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Corporate (anti) social responsibility

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is in the news quite a bit this week. But is it a duck or a rabbit? Or, to be less vague, are the number of ‘anomalies’ stacking up against CSR (the ‘duck’) so persuasive that we can’t really say it’s a duck any more; that we have to conclude that, [...]

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Personalized medicine is the issue on the table

Friday, October 7th, 2011

In less than 36 hours I’ll be flying out of Heathrow for the 2011 Summit on the Global Agenda in Abu Dhabi.

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The Commonwealth Games: Does inspiration help the poor?

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

As the Commonwealth Games get launched next week in New Delhi, scrutiny is falling on the costs of this $6 billion extravaganza. While the Games inspire, much like the World Cup and other major sporting events, do the benefits outweigh the costs?

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Who’s really fighting hunger?

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

ActionAid just released an excellent report on the world hunger situation taking a stark look at what’s going right, and wrong, and what we should be aiming towards. Two things jumped out at me immediately.

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