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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Sex, Lies and the Electric Car
By Carol Pierson Holding As though the merging of electric car and the Internet were already a well-known fact, BMW, a leader in CSR among automakers, dared to name its hybrid/electric car brand BMWi. “i”? Sure, thanks to … Continue reading
The Rat is Back: Union Activism Generates Strong Reactions
By Bahar Gidwani Years ago, the building next to my office tried to get rid of its union staff. A local New York building union set up a picket line and brought in a huge inflatable rat to help … Continue reading
Tagged AFL-CIO, Bahar Gidwani, boycott, corporate social responsibility, CSR, CSRHub, Dykes for Dykes, Freedom Eden, Governor Scott Walker, inflatable rat, Koch Brothers, labor unions, New York, Scott Walker, Scott Walker Watch, socially responsible investments, The Daily News, union organizing, unionization, unions, Wisconsin
Flooded With Proof, Insurance Industry Turns Climate Change Realist
By Carol Pierson Holding Quick: Name the industry that has the most to lose from climate change. Reuters would argue it’s the insurance industry, as they did in their February 9th article “Extreme Weather Batters The Insurance Industry.” … Continue reading
Tagged Allianz, Billion Dollar Betsy, Carol Pierson Holding, Chubb, climate change, corporate responsibility, CSR, CSRHub, disaster insurance, EPA, flood insurance, Flooding the Market, Hurricane Katrina, insurance industry, Liberty Mutual, National Flood Insurance Program, New Orleans, NFIP, NYU Institute for Policy Integrity, Reuters, SmarterSafer, SwissRe, US Government, USAA, Zurich
Impulse Control for Corporate Managers
The term “impulse control” describes how some people are able to delay the gratification of their desires, and resist temptation. The Wall Street Journal recently pointed out a good study by Fuld & Co. that describes how various groups of corporate managers reacted when faced with an ethical decision. I’ll let you read the details for yourself. What interested me was that Fuld & Co. measured (and contrasted) the level of ethical self-control exhibited in different industries.
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