Posted on September 24, 2014 3:20 pm by Shel Holtz | Economics | Business | Ethics | PR | Transparency | Trust
Flickr photo courtesy of mSeattleThe importance of a genuine commitment to corporate social responsibility is growing more and more clear. Study after study finds consumers are making conscious decisions to avoid doing business with bad actors and greenwashers, and to spend their money (and make their investments) in companies that are sincere about trying to do well by doing good.
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Posted on March 3, 2014 6:33 pm by Shel Holtz | Sharing and Collaborating | Economics | Business
When Jeremiah Owyang first alerted me to an Altimeter Group report on the sharing economy, I was skeptical. Not about the reality of the growing trend toward sharing and collaboration, mind you. The growth of companies like AirBnB, TaskRabbit and Lyft is undeniable. But in a world economy driven by factors like interest rates, trade balances, government debt, gross national…
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