How to Build a Values-Driven Business
More start-up founders are identifying themselves as social entrepreneurs--that is, people who build organizations with an eye towards having a positive effect on the world.
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More start-up founders are identifying themselves as social entrepreneurs--that is, people who build organizations with an eye towards having a positive effect on the world.
Read moreI wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard this question over the last 25 years. I could retire tomorrow! Why do so many keep bringing up thi... Read more
April 11, 2007 -- Four out of five businesses worldwide incorporate some form of corporate social responsibility policies in their busine... Read more
It's amazing what a difference a few years can make! During the boom years of the 1980s and, most especially, the 1990s, it was rare to find business peop... Read more
Meet the new breed of socially responsible CEOs. They share the goals of activist pioneers like Body Shop cofounder Anita Roddick and Ben Jerry's... Read more
The growing attention to and awareness of business ethics can be attributed to a number of factors. These include the increased globalization and decentra... Read more
Companies with strong ethics programs have found that these efforts can reduce potential costly fines, decrease vulnerability, improve reputation, provide... Read more
Building a business means facing all kinds of ethical decisions. Should you skip a creditor's bill in a cash flow crisis? Help an alcoh... Read more
A CEO tells why it is so difficult to be socially resposible when creating daily business policies. Read more
The scattered ranks of home-based business operators are forming up to battle an apparent attack on homework by unions. Homework in the outerwear and wome... Read more
Caveat emptor . This ancient Latin proverb, let the buyer beware , tells us that business ethics has been a societal concern going back a ... Read more
A code of ethics issued by a business is a particular kind of policy statement. A properly framed code is, in effect, a form of legislation within the com... Read more
Building a business means facing all kinds of ethical decisions. Should you skip a creditor's bill in a cash flow crisis? Help an alco... Read more
To deal effectively and responsibly with both ongoing and emerging ethics issues, business needs to shift its perspective from reactive compliance t... Read more
To deal effectively and responsibly with both ongoing and emerging ethics issues, business needs to shift its perspective from reactive compli... Read more
The founder of red-hot American Apparel has the simplest possible business strategy: He does and says exactly what he wants to. Read more
A code of ethics can help a business determine its priorities and values. It can also help you down the line if one of your employees or vendors drags you in... Read more
Years after multibillion-dollar scandals rocked corporate America, more than half of employees at both public and private companies admit they have witnessed... Read more
Not sure what to get that client or colleague for the holidays? Ten entrepreneurs rate sites offering everything from executive toys to spa packages. Read more
Jeffrey Hollender and Alan Newman disagreed about strategy, fought bitterly -- and created two successful companies. They'd set out to change the world, but ... Read more
Want to start a craft business? A look at how you can profit from the DIY revolution. Watch video
U.S. companies are by far bigger givers than their global counterparts. Yet they're not particularly interested in doing good. What gives? Read more
When you buy a pound of gourmet coffee for $8 or $9, as little as 40 cents of that maygo to the farmers who grew it. Much is siphoned off by middlemen in ... Read more
MECHELLE VINSON SUCCUMBED to her boss's advances at least 40 times during a four-year period. She didn't notify top management until she quit and charged... Read more
Rare coins are no more confusing or erratic than any other investment ("All that Glitters," Personal Portfolio, November 1985). Talk to five different sto... Read more
Every entrepreneur hopes to do well. We'd all like to make a lot of money and have a big, profitable customer base. But over the years, I've realized that... Read more
The story of how a manufacturing company failed under pressures from GATT, NAFTA, and sweatshops. Read more
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is one of the nation's top family-owned businesses, a $12 billion behemoth that dominates its industry. But CEO Andy Taylor feared it a... Read more
Social Investment Forum sent copy of FaxPoll on social responsibility to its members to rig results. Read more
The major difference between the old corporate ethic and the new, says this Yale professor and management consultant, is that the former expected workers ... Read more
Susan Davis pushes socially responsible business by drawing elite investors into her circle of networks. Read more
Does your company have a social mission? For an overwhelming number of young entrepreneurs, the answer is “well, duh, yes.” View slideshow
It is said that the eminent 18th century British jurist Lord Mansfield once gave this advice to a struggling Colonial judge: "Consider what you think just... Read more
Reviews of eight business books, including three books from CEOs on the angst and joys of building a company, three books on open-book management, and two bo... Read more
More business students feel a company's responsibilities go beyond the boardroom. Read more
Creating local word of mouth can help spread the word about your business without having to spend the big bucks. Read more
On the verge of losing the business, CEO Tom Walter looked to young employees to turn his business around, and then helped them fund their own. Read more
Lessons in creative capitalism from the people at Google. Read more
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