating experience of soiling herself while at work because she had not been permitted time to use the restroom." I'm hoping that the recent ruling by a Minnesota state judge, who found that Wal-Mart violated state laws on wages more than two million times, marks the end of a culture that put profits ahead of people. ...