We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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Simon ZadekSimon Zadek is chief executive of AccountAbility, a senior fellow at the Centre for Government and Business of Harvard University's Kennedy School, and an honorary professor at the University of South Africa. He is the author of The Civil Corporation: The New Economy of Corporate Citizenship (Earthscan, 2001) Recent articlesCivil society and capitalism: a new landscape Michael Edwards's critique of philanthocapitalism underplays how far a world of interdependency creates opportunity for civil society to force business into embracing social and legal progress, says Simon Zadek of AccountAbility. Accountability's global threadA failure of accountability connects the crises facing the world community, says Zadek. Reinventing global trade: the MFA ForumAn imaginative collaboration of stakeholders in the global south’s textile industry offers a new model for reviving the stalled world-trade talks, says Simon Zadek. The four faces of the World Economic ForumA blizzard of networks, deals and future plans leaves Simon Zadek seeking one more ingredient to make Davos great. |
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