It has become fashionable to laud corporate social responsibility as a win-win practice for
business and society. Yet CSR
is a misleading and distracting doctrine that blinds us to the political realities of corporate economic
globalization, writes Jessica Ludescher.
The
current financial crisis offers an opportunity to question the corruption of children's
culture by rampant commercialisation, commodification and consumption. A
road to recovery cannot be simply about returning to a re-established, bankrupt consumer society, argues Henry A. Giroux.
Contemporary marketing tactics have all but
obliterated the boundaries between advertising and editorial content, and raise the twin specters of manipulation
and invasion of privacy, argue Jeff Chester and Katbryn Montgomery.
Huge areas of the Amazon rainforest are being cut down to satisfy
global demand for soya. But how did this crop and a handful of others
come to dominate our diet so completely? In an extract from her new
book, Felicity Lawrence investigates the faceless trading giants who
really decide what goes on our plates, writes Felicity Lawrence.
It is fitting that we hold this conversation on the future of the corporation in historic Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of Liberty. Deliberations in this very room more than 200 years ago were the first step on a long walk away from a king named George that launched a new nation and led ultimately to the end of monarchy, argues David Kortem.
Citizen movements are proving that we can take on corporate power, and together build a future that works for all life, write
Michael Marx and Marjorie Kelly.
