Business in a Sustainable Society

For those interested in issues such as climate change, social inequity, and the financial crisis, join me in a dialogue to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with sustainability and the role of business in a sustainable society.

Friday, March 9, 2012

What keeps you up at night?

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Back in December, a couple of undergraduate business students asked me what I thought were the top three global issues that worried me the...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Rogers Claims that False Advertising is Free Speech

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Some of you may have heard that Rogers Telecom was accused of engaging in misleading advertising in 2010 when they claimed that they had mo...
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Mitt Romney Accidentally Shines Spotlight on Free Market Capitalism

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Those of you following the circus surrounding the US Republican race likely noticed the recent criticism of frontrunner Mitt Romney on the e...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

How Relevant is Sustainability to Business Executives?

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There is no shortage of studies on the growing prevalence of sustainability in business. Below are some of the results from the more powerf...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Lengths We Go to Promote Our Oil

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I've been following Kathryn Marshall's postings on Huffington Post for some time. Marshall is the "spokesperson" for Ethi...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

What a Deal! Obesity for Only 7% of Your Income

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A very interesting study conducted by the Food Service Warehouse plotted worldwide food consumption levels and compared these with income l...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Exporting Canadian Asbestos: A Reminder of Supply Chain Responsibility

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Recently, two of Quebec’s asbestos mines shut down amid noisy political debates and a dramatic anti-asbestos news conference Thursday on Pa...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Globe and Mail Compromises Truth for Politics

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Margaret Wente, a right wing columnist for the Globe and Mail, recently argued that it is wrong and disastrous to science to suppress debat...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Occupy Movement and Business Schools

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I was fortunate to take part in a panel discussion today at the Ivey School of Business on the relevance of the Occupy Movement to business ...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

My Experience at Occupy Toronto

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I joined Occupy Toronto on a Friday and Saturday in late October, 2011. On Friday, I was part of a silent march that started at St. James P...
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