Word: white
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...purpose is to bring a fresh perspective to law students, to put in front of them a vision of corporations and corporate law that perhaps they hadn’t had before,” said Allen White, who serves as vice president of the Tellus Institute, a research and policy organization focusing on sustainable development...
During the lecture, White said that corporate boards are often not held accountable for the consequences of their work, specifically in regards to sustainability. He linked the way corporations are run, which directly affects their carbon footprints, with the issue...
...White was selected to speak because of his three decade-long background advising both non-governmental organizations and corporations, Rozensher added...
...what I’m saying is out of the mainstream which I recognize,” White said. “That’s one of my goals—to be a little bit out of the mainstream and to challenge assumptions and conventional wisdom underlying the purpose of corporations and the legal standing of corporations...
...Obama has made several visits to New Jersey, most recently last weekend; he still enjoys the warm embrace of this blue state with a large African-American population and numerous progressive voters. The final public and private polling in the race favors the Republicans, but the White House isn't giving up hope that Corzine can pull off a surprise. A Democratic defeat in New Jersey will say more about Corzine than the party, and about anger at incumbents across the board in these troubled times, but Republicans will still push the blame on Obama...