Books 
“Plan B” to Rescue The Planet and Civilization(1)
What started as a book has grown into a movement known as “Plan B” which presents a roadmap for achieving worldwide goals of stabilizing both population and climate.
Full Story»Making Money and Making a Difference
Blake Mycoskie founded Toms Shoes in 2006 and pioneered a novel marketing concept called “One for One,” which means that for every pair of Toms shoes that someone buys, a pair is given away to someone who needs it in the developing world. Toms has since given away more than 600,000 pairs of shoes, in the process becoming something of a media sensation. Mycoskie has now written a book with the aim of “inspiring, entertaining and challenging” readers to take action.
Books: Using Social Media To Build a Better World
Advertising executive Simon Mainwaring suggests in a new book that combining corporate social responsibility and social media could create a powerful new consumer force. Among his suggestions: “contributory capitalism,” in which every single consumer transaction for products and services globally “would include a contribution toward building a better world.”
Leadership, Common Purpose and Shared Values
Columnist Gael O’Brien speaks with Joel Kurtzman about corporate culture, CEO leadership and the concept of a common-purpose organization. “It is difficult for a company to keep a sense of common purpose for longer than a decade,” he says. “It has to be nurtured or it goes away.” One company that has succeeded: American Express.
More in this category
- BOOKS: In Search of Sustainable Excellence
- Jeffrey Hollender’s Corporate Responsibility Revolution
- BOOKS: Celebrating Failure and the Power of Risk Taking
- BOOKS: Environmental Disasters as Case Studies in “This Borrowed Earth”
- BOOKS: The Failure of Corporate Boards and the Price We All Pay
- BOOKS: Andrew Ross Sorkin’s “Too Big To Fail”

