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1. A Corporate Conscience?: Part 3 (matthew)<br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: matthew <<a href="mailto:innovator3@hotmail.com">innovator3@hotmail.com</a>><br>To: "<a href="mailto:spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net">spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net">spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net</a>><br>Cc: <br>Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 00:59:58 +0000<br>Subject: [SPN-Discussion] A Corporate Conscience?: Part 3<br>
<div><div dir="ltr">SPNers:<div><br></div><div>Here's the final part of this Series on whether a corporate conscience is possible.</div><div><br></div><div><div><a href="http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/stakeholder_trends_insights/matt_polsky/when_it_really_isn%E2%80%99t_business_usual_can_the_0" style="font-size:12pt" target="_blank">http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/stakeholder_trends_insights/matt_polsky/when_it_really_isn%E2%80%99t_business_usual_can_the_0</a></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Did any of you note that Frank Bruni of the NYT had a similar theme on Wednesday, and it got brutalized by the vast majority of commentators? </div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="line-height:21.2999992370605px"></div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/opinion/frank-bruni-the-good-among-the-greed.html" style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(0,104,207)" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/opinion/frank-bruni-the-good-among-the-greed.html</a></div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Can I assume there's no interest in picking up on Michael's invitation to do a panel on this topic, sometimes in, say, March/April?</div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:21.2999992370605px">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Matt Polsky</div></div></div><div style="line-height:21.2999992370605px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="tel:908%20451-2833" value="+19084512833" target="_blank">908 451-2833</a></div><div><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:innovator3@hotmail.com" target="_blank">innovator3@hotmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net" target="_blank">spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net</a><br>Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:51:19 +0000<br>Subject: [SPN-Discussion] A Corporate Conscience?: Part 2<br><br>
<div dir="ltr">SPNers:<div><br></div><div>Part 2 of this 3-part series:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/stakeholder_trends_insights/matt_polsky/when_it_really_isn%E2%80%99t_business_usual_can_the" target="_blank">http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/stakeholder_trends_insights/matt_polsky/when_it_really_isn%E2%80%99t_business_usual_can_the</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Matt<br><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:innovator3@hotmail.com" target="_blank">innovator3@hotmail.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net" target="_blank">spn-discussion@lists.sustainabilitypractice.net</a><br>Subject: A Corporate Conscience?<br>Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:19:01 +0000<br><br>
<div dir="ltr"><div>SPNers:</div><div><br></div>Perhaps some SPNers might be interested in my latest, asking and exploring whether it is possible for a mainstream company to have a conscience.<div><br></div><div>See this first part <span style="font-size:12pt">of a 3-parter. </span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/stakeholder_trends_insights/matt_polsky/when_it_really_isn%E2%80%99t_business_usual_can_there?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=businessweekly&utm_campaign=jun15&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoks6XMZKXonjHpfsX56%2BotXa%2B2lMI/0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4FSMNjI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTrTBMbVxyLgOXxk%3D" target="_blank">http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/stakeholder_trends_insights/matt_polsky/when_it_really_isn%E2%80%99t_business_usual_can_there?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=businessweekly&utm_campaign=jun15&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoks6XMZKXonjHpfsX56%2BotXa%2B2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4FSMNjI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTrTBMbVxyLgOXxk%3D</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you read it, don't forget to link to the Table that shows some of the evidence for such a contrarian position.</div><div><br></div><div>Doubt there will be a whole lot of agreement on this position, but...maybe some day. It's happened before.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Matt Polsky</div><div><a href="tel:908%20451-2833" value="+19084512833" target="_blank">908 451-2833</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div>
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