Novo Nordisk is one of the few highly reputed pharma businesses and there is a reason for it. Rather than stick to its economistic origins that so many of its competitors live and organize by, Novo Nordisk allowed itself to experiment and react to stakeholder criticism. Rather than reactively...

This article considers a hypothetical corporate decision that will generate $5 million of profit today but result in the loss of one human life in ten years. This example is not abstract; corporations in a range of businesses engage in decisions and oversight that affect risk to human life:...

a) Purpose: It is widely held, that the business enterprises besides earnings profits, should contribute towards the achievement of MDGs. Since the inception of UNGC large number of business firms have joined and they are suppose to make significant contribution to fulfill the targeted goals....

With the constant growth and development, companies have to continuously upgrading its performance over time. Such upgrades may be beneficial to examine the important elements that firms need to maintain. This paper attempt to investigate any relevance theoretical review, including any evidence...

The financial crisis of 2007/08 has caused many to question the basic premises of the current business system. ‘Business as usual' has come under heavy scrutiny. Achieving environmental and social sustainability stand out as some of the major challenges that current business leaders have to...

The concept of social entrepreneurship is discussed and examined for its potential to support sustainable value creation. A detailed case study of bracNet provides an example of shared value creation. bracNet is a for-profit enterprise in Bangladesh aiming to close the digital divide globally...

This is the second of a series of four articles on Common Good adapted from the author's doctoral dissertation. This article starts from the three variables in the morality construct in the Catholic Magisterium to review the current related business literatures; their debates and weakneses of...