social responsibility of business

We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we?the everyday people whose data powers AI?aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input into?one largely free from regulation or oversight. The big nine corporations?Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Apple?are the new gods of AI and are short-changing our futures to reap immediate financial gain. In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI?the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself?is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity. Much more than a passionate, human-centered call-to-arms, this book delivers a strategy for changing course, and provides a path for liberating us from algorithmic decision-makers and powerful corporations.

Presents an overview of the life and work of businessman Yvon Chouinard, the found of Patagonia Inc., and includes information on his childhood, his mountain climbing, and his achievements in business.

Explores the up-and-down history of ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's, a company committed to making great ice cream, supporting progressive causes, and spreading its wealth to employees and stakeholders.

"In their own words, leaders, managers, and employees from nine global companies explain how they are turning their visions into reality. Sustainability and human resources expert Jeana Wirtenberg describes how these companies are transforming challenges into opportunities by opening their minds to the megatrends that [may] define the future"--Amazon.com.

Discusses the world of impact investments, including economic activism, limitations, how to get it right, maximizing impact, and more.

"... looks at trade from the perspective of making it fair for all people."--Provided by publisher.

Argues that the current form of capitalism is broken, leading to rampant inequality, unemployment and environmental destruction, and that it needs to be replaced with a new economic system that uses altruism as a powerful creative force and explains how global companies are getting involved with the new social economy.

A collection of essays about the global of business of information technology.

As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor?all while retreating into enclaves that separate them further and further from the poor and working class. On the other side, those who find it increasingly difficult to keep up or get ahead lash out?waging a rhetorical war against the rich and letting anger and resentment, however justifiable, keep us from seeing new potential solutions.

The author draws on more than fifty years of global entrepreneurship to explain the socioeconomic realities of the private sector in business.