Democracy and Corporations
By Robert C. Hinkley 4 January 2023 Happy New Year everyone. Left alone, some people will use their freedom to infringe on the lives and...
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Robert Hinkley
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
Recent Interview
Here is an interview with Nico Heller of the Democracy School in Berlin regarding putting outside limits on acceptable corporate...
Robert Hinkley
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
COP27 and Corporate Directors
“COP27 must try something new. Governments agreeing to return home and pass legislation that needs to be negotiated with emitters of...
Robert Hinkley
- Sep 5, 2022
- 5 min
Why Not?
“Intuitions come first, so anything we can do to cultivate more positive social connections, will alter institutions and thus downstream...
Robert Hinkley
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
A New Strategy
6 August 2022 Robert C. Hinkley 1. Corporations are free to pursue any legal business. 2. When that pursuit results in harm to the...
Robert Hinkley
- Jul 31, 2022
- 8 min
A Call to Action
Protecting the public interest should be a corporate priority. 1 August 2022 By Robert C. Hinkley* Should government pass out licenses to...
Robert Hinkley
- May 13, 2022
- 2 min
The First Commandment of Corporate Directors
“Corporate directors need a new First Commandment. When corporate behaviour causes extreme harm to the environment, directors must have...
Robert Hinkley
- May 1, 2022
- 5 min
COP 27: A New Approach
It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), And so these men of...
Robert Hinkley
- Apr 22, 2022
- 3 min
Earth Day: Time to Begin an Election Day Discussion
Here’s is the problem in a nutshell. Big corporations which are destroying the public interest won’t stop voluntarily and governments...
Robert Hinkley
- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
Earth Day: A New Strategy
Time is running out. Our first goal should not be to try and make all corporations moral all the time. It should first be to place...
Robert Hinkley
- Apr 1, 2022
- 8 min
Restoring Boundaries on Capitalism
Rather than abandoning capitalism, the Code for Corporate Citizenship will put sensible boundaries on it, making modern business less...
Robert Hinkley
- Mar 13, 2022
- 1 min
Shifting Allegiances
13 March 2022 The companies and industries contributing most to global warming and climate change (e.g., fossil fuel producers, electric...
Robert Hinkley
- Mar 7, 2022
- 7 min
Civilizing the Corporation
“At its heart, the corporation is a paradox. How else would you describe institutions authorised by government which every day attack...
Robert Hinkley
- Feb 25, 2022
- 4 min
Democracy Has A Problem: This is how to fix it
By Robert C. Hinkley 25 February 2022 A friend asked me, “Why can’t government do something about the spread of disinformation on social...
Robert Hinkley
- Jan 12, 2022
- 3 min
Time to Change the Corporation
By Robert C. Hinkley* 12 January 2022 I think I might scream. After talking about corporate reform for twenty plus years, most reformers...
Robert Hinkley
- Dec 29, 2021
- 11 min
Focus on the System: Not the Symptoms
29 December 2021 For some time now corporations, advancing under the flag of the economy, have had the upper hand in keeping government...
Robert Hinkley
- Oct 25, 2021
- 5 min
Cutting the Gordian Knot
“Participants in the UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change in Glasgow next week should realise the source of global warming...
Robert Hinkley
- Oct 18, 2021
- 5 min
COP26 or Cop Out
by Robert C. Hinkley 18 October 2021 The number one stated goal of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in...
Robert Hinkley
- Sep 29, 2021
- 7 min
The Goal of Corporate Reform
29 September 2021 Over the last 50 years there has been a significant change in how corporations are perceived. Recently, that change...
Robert Hinkley
- Sep 23, 2021
- 6 min
Motivation
By Robert C. Hinkley* 22 September 2021 In my last post,[1] I suggested the Code for Corporate Citizenship (Code)[2] would be largely...
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