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Water for life: an African photo exhibit
For the first time in human history, more than half of the world’s population now live in cities: that means about 3.5 billion people. And the urban landscape continues to grow, with 38% of the growth represented by expanding slums. …
Tagged africa, Our World 2.0, sanitation, water
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Ethics of Profit, Part 2: Profits Unjustly Gained
This is the second in a 3-part series on the ethics of profit. As I noted in the first in this series, profit is often subject to ethical criticism. But the reasons for that are not clear. To begin our …
Tagged Chris MacDonald, Ethics, finance, fraud, pricing, profits
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Ethics of Profit, Part 1: Excessive Profits
This is the first of a 3-part series on the ethics of profit. Is making a profit ethically good, or bad, or neutral? Or, better still, are there situations in which making a profit is either good, or bad, or …
Tagged Chris MacDonald, consumers, corporations, definitions, economics, Ethics, finance, pricing, profits, trade
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The Role of Business Schools in the Financial Crisis
“Give it your best shot” says a frustrated and annoyed Dean of Columbia Business School as the interviewer in the Oscar winning documentary “Inside Job” questions him about a potential conflict of interest. The Dean, as Chairman of the Council …
5 Realities vs the “We’re-Not-Allowed-To-Do-Sustainability” Myth
I love this Navajo proverb: “You can’t wake a person who’s pretending to be asleep.” Corporations sometimes defend their inaction on their social and environmental impacts by hiding behind Milton Friedman’s adage that “The business of business is business.” They …
Japan’s horror reveals how thin is the edge we live on
It’s scary to watch the video from Japan, and not just because of the frightening explosions at the Fukushima plant or the unstoppable surge of tsunami-wash through the streets. It’s almost as unnerving to see the aftermath — the square miles of …
Surely We Can Do Better than Nuclear Socialism
They were in the news a half century ago when they were called “too cheap to meter.” Now “absolutely safe” nuclear reactors are once again in the news. As the horrifying scene in Japan unfolds this month, many politicians and …
Banana Peels and Water Purification
Banana peels can be used to purify drinking water contaminated with toxic heavy metals such as copper and lead. According to a February 2011 study published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, researchers from the Bioscience Institute at Botucatu, Brazil, indicates …
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