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This site is the personal website of Mallen Baker, a writer, speaker and strategic advisor on corporate social responsibility and the founding director of Business Respect.

Four factors that create irresponsible businesses

(Business Respect - 25 Jan 2010) It's possible that people become leaders of major businesses with the full intention of earning money in the most unethical, disreputable way possible. But more likely, they don't. Companies end up doing the wrong things for a variety of reasons - none of which necessarily begin with evil intent..
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Is it time to change the ownership of our best companies?

(Business Respect - 12 Jan 2010) It is completely impossible to prove that a commitment to corporate social responsibility has any effect whatsoever to a company's share price. I wish we would agree that, and move on to more interesting territory..
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A case study of a different approach to reporting

(Business Respect - 16 Nov 2009) Supposing you put to one side the rules about how you're supposed to produce a CSR or sustainability report. Supposing you started with almost a blank page and focused on what might make the people you most want to communicate with actually read your report. What would that look like? .
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What is worse than forcing kids to work in sweatshops?

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Business Respect - Email newsletter on corporate social responsibility

Visit the new Business Respect website: The new home for the Business Respect email newsletter on CSR. This issue:In this issue, we ask whether values driven companies are undermined by their shareholders.

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Branson and other leaders raise the alarm on coming oil crunch - 8 Feb 2010

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