A blog for graduate business students taking ECON 610 or similar courses at VCU. The opinions here are mine. No one at VCU reviews or approves what I post.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Words v. action
In a commentary published by the WSJ (Dec. 2019), two researchers present evidence that "Business Roundtable signatories aren’t leaders in socially conscious environmental, social or governance practices or stakeholder orientation."
Their conclusion:
"The charitable explanation is that signatories are signaling their intent to change their ways. But there is no obvious way to test those intentions. As of now, signatories don’t walk the walk. Keep a close eye on whether that changes."
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