Long ago Voltaire noted that the Holy Roman Empire, decaying into ruin in the middle of Europe, was neither Holy nor Roman, nor an Empire. Most of my generation ran across the line, if they did, in a ...

Is stakeholder capitalism a fad, a form of government influence or an unrealistic ideal spurred by recent global events (e.g., the pandemic, climate action and the Black Lives Matter movement)?

A global markets leader at Cognizant, solving management challenges in cloud, data, AI and SaaS across many industries. Though many executives are talking about it and large firms come together and ...

We’re living in an era of intense inequality. While billionaires can’t give their money away fast enough, 1 in 10 US households regularly struggle to put food on the table. This disparity has made ...

Many corporate executives are looking forward to the prospect of divided government in Washington, with President-elect Joe Biden in the White House but Republicans potentially holding onto the Senate ...

In recent years, corporate America has waged a public-relations crusade to uphold its image among cynical consumers, angry environmentalists, and grandstanding politicians. Companies claim that they ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Mary O'Grady and Dan Henninger. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly No one appreciated the power of capitalism more than ...

The rapid rise of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement is that, at the fund level, products are becoming nuanced. Some newer funds in this category focus explicitly on concepts ...

Blackrock has gone from being known as the largest asset manager in the world to being known as the investment company that pushes a social agenda on the companies it invests in. From cajoling ...

Good morning. Peter Vanham here, writing from Geneva. The stakeholder capital movement is poised to lose two of its champions. Klaus Schwab yesterday announced that he will soon step down as executive ...

Stakeholder capitalism – the idea that businesses need to take the interests of multiple parties into account to be successful – was born in the 1960s, gained more credibility in the academic ...

Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s recent flailings in response to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law show how much the corporate climate has changed. Can CEOs run the world? And will the world allow them to? That ...