(September 3, 2021) Since 2004, Purdue Pharma, and its owners, the Sackler family, have been fighting lawsuits regarding their role in the opioid crisis. In 2019, as part of a bankruptcy filing, these lawsuits were assessed for a final settlement. Now, as of September 1, 2021, the terms of the settlements and bankruptcy filing are set. Purdue Pharma will be dissolved and will … [Read more...] about The Sacklers and Purdue: Representing much of what is maddeningly unjust
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Episode 10: Straight Talk with F. Warren McFarlan
(September 3, 2021) Our very special guest today is Professor F. Warren McFarlan, Professor Emeritus, and former Senior Associate Dean of External Relations at Harvard Business School. Among his many and varied accomplishments, he helped set up Harvard’s School International Senior Management Program in Switzerland in 1973 and was Co-Director of Case Development … [Read more...] about Episode 10: Straight Talk with F. Warren McFarlan
Texas anti-abortion law sets vigilantes on those supporting women seeking abortion
(September 1, 2021) The state of Texas followed up its state senate’s passage of the extraordinary new measures to limit voting in the state already designated the hardest to vote with a dystopian anti-abortion law that deputizes private individuals to sue anyone who performs the procedure or “aids and abets” it. The new law, Senate Bill 8 was signed into law in … [Read more...] about Texas anti-abortion law sets vigilantes on those supporting women seeking abortion
The Charity Workforce: A looming reckoning?
(August 12, 2021) The charity workforce has already been buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and many are predicting a significant migration or even a ‘reckoning’ as charities come back to more regularized working conditions. “At the beginning of the pandemic, we saw people being very loyal to their organization, that they would stick it out,” says Deborah Legrove, president … [Read more...] about The Charity Workforce: A looming reckoning?
The Charity Report welcomes Nicole Salmon as a contributing editor
(July 28, 2021) The Charity Report announced today that Nicole Salmon will be coming on board as contributing editor effective immediately. “I have known Nicole since her days at Oxfam Canada, and I’ve most recently had the pleasure of working with her as she co-edited Collecting Courage, along with Nneka Allan and Camila Pereira,” says Gail Picco, editor in … [Read more...] about The Charity Report welcomes Nicole Salmon as a contributing editor