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Welcome to the Business section of the ‘Connecting with Culture’ online article library. All the articles in this category are listed below, beginning with the one most recently added. You can search the entire category using the search facility below. Remember, every week a new ‘Connecting with Culture’ article is added to the online library, so it’s well worth visiting frequently.

Capitalism: A Love Story

  • Date:

    28-05-2010

  • Author:

    Mark Sampson

Michael Moore movies are a genre unto themselves: part documentary, part street theatre, with a little bit of satire and rhetoric thrown into the mix. However reviewers might describe his work, they certainly won't make use of adjectives such as 'subtle', 'balanced', and 'fair'...

Redeeming Unemployment

  • Date:

    16-10-2009

  • Author:

    Paul Valler

The number of people out of work in the UK has now risen to 2.5 million, its highest level in 14 years, and is still rising with an expectation of 3 million unemployed in 2010. Almost a million of these are 16-24-year-olds (one fifth of that entire age group), now described as a 'lost generation' in the workplace.

The MBA Oath

  • Date:

    02-10-2009

  • Author:

    Peter Heslam

It's 'back to school' time for university and college students. But what are the prospects for those heading for a career in business? The proverbial 'milk round', when big companies visit universities to recruit the most promising finalists, is in as steep decline as perceptions of the integrity of business.

Rebuilding Business and Finance for the Common Good

  • Date:

    17-07-2009

  • Author:

    James Featherby

The Western economic model stands humbled by events. Seldom have our financial markets been so close to collapse, or our institutions lost so much value and trust...

How I Caused the Credit Crunch

  • Date:

    01-05-2009

  • Author:

    Peter Heslam

It was me. That's what a bright, young, Eton- and Oxford-educated former banker called Tetsuya Ishikawa, who spent seven years at the forefront of the credit markets, admits about himself.

The Crunch - One Year On

The G20: If I Ruled the World

From eBay to Social Entrepreneurship

Creating Wealth to Build Peace

Climate Change, Stewardship and Renewal

Unleashing Entrepreneurship

Redundancy

Recovering Thrift to Solve the Credit Crisis

The Power of Story

A Healthy Appetite

Winning and Losing

Enterprising the Imagination in the Fight against Poverty

The Crunch

The Golden Arches at the Pearly Gates?

Taking Stock

Anita Roddick

Making a Difference

A Silent Revolution

Coffee Stains

The Business of Football

Flirting with Corruption

Abercrombie & Fitch

Setting the Captives Free

The Safest Bet

Doing Business with Purpose

An Affluence for Good

A Convenient Truth

Rebuilding Trust

Balancing Work and Life

Red Tuesday

Capitalism as if the World Matters

The Apprentice

Standing up to Big Business

George and the Chocolate Factory

Live 8 and the G8

The Rough Guide to Ethical Shopping

The Corporation

Profit and Loss

Not managing today?

The Day After Tomorrow

Another World is Possible

The tyranny of choice

Cancun and the World Trade Organisation

Two Sides to the Same Coin?

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