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AI and machine learning are already reshaping society, and that impact will deepen dramatically in the coming years. But it's probably best not to leave the matter to the banks and tech companies. Regulation may be the answer.

Ed Rogers may have gained the upper hand in his family feud over the Rogers board of directors. But at what cost to the company and its shareholders?

Integrity can be a modern company’s quiet strength, says this chief of ethics at Airbnb. In this discussion of his book Intentional Integrity, Rob Chestnut warns that doing business in a digitally transparent world means a lack of good behaviour can be a company’s undoing.

The book Better Business discusses of the rise of a new corporate type: the B Corporation, committed to putting social benefits, the rights of workers, community impact, and environmental stewardship on equal footing with financial shareholders.

Without a genuine commitment to change, organizations can do real damage to important causes.

A shareholder-led definition of winning is not only hollow, it can leave organizations with nothing to fall back on in a time of crisis.

Modern economies reward activities that extract value rather than create it. This must change to ensure a capitalism that works for us all. UCL professor Mariana Mazzucato argues that the increasingly blurry distinction between value creation and value extraction has allowed certain actors in the economy to portray themselves as value creators, while in reality they are just moving around existing value or, even worse, destroying it.

While companies generally perform better if they’re more sustainable, it may be difficult to obtain long-term funding for big, multi-year sustainability projects. This article discusses how to better leverage capital markets and company finances to promote social, environmental and business benefits.