Friday, March 21, 2008
Business Ethics: what are we really talking about?
Faced with the proliferation of tools to measure 'Corporate Social Responsibility' or other 'ethical practices' of private companies, one might want to pause for a second to consider the effectiveness of these new instruments.
Globalisation paradox
Globalisation has been influential in a lot of recent progresses, from promoting freedom of ideas, goods or persons to increasing human rights awareness and supporting democratic movements. Let�s say it: globalisation has been a significant source of economic development in many regions of the world. Still, you would have to fish in a very liberal pond to find somebody trusting this �movement� to build equal opportunities for all. As it turns out, the gap between rich and poor is only getting bigger:
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