Keep tabs on consultancy work to avoid ‘Uber-style controversies’
Clearer separation between peer-reviewed and corporate work would help protect academic integrity, expert says Read more
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Reproducibility in psychology ‘hinges on author role in replication’
Successful replication efforts heavily tied to whether original research team allowed a role, finds study of contentious psychology field Read more
Indigenous models of liberal arts should beware of ethnic chauvinism
As the Indian and the US examples both show, openness and flexibility is easily limited by parochialism and provincialism Read more
Companies lobby US Supreme Court to keep affirmative action
As loss in Harvard and UNC cases seems likely, dozens of top corporations argue in filings that they do better with diverse workforces Read more
Australia blocks access to biggest contract cheating websites
New cooperative approach targets biggest essay mills without need for court action Read more
Why companies see circular thinking as an emerging strategy
Dame Ellen MacArthur sailed around the world solo in 2001 in a nonstop three-month journey.
Trump goes to Paris?
Last week, in my column 50 Shades of Brown, I posited that the sustainability community needs Nixon-goes-to-China-like disruptive leadership in order to catalyze the kind of nonlinear, exponential rate of shift to clean energy that we need in order to save the planet.
The new push to rate suppliers on sustainability
Many companies long have evaluated aspects of their suppliers’ environmental, social and governance policies and performance.
What does gender have to do with sustainability?
Take your pick of terminology: balance; equality; empowerment; fairness.
Why Microsoft gave sustainability a promotion
Sustainability has been kicked upstairs at Microsoft Corp., a promotion in terms of where it sits, to whom it reports, what it does and how it is viewed across the organization.
