SEPTEMBER
9/22/07 Blog, File Sharing and Knockoffs - Evil or Harmless? "Used to be a lot of tape and record stores. Now few survive. ..."
9/18/07 Blog, How Personal Financial Planning Saves Marriages. "Money is the number one issue leading to divorce. But money is not just about money. So a good financial advisor doesn't just help people manage their money well to maximize their net worth. A good financial advisor can also help save marriages and other relationships. ..."
9/11/07 Blog on Huffington Post, John Tepper Marlin, Turkey's Economic Straddle. "Turkey's program of straddling its Islamic past and its economic future is being pushed, watched and challenged. It is being pushed by the government and watched by the EU, which Turkey wishes to join, and by its own army. At the same time, Turkey's employers are being challenged by low-wage competition from the country's near neighbors and European buyers concerned about labor conditions. ..."18/07 Blog, How Personal Financial Planning Saves Marriages. "Money is the number one issue leading to divorce. But money is not just about money. So a good financial advisor doesn't just help people manage their money well to maximize their net worth. A good financial advisor can also help save marriages and other relationships. ..."
9/11/07 Blog on Huffington Post, John Tepper Marlin, Turkey's Economic Straddle. "Turkey's program of straddling its Islamic past and its economic future is being pushed, watched and challenged. It is being pushed by the government and watched by the EU, which Turkey wishes to join, and by its own army. At the same time, Turkey's employers are being challenged by low-wage competition from the country's near neighbors and European buyers concerned about labor conditions. ..."
4/20/07 New York Times – Home Depot. 1 - Wharton School of Business – DeBeers on Conflict Diamonds. 1 - WorldWatch – The Buy-Local-Food Movement 1 - W P Carey School of Business (Arizona) – Ads to Teens Create Tobacco Addicts. 1 - Cadbury-Schweppes CSR Managers Consider Obesity. 1
4/17/07 New York Times – Home Depot. Home Depot to Display an Environmental Label , MICHAEL BARBARO
The new environmental initiative would become the largest green labeling program in American retailing.
4/13/07 Wharton School of Business – DeBeers on Conflict Diamonds. How to Succeed in the Multi-faceted Diamond Business: The Gospel According to De Beers. During a recent Wharton Leadership Lecture, De Beers managing director Gareth Penny presented the history, strategy and mystique of the international diamond company, and offered his views on what it takes to be a leader in today's global society. In response to questioning from the audience, he also addressed the issue of "conflict diamonds" and noted De Beers' efforts to eliminate the sale of these products as well as improve the health of communities where diamonds are mined.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1714.cfm
4/03/08 WorldWatch – The Buy-Local-Food Movement. Do You Know Where Your Food is From? - Apr 03, 2007. [The stigma of long-distance food could be used to beat up on organically labeled food that travels.]
Study Supports Reining in Smoking Ads
Research co-authored by marketing Professor Rajiv K. Sinha of the W. P. Carey School of Business shows that the later in life people start smoking, the more likely they are to quit. http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=1384
A major chocolate brand ponders its responsibility for adult and child obesity. [One approach under consideration by U.S. CSR unit is limiting advertising of chocolates to children.] The LIBRA study - Insights into Improving Understanding of Adult and Child Obesity
9/30/07 Today in 1889: Wyoming Adopts Constitution That Includes Woman Suffrage, History Channel
9/30/07 Businesses Respond to Subprime Crisis Proactively, U.S. Chamber
9/30/07 Business Respect #113, Mallen Baker
9/28/07 Ethical Evangelism, Management Today
9/28/07 Don't Let Corporations Ignore Their Shareholders, Oxfam
9/26/07 London Building Energy Policies Working, Edie
9/25/07 Ethical Corporation Newsletter
9/24/07 Real Estate Report 2007: Pop Goes the Real Estate Bubble, New York Magazine
9/24/07 Debating Climate Economics: The Stern Review vs. Its Critics,
9/23/07 More Companies Prioritize Climate Change, Forbes
9/20/07 Traffic Snarls in LA and NYC Get Worse, CityEconomist
9/19/07 NYC's Traffic Congestion Gets Worse, CityEconomist
9/19/07 San Francisco Studying Congestion Pricing, SF Chronicle
9/17/07 Strong Oil, Weak Dollar, Brad Setser
9/15/07 Mankiw: One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax, Economist View
9/14/07 China as an international investor. Philip Lane, VoxEU.org
9/13/07 Stiglitz: What We Can Learn from Malaysia, Economist View
9/13/07 U.S. Firms Lag Europe on Ethical Standards, EIRIS
9/13/07 Greenspan: "I really didn't get it", Calculated Risk
9/11/07 Turkey's Economic Straddle, CityEconomist on Huffington Post
9/11/07 What Makes a Terrorist?. Alan B. Krueger, VoxEU.org
9/10/07 How to Control China's "Export" of Air Pollution--Posner and China's Air Pollution-Becker, Becker-Posner
9/9/07 In the Green Marathon, Which Stocks Will Be the Winners? NY Times
9/9/07 What Did We Know about the Housing Bubble and When Did We Know It?, Economist View
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