http://www.bloggernews.net/116302 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:14:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/116302#comment-1006816 » The scandal of the grotesque rewards that accrue to failed executives - Blogger News Network Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:13:05 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116302#comment-1006816 [...] I have written before about the illusionary myth that is CSR and I suppose that the one good thing that might come out of the global financial crisis is that none us will ever again trust the disingenuous garbage that corporations choose to throw at us from time to time. The idea that, say, a tobacco giant like BAT can be socially responsible is absurd but they still peddle this nonsense even though they surely can’t expect us to believe it. Do they really believe it themselves? - I doubt it. [...] […] I have written before about the illusionary myth that is CSR and I suppose that the one good thing that might come out of the global financial crisis is that none us will ever again trust the disingenuous garbage that corporations choose to throw at us from time to time. The idea that, say, a tobacco giant like BAT can be socially responsible is absurd but they still peddle this nonsense even though they surely can’t expect us to believe it. Do they really believe it themselves? - I doubt it. […]

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/116302#comment-769462 » Nationalisation of ExxonMobil and the rest as the spoof “New York Times” said? It could happen! - Blogger News Network Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:15:55 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116302#comment-769462 [...] in self-interest and their specious commitments to so-called “Corporate Social Responsibility” are a tired old myth  . This sector is far too important to be left to the vagaries of the private sector and the [...] […] in self-interest and their specious commitments to so-called “Corporate Social Responsibility” are a tired old myth  . This sector is far too important to be left to the vagaries of the private sector and the […]

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/116302#comment-705206 » Time is ripe for greater public control of the oil industry in Europe - Blogger News Network Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:06:29 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/116302#comment-705206 [...] economy has been dealt a near fatal blow by the failures in the banking sector around the world.  For some of us the idea that business could be trusted to apply Corporate Social Responsibility was always a myth - [...] […] economy has been dealt a near fatal blow by the failures in the banking sector around the world.  For some of us the idea that business could be trusted to apply Corporate Social Responsibility was always a myth - […]

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