Summary

There are two fundamental reasons why it makes sense for business to act as a Force for Good.

 

The first is that the world is facing many major global problems, which will need applied ingenuity to solve. Of all the human institutions we could use, business has the most impressive track record of delivering innovative practical solutions to the widest range of problems.

 

The other reason is simply that it is in companies' own interest to do this. By helping to solve some of the key problems we all face, companies can generate more profit, and can build more resilient and sustainable business models.

 

The material below gives some examples.

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posted by Tony  on September 23, 2008
Tomorrow's Company have a long history of looking at how the financial services work as part of an overall system and where the weaknesses are, major publications include Tomorrow's Global Company (2007), Restoring Trust (2004) and Tomorrow's Owners (to be launched in October 2008).  We are in a strong position to help frame solutions to the current financial crisis, however not a think tank for knee jerk reactions, we are currently having healthy debate about what policies should be.  We are sharing some of this on forceforgood.com in the form of resources and blogs tagged with the issue 'global financial crisis'.  We aim not just to be transparent in our thoughts but to encourage comments from a forceforgood community.
     

Issue(s): Why we need Force for Good companies , Global Financial Crisis

Tag(s): FinancialCrisis , Regulation , ResponsibleInvestment , Shorting
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posted by Philip  on August 22, 2008
Philip Sadler CBE - the Senior Fellow of Tomorrow's Company - reviews the books that can provide detailed answers the central questions posed by www.forceforgood.com.  In this article he reviews Sumantra Goshal on Management: A force for good, a collection of works which helps to answer why companies need to become forces for good. Formerly philip was Chief Executive of Ashridge Business School for twenty years. He was also Senior Research Fellow for the recent inquiry - Tomorrow’s Global Company.
     

Issue(s): Why we need Force for Good companies , How to be a Force for Good company , Tomorrow's Global Talent , Corporate Social Responsibility

Tag(s): BookReview , EthicalEmployees , Talent
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posted by Philip  on July 31, 2008
To many companies treat people as they  treat other resouces - as commodities. But given leadership and example people can achieve great things for their companies.
     

Issue(s): Redefining Success , Embedding Values , Why we need Force for Good companies

Tag(s): leadership , redefining success , values
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posted by Philip  on July 25, 2008
In response to the central questions posed on the forceforgood.com website, Philip Sadler CBE - the Senior Fellow of Tomorrow's Company - reviews the books that can provide detailed answers. Formerly philip was Chief Executive of Ashridge Business School for twenty years. He was also Senior Research Fellow for the recent inquiry - Tomorrow’s Global Company.
     

Issue(s): Why we need Force for Good companies , How to be a Force for Good company , What is a Force for Good company?

Tag(s): BuiltToLast , ExamplesOfForceForGood , Interface , JCollins , JPorras , SimonZadek

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