Comments on: Are businesses as selfish as they seem? https://ceobootcamp.com/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/ Transform your Company in just 2 Hours a Week Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:44:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: John Seiffer https://ceobootcamp.com/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-136 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:44:18 +0000 http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/06/21/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-136 Jeff – I hope that Rountable is successful.

]]> By: Jeff Dauphin https://ceobootcamp.com/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-135 Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:42:58 +0000 http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/06/21/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-135 Business Roundtable Releases Energy Action Plan – Jun 22: The Business Roundtable released a national action plan on energy, urging the collective establishment of voluntary, measurable national targets for increased conservation of petroleum and natural gas, and improvements in energy efficiency. The targets would be a key element of an overall framework for a long-term solution that would increase America’s energy security and maintain our economic growth. The Roundtable’s action plan has been developed in response to growing worldwide demand for energy and high energy prices that are currently threatening both our nation’s energy and economic security. In addition to calling for the establishment of targets, the framework outlines steps toward enhancing energy supply and availability, encouraging increased environmentally responsible exploration and development of North American oil and gas reserves. The proposal also emphasizes cultivation and promotion of new energy technologies through incentives and public-private R&D partnerships.
Michael Morris, Chairman of the Roundtable’s Energy Task Force and Chairman, President and CEO, American Electric Power Company, Inc. said, “When energy problems surfaced over 30 years ago, we did not make the necessary long-term strategic investments or hard decisions to put us on a permanent road to energy security. Our nation must commit to addressing the energy challenge by uniting in a powerful, collective way.” As a first step toward implementing this action plan in the coming months, the Roundtable has sent a letter to every member of the Congress calling for bipartisan leadership that is firmly focused on meeting our long-term energy challenges without stifling economic growth. Going forward, the Roundtable will work with experts within member companies to develop a sound technological and economic foundation for setting voluntary targets and formulating strategies for implementation.
The Business Roundtable is an association of 160 chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, cutting across every sector including both energy producers and users. Member CEOs spent several months discussing ideas, debating options and ultimately compromising to create the new policy framework issued today by the Roundtable.
Access a release with links to the letter and plan.(http://www.businessroundtable.org/newsroom/document.aspx?qs=5916BF807822B0F1AD2428222FB51711FCF50C8).
We ran this article in our Daily Environmental News Service on Friday, June 23, 2006: http://www.ecobizport.com/WIMSToday.html

]]> By: John Seiffer https://ceobootcamp.com/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-134 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:47:34 +0000 http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/06/21/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-134 Charity is wonderful. Most companies give something toward philanthropy – though some (like Ben & Jerrys) that give a fixed percentage are the most famous.

But in my mind, the smartest are the ones who figure out a way to profit from doing right. Companies that figure out a way to be green that it helps the bottom line. Or companies that give better pay and benefits and figure out how to manage better so the expense improves sales, or profit.

That kind of helping seems more sustainable to me.

]]> By: Marcin Brzezinski https://ceobootcamp.com/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-133 Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:07:34 +0000 http://thesmallbusinesscoach.com/blog/2006/06/21/are-businesses-as-selfish-as-they-seem/#comment-133 I cannot agree more! I have plans to slice my company’s profit and give away 20% of it to charity of choice. This won’t even affect the company’s ability to invest in technologies and growth – because these expenses are just that – expenses, and the profit is calculated after them. And my salary will also be an expense at some level.

So why only be greedy, if you can also change the world, and be as well off?

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