Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility
Resources

Jennifer Government: A Novel (FICTION)

"You don't know what these people are like. They don't stop until you make them stop," warns the title character of "Jennifer Government." It's a tale of good guys and bad guys, all gone haywire over corporate power and bigger bottom lines. The novel is fast-paced and well written, and it hides any moral lessons well beneath the engaging plot. (by Max Barry)

Cell Phones and The Dark Deception   (by Carleigh Cooper)

Find Out What You're Not Being Told...And Why

Cell Phones and The Dark Deception scrutinizes the evidence to resolve a question that has been lingering since 1993: Are cell phones safe? The book probes the evidence, industry cover-ups, and government secrets to answer the question definitively. Find out what you're not being told...and why. The book also discusses ways to reduce your exposure and risk without giving up your cell phone.

Infectious Greed

How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets

Real-life Wall Streeters apparently think that "greed is good" was more than a line out of a movie. Find out how 15 years of derivatives disasters have devastated a variety of large, well known companies, and find out where the author puts the blame for the continuing fiascos. (by F. Partnoy)

Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers

Did you know that there is an annual "Advertising and Promotion to Kids Conference"? Yup, there is. The product pushers are bent on manipulating teens' images of themselves—and picking their pockets in the process. Learn about the slimy underbelly of teen advertising and marketing programs and the serious consequences they're having. (by Alissa Quart)

Pigs at the Trough

How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America

Documents greed and power mongering by those at the top—the thin layer of wealthy, powerful people in politics and corporate America who are determined to become even more so, even if dirty dealing is required.
(by Arianna Huffington)

Power Failure

The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron

Enron's aggressive growth "techniques" and its mega-ton collapse will remain in memory for a long time. Sherron Watkins, the primary whistleblower in the case, will no doubt be thankful for relative obscurity in the future, but here her story and Enron's escapades are chronicled.

The Number

How the Drive for Q. Earnings Corrupted Wall Street and Corporate America

As the accumulation of wealth accelerated in the 1990s, corporate officers began getting creative to ensure their stock prices stayed high and opportunities for ever more wealth remained open. Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom are familiar cases, but many other firms did book-diddled too. (by Alex Berenson)

Dancing With the Tiger

Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step

Is the multinational corporate environment a hopeless greed-driven mess? No, argue the authors: global capitalists can be creative, can be industry leaders, and can be profitable—and still behave in a environmentally sustainable and socially responsible manner. (by Nattrass, Altomare)

Five Past Midnight in Bhopal

In 1984, a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked a cloud of deadly gas that killed between 15,000 and 30,000 local residents and permanently injured hundreds of thousands of others. The book tells the story of the disaster and the inadequate government and corporate response that has added to the tragedy. (by Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro)

Eating in the Dark

America's Experiment With Genetically Engineered Food

Most Americans aren't aware that the corn and soy they eat is genetically modified, or whether that even matters. But there is a battle being waged for big profits and market domination, and the consumer is intentionally being left out of the discussion. Find out why you should care. (by K. Hart)