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The Powers to Lead

OCT 13, 2008 Podcast

The Powers to Lead

What qualities make a leader succeed in business or in politics? Joseph Nye contends that modern leadership requires "smart power," which is a judicious situational ...

OCT 7, 2008 Podcast

Public Ethics Radio: Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse

There is a powerful case that corporations and countries that buy natural resources from bad actors in developing countries are violating the property rights of ...

cover image, The Difference Makers, by Sandra Waddock

OCT 2, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Difference Makers

Sandra Waddock's book "The Difference Makers" tells the stories of nearly two dozen innovators who pioneered the corporate responsibility movement over the past quarter century.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/arkntina/241070625/">RK & Tina</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

OCT 2, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Laws Gone Wild in Ecuador

Ecuador is the first country to constitutionally enact ecosystem rights, expanding the mandate of environmental protection beyond personal injury and corporate license to pollute.

Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict

OCT 1, 2008 Podcast

Striking First: Preemption and Prevention in International Conflict

Is the Bush Doctrine of aggressive preventive action a justified and legal recourse against threats posed by terrorists and rogue states? Does the United States ...