ARTICLES ON THE CARING COMPANY / ALTRUISTIC ENTERPRISE
Book Excerpt: THE CARING COMPANY
It is 7 a.m. when Wladek’s truck enters the huge parking lot of LSDH, a European leader in packed milk and juices. After 10 hours of night driving to this Loire Valley warehouse, he is tired, hoping to load his shipment quickly and leave. At most warehouses around the...
Could ignoring the bottom line be the route to resilience? – our interview in Raconteur
By Sam Haddad 24 Mar 2023 A Japanese pharmaceutical company is perhaps not an obvious place to look for a workplace revolution. But in the early 1990s, under the direction of its new president Haruo Naito, pharma giant Eisai quietly began to transform the way it did...
Financial Times on ESG, the altruistic enterprise, and more
Andrew Hill a leading FT business and management editor took on the ESG debate, which earlier was carried under the names of CSR, Benefit Corporation, and more in his recent article. I am happy he used in his article several talks we had previously on the topics of...
HOW TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS THRIVE BY DOING GOOD
This article has been published on December 4, 2020 on the World Economic Forum site Professor Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, has called for the abandonment of both “shareholder capitalism” and “state capitalism”, which have proven to be...
Altruistic companies during the COVID-19 pandemic
A lesson in creating successful companies that care The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting how altruistic businesses adapt, remain flexible, and survive. Strategy+Business, June 10, 2020 by Isaac Getz and Laurent Marbacher In mid-March, COVID-19 locked down most...
Altruism can be good for business, as these companies show
Despite all the benefits that capitalism has brought to society, we have reached the moment when its downsides – social and environmental – have begun to outweigh its positive effects. Attempts to eliminate the negative social effects of business started as far back...