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Author Archives: Marcy Murninghan
A Valentine’s Bouquet: Twelve for 2012
The TakeAway: The blooms of sustainable prosperity and justice are fed by at least twelve currents that will get stronger throughout 2012. They involve the maturation of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance; rethinking the meaning of “fiduciary”; balancing internationalism … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Interactive Technology, Investor Governance, Natural Disasters, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Apple, B-Corporations, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), climate, conflict, Corporation 20/20, divided societies, ESG, fiduciary, G4, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), human rights, Middle East, MITSloan Management Review, Occupy Wall Street, post-conflict societies, social sustainability, stakeholder engagement, supply chains, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), U.N. International Year of Cooperatives, XBRL
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Campus Curricula and the Common Good: Filling the Gap
Guest Commentary by Joe McCarty, Occasional Contributor, The Murninghan Post The TakeAway: To inaugurate MurnPost’s “Voices of Young People” section, Joe McCarty writes about the failure of undergraduate business schools to equip students with the knowledge and competence necessary for building … Continue reading
Getting Off the Couch
The TakeAway: Last year we became conscious of the breakdown in public trust and its civic moral and economic consequences—and what average people can do to make a difference. This year more of us will get off the couch and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Politics, Public Policy
Tagged Allen White, Brookings Institution, cap and trade, climate change, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Corporation 20/20, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Greenpeace, International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Lisa Woll, Norman Lear, Occupy Wall Street, Pew Research Center, Richard Cordray, Simon Zadek, Tellus Institute, U.S. Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, water risk
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Song of Sorrow or Call to Arms? Four Stratagems to Improve Our Politics
The TakeAway: While extremist politics dominate Washington, financial markets continue to seize, and US credit-worthiness takes a beating, advocates of sustainability and good governance need to stop moping and get off the bench. Here are four stratagems to reverse the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Politics, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
Tagged "Super Congress", 501(c)(3) status, Bill Baue, Bob Massie, Ceres, Charles M. Taylor, Deborah Leipziger, debt ceiling, double-dip recession, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), income inequality, International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC), Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), Joan Bavaria, Joshua Gay, politics, Tea Party, wealth inequality
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Human Rights: A Moral and Material Business Concern
The TakeAway: Several sustainability milestones were reached in June, but the greatest of these was the UN Human Rights Council endorsement of the Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, which established human rights as both a moral and material … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Allen White, BASESwiki, Business and Human Rights Resource Center (BHRCC), Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Carbones del CerrejĂłn, Caroline Rees, Center for Transnational Corporations, Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative, due diligence, Elizabeth Umlas, Esquel Garments Group, Faris Natour, Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Harvard Kennedy School, human rights, Jean Rogers, John Ruggie, MacBride Principles, Northern Ireland, Sakhalin Energy Investment Corporation, Sarah Altschuller, South Africa, Steve Lydenberg, Sullivan Principles, Tellus Institute, Tesco, UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
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Bank Foreclosures Draw Investor Ire
Guest Commentary by Ariane van Buren, Contributing Analyst, The Murninghan Post The TakeAway: Public pension fund investors turn up the heat on big banks as outrage over lending and mortgage practices mounts. With millions of families losing their homes – and fears … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Corporate Governance, Proxy Voting
Tagged Bank of America, Citigroup, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), foreclosures, Gretchen Morgenson, Heidi Welsh, JPMorgan Chase, mortgages, MoxyVote, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), Too Big to Fail, U.S. Trustee Program, Wells Fargo
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Smart Power, Adaptive Leadership, and Human Rights
Part One of Two The TakeAway: Advocates for corporate responsibility need to address the wider context of global politics and power, particularly within conflict zones where human rights abuses are most pronounced. So we got Osama bin Laden. Now what? … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Public Policy
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“Just Keep Your Knees Together” – Democracy’s Disconnect
Guest Commentary by Rosalie Hudnut Wright, Occasional Contributor, The Murninghan Post The Takeaway: To inaugurate MurnPost’s “Voices of Baby Boomers” section, Rosalie Hudnut Wright writes about the “disconnect” in our Presidential primary campaign between women’s well-being and social and economic sustainability. … Continue reading →