What If Nature, Like Corporations, Had The Rights Of A Person?

In recent years, the US supreme court has solidified the concept of corporate personhood. Following rulings in such cases as Hobby Lobb...

Can India Benefit From A Human Rights Framework For Business?

On 26 June 2014, the government made a commitment at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), when it voted in favour of a resolution to establish an open-ended int...

Gender diversity - Companies Pull Women Managers Out Of Pink Ghettoes

Gender diversity - Companies Pull Women Managers Out Of Pink Ghettoes

MUMBAI: Bringing women managers out of `pink ghettoes' and proactively deploying them in impor...

Nodes Of Exploitation And Discontent: Economy In Fallout

Coming from a limited understanding of economics it is difficult for me to comment on the social economic landscape that dominates international markets and the intricate f...

Russell Simmons Delivers Water To Flint

Earlier this week, RushCard delivered a donation of 150,000 bottles of water to the relief effort in Flint, Michigan. The prepaid debit card company, founded by Russell Sim...

The US Wants To Make Oil, Gas, And Mining Companies More Transparent About Their Deals

Environmentalists and transparency activists are feuding with energy and mining interests over a proposed US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation that would ...

The End of Big Data

Personal data is anything but personal. Our phones and televisions listen in on us; the most powerful corporations in the world trade in consumer tics, browsing histories, ...

Emma Watson Helps Reveal HeForShe Parity Report

Ten of the world’s leading companies have released new workforce gender diversity figures, including details on leadership roles and board membership, in UN Women&rsq...

These Businesses Have Signed A White House Pledge To Address Climate Change

Eighty-one corporations have signed the American Business Act on Climate pledge, which is intended to combat international climate change and consolidate a business-friendl...