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Today’s show focuses on the intersection between sustainability and war — sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Eugene Jarecki, author of The American Way of War, certainly thinks so. Jarecki explains to CWR Co-Host Francesca Rheannon how the mission of the military, to protect and defend the United States, gets subordinated to the enrichment of [...]

The recent issue of Business & Society Review (volume 113, number 4) contains:Rating the Raters: Conflicts of Interest in the Credit Rating Firms, by Strier, F. , in: Business & Society Review (00453609), volume 113, number 4, pages 533-553, 2008.Positive Deviance on the Ethical Continuum: Green Mountain Coffee as a Case Study in Conscientious Capitalism, [...]

By Norbert Jungmichel for forum CSRTextiles are sold in huge amounts. Textiles are shipped around the world. Textiles are manufactured inefficiently in developing countries. Two billion pieces of clothing are sold in Germany every year. One pair of socks travels up to 18,000 miles until it reaches the store. And the energy input only for [...]

On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, calling on member country governments to promote the UDHR. Now, on the Declaration’s 60th anniversary, responsibility for promoting human rights protections has expanded to include the business community. The UN codified this link in 2005 when it issued a mandate for [...]

The recent issue of Business Ethics Quarterly (volume 18, number 4) contains:UNDERSTANDING THE SEPARATION THESIS: PRECISION AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT?, in: Business Ethics Quarterly, volume 18, number 4, pages 549-553, 2008. THE TIDE IS TURNING ON THE SEPARATION THESIS?, in: Business Ethics Quarterly, volume 18, number 4, pages 561-565, 2008. THE THREE PILLARS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL REPORTING [...]

The recent issues of the Journal of Business Ethics (volume 84, number 1-2) contain:Aristotle’s Natural Wealth: The Role of Limitation in Thwarting Misordered Concupiscence, by Worden, S., in: Journal of Business Ethics, volume 84, number 2, pages 209-219, 2009.Consumer Ethics in Japan: An Economic Reconstruction of Moral Agency of Japanese Firms - Qualitative Insights from [...]

Greenwashing versus verified sustainabilityCredibility and transparency as fundamental challengeEUR 600 billion potential for worldwide sustainability marketThe 1st International Conference on Sustainable Production, Trade, Consumption and Lifestyle takes place in CongressCenter Ost of NürnbergMesse from 17-18 February 2009, before the world-leading exhibition BioFach. The event offers participants from all over the world an ideal forum for obtaining information and [...]

The 18th century British author Jonathan Swift wrote that under the enclosure movement in Britain, “sheep eat men”. That’s because large landowners threw thousands of tenant farmers off their land to make way for raising sheep on an industrialized scale, in order to feed the textile mills of the new industrial age. Something of the [...]

chinadialogue features expert analysis of key climate negotiationsLONDON – As a critical UN climate conference gets underway, what China does will be a key determinant of a successful outcome. You can follow what China wants, understand China’s priorities and engage with experts on China’s climate policies on chinadialogue, the site for bilingual, expert debate [...]

While some view the negative impacts of economics and environment as separate, Herve Kempf sees financial inequality and environmental destruction as inextricably linked. The author of How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth, Kempf explains how the wealthy of the world are living unsustainable lifestyles, and everyone else is trashing the earth too trying to [...]

Thomas Beschorner, DAAD Professor at the Centre canadien d’études allemandes et européennes, Université de Montréal and research director of CSR NEWS, analyzes the current financial crisis from an ethical point of view. First, he argues that the origin of the financial crises is not merely and not mainly an economic crisis but a crisis of [...]

Hamburg > Greenpeace kritisiert die Pestizidbelastung der Tafeltrauben auf dem deutschen Markt hart. 43 Prozent der in Deutschland verkauften Trauben sind nach Überzeugung der Umweltschutzorganisation zu stark belastet und nicht empfehlenswert. Das ergibt eine Untersuchung, für die Greenpeace im Oktober Weintrauben in fünf EU-Ländern einkaufte und auf 300 Pestizidwirkstoffe untersuchen ließ. Die deutschen Trauben schlossen [...]

The recent issue of the Journal of Business Ethics (volume 83, number 4) contains:The Perceptions of Consumers Regarding Online Retailers’ Ethics and Their Relationship with Consumers’ General Internet Expertise and Word of Mouth: A Preliminary Analysis, by Romén, S. and Cuestas, P. , in: Journal of Business Ethics, volume 83, number 4, pages 641-656, 2008.Studying [...]

At the G-20 Summit addressing the global financial crisis this weekend, the government leaders of the world’s largest economies essentially twiddled their thumbs, punting on setting ambitious goals until April 2009 — when the Barack Obama Administration, which is dedicated to addressing the financial crisis and the climate crisis, is in office. Before the Summit, [...]

Buried Treasure:Discovering and Implementing the Value of Corporate Social ResponsibilityBy Caleb Wall(Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, 2008)A review by William C. Frederick, November 2008 This book speaks directly to the business mind—and refreshingly so. It is all about actions that benefit the business firm. [...]

Prophets, Profits, and Peace:The Positive Role of Business in Promoting Religious ToleranceTimothy L. Fort (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008)A Review by William C. Frederick, October 2008 Tim Fort believes there is compatibility (though largely unrealized) of religious belief and business practice. He [...]

What’s behind the rise in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s? Lifetime exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment such as fossil fuel pollution, as it turns out. This according to a new report from the Science and Environmental Health Network and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. Today, CWR co-host Francesca Rheannon speaks with the report’s lead [...]