Harry Cassin
Publisher and Editor
Andy Spalding
Senior Editor
Jessica Tillipman
Senior Editor
Bill Steinman
Senior Editor
Richard L. Cassin
Editor at Large
Elizabeth K. Spahn
Editor Emeritus
Cody Worthington
Contributing Editor
Julie DiMauro
Contributing Editor
Thomas Fox
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Marc Alain Bohn
Contributing Editor
Bill Waite
Contributing Editor
Shruti J. Shah
Contributing Editor
Russell A. Stamets
Contributing Editor
Richard Bistrong
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Eric Carlson
Contributing Editor
Julie Fisher Melton’s upcoming book Importing Democracy (Kettering Foundation) studies how so-called “democratization NGOs” work to change political culture in South Africa, Argentina, and Tajikistan.
The NGOs profiled in the book nurture democratic values by engaging in projects such as setting up local radio stations and talking to police about human rights.… Continue Reading
Raja Chatterjee, creator and global head of Morgan Stanley’s Anti-Corruption Group, is riding high.
Last month, the DOJ and SEC declined to prosecute or charge the company in an FCPA case involving a former high-ranking Morgan Stanley executive in China.… Continue Reading
In March the Nigerian human rights group SERAP (Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project) sent a letter to the SEC outlining one of the most altruistic FCPA amendments yet proposed. The letter urged the U.S.… Continue Reading
Mark Pieth, left, is the chairman of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, which monitors how countries are criminalizing foreign bribery in accordance with the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. He’s also a professor of criminal law and criminology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.… Continue Reading
Huguette Labelle, left, is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Transparency International, which calls itself “the global coalition against corruption.” Led by a Berlin-based Secretariat, TI has chapters in nearly 100 countries.… Continue Reading
Michael Hershman, left, president of The Fairfax Group, helps public and private sector clients integrate core principles of social responsibility into their everyday practices.
In a 2010 talk to law students at Pepperdine University, Hershman described an instructive experience he had at Siemens AG in the late nineties:
… Continue ReadingThey asked me to come in and talk about how they could do business going forward…I met with 20 of their top executives, and I gave what I thought was a rousing lecture for two hours…At the end, I asked for questions.
Toby Heaps takes an entrepreneurial approach to fostering corporate responsibility.
In 2002, Heaps, left, co-founded the quarterly Canadian magazine Corporate Knights, whose stated mission is “to humanize the marketplace.” Among its best known features are the annual lists Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World and Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, which recognize companies that practice what Heaps calls “clean capitalism.”… Continue Reading
Roy Snell, left, CEO of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, helps set the standards for the compliance profession.
According to its mission statement, SCCE “is dedicated to improving the quality of corporate governance, compliance and ethics.”… Continue Reading
Alexandra Wrage, left, is the founder and president of TRACE International, a non-profit anti-corruption organization.
TRACE (which stands for Transparent Agents and Contracting Entities) offers member companies access to an online anti-bribery program and the annual TRACE Forum in Washington, D.C.,… Continue Reading
As Chief Executive of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Ernst Ligteringen, left, encourages and enables businesses to shine light on their sustainability efforts.
GRI’s mission is to make sustainability reporting just as common in the corporate world as financial reporting.… Continue Reading
As founder and CEO of FTSE Group, Mark Makepeace created the FTSE4Good Index. It helps investors find companies that meet CSR (corporate social responsibility) criteria.
To earn an FTSE4Good Certificate of Membership, companies have to demonstrate a commitment to “environmental sustainability, developing positive relationships with stakeholders and upholding and supporting human rights.”… Continue Reading
Sharon Allen, left, was Deloitte LLP’s first independent Chairperson of the Board from 2003 until her retirement in May 2011. She used her prominent role at one of the world’s largest accounting firms to promote business ethics both within Deloitte and in the wider corporate community.… Continue Reading
