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Vasella's current catchwords are "human rights" and "corporate citizenship," but we have recently seen other similar examples of businesses trying to "do good" (or perhaps just trying to look good) while deviating from their primary purpose.
These include McDonald's ending its popular "supersized" portions in the name of discouraging obesity, and businesses adopting less efficient, more "sustainable" practices.
Businesses do not have social responsibilities; only people do.
The weakness of Vasella's position is further shown by his injunction that businesses should collaborate with the UN.
By diverting resources away from productive uses, businesses would end up hurting many of the very people they claim to want to help.
Unfortunately, SME owners generally have trouble securing bank loans, and instead must turn to informal lending and alternative funding sources to support their businesses.
Rather, it symbolizes and highlights underlying weaknesses in the operation of the state and its interactions with citizens and businesses.
If people in positions of power aspire to this vision of principled leadership – at work and in their own lives – trust in businesses, governments, and civic institutions can be restored around the world.
To restore it, government officials must build and defend robust civic institutions and political processes that serve the public interest; and businesses must ensure that they are working effectively for all of their stakeholders.
Looking ahead, governments, businesses, and civil-society organizations must put values-driven leadership at the heart of their missions.
For example, Abramovich, a former governor of the Arctic region of Chukotka, Mikhail Prokhorov, who ran as an independent candidate in the 2012 Russian presidential election, or Alexander Lebedev, the long-time financial backer of Novaya Gazeta, have sold nearly all of their assets in Russia and pursued legal and transparent businesses in the US and the UK.
The broadest and most meaningful measure of a country’s saving capacity is what economists call the “net national saving rate” – the combined saving of individuals, businesses, and the government.
It may turn out that most businesses are hit by heavy taxation of both varieties – so heavy that the economy cannot grow, as appears to be the case in Ukraine.
The reason is that immigrants are much more likely to be entrepreneurial and to start new businesses.
In Germany, for example, foreign-passport holders started 44% of new businesses in 2015.
One would think that a country like the US, with a current account deficit of roughly $800 billion a year, would realize that such a yawning external gap is inevitably financed only by selling off assets, which means that foreigners with money acquire ownership and control of US-based businesses.
Some businesses, especially in the agriculture sector, currently enjoy higher levels of protection; eliminating tariffs would thus alter the alignment of domestic interests in the EU (and in the US).
Russia’s European HomeMOSCOW – Last spring, after Russia annexed Crimea and began intervening in eastern Ukraine, the United States and the European Union introduced sanctions against Russian individuals and businesses.
But with the introduction of sanctions, financial markets are closed, for the most part, to Russian businesses.
Delivering change will take political will and require joint efforts by governments, businesses, and civil society.
A graying continent needs dynamic young workers to do jobs that locals spurn (or for which they lack the skills), pay for and care for the old, start businesses, and pursue spark new ideas that boost economic growth.
We must end the vicious circle whereby the use of taxpayers’ funds – more than €4.5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) so far – to rescue banks weakens governments’ budgets, while increasingly risk-averse banks stop lending to businesses that need funds, undermining the economy further.
Beyond changes to office temperatures and dress codes, Cool Biz offered some other energy-saving advice to businesses – including allowing employees to work earlier.
On the contrary, the lack of product-focused discussion is symptomatic of a far more serious problem facing businesses of all sizes in nearly every industry.
But the only way to back the project was to buy shares in the parent company—which encompassed music, film, camera, and television businesses as well.
To turn things around, businesses need financing vehicles tied to product development.
Sharper regional disparities in the availability and cost of capital could emerge, particularly for smaller businesses and consumers, constraining investment and growth in some countries.
And, although most businesses expect a long-term carbon price, the lack of bipartisan support for this scheme leaves many dubious about whether it will survive the next election.
The way to deal with uncertainty and complex situations is to think clearly and act decisively, not cut deals that place Ukraine’s future in the hands of shadowy businesses.
As skilled labor becomes increasingly expensive relative to unskilled labor, firms and businesses have a greater incentive to find ways to “cheat” by using substitutes for high-price inputs.
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