Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit. Book (summary)
The Social Responsibility of Business. TEDx talk
Purposeful Business: The Evidence and the Implementation. Gresham College public lecture (transcript)
Finding the Purpose of Your Business. Economia column
Future Leaders, Take Note: Finance and Sustainability Go Together. Financial Times
Corporate Governance Green Paper is a Call to Arms. Financial Times article on how businesses must create long-term value for society
Why Purpose is Critical for Long-Term Success. World Economic Forum
There Is No Tradeoff Between Profit and Purpose, Huffington Post
Video Interviews / Debates
Stakeholder Capitalism: The Case For and Against. Debate with Harvard’s Prof. Lucian Bebchuk hosted by the FT’s Gillian Tett
The Power of Purposeful Business. Interview by FT Management Editor Andrew Hill
Why Shareholder Value is Much More Responsible Than Often Thought
What Stakeholder Capitalism Can Learn From Milton Friedman. ProMarket
What Stakeholder Capitalism Can Learn From Jensen and Meckling. ProMarket
Two Years Later, Has the Business Roundtable Statement Transformed Capitalism? ProMarket
The Social Responsibility of Business Includes Profits. ProMarket
Critique of European Commission’s Study on Sustainable Corporate Governance
Why Shareholder Capitalism Benefits Wider Society. VoxEU French version in Finance & Gestion
Does Sustainable Investing Work?
Is Sustainable Investing Really a Dangerous Placebo? Medium; a response to Tariq Fancy
Sweeping Statements Don’t Capture Nuance Investment & Pensions Europe; a response to Tariq Fancy
Does Socially Responsible Investing Make Financial Sense? Wall Street Journal debate, with both the “Yes” and “No” side
Say-on-Purpose
How to Give Shareholders a Say in Corporate Social Responsibility. Wall Street Journal
Sustainability Reporting
Response to the Financial Reporting Council’s consultation on corporate reporting
The Dangers of Sustainability Metrics. VoxEU
Why Companies Shouldn’t Tie Pay to ESG Metrics. Wall Street Journal
Employee Well-Being
28 Years of Stock Market Data Shows a Link Between Employee Satisfaction and Firm Value. Harvard Business Review
Why Happier Workers Matter More Than You Think. World Economic Forum
It’s Official: Why Doing Good By Your Employees Boost Stock Performance. CityAM
VIDEO: Do Happy Workers Make For Richer Companies? Bloomberg interview
VIDEO: Why Firms With Happy Employees Beat the Competition. Yahoo Finance interview
Please also visit the LBS Centre for Corporate Governance for key academic studies and practitioner articles on stakeholder orientation