One of the things I like most about my work at The Corporation is the opportunity to discuss issues that go beyond the typical realm of corporate dialogue. Sure, I enjoy a hearty discussion about sales, profits, budget forecasting, internal hurdle rates and the rest, but I find myself more engaged when we discuss the impact that our business operations have on people, communities, economies and the environment.
These discussions are made even richer when we invite a diversity of perspectives from outside The Corporation, and even outside the corporate world.
Today, we are hosting a meeting at The Corporation where we've been discussing the duty of companies to respect universal human rights, as defined by international norms such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To sit in a room full of executives from around the world, former heads of state, special representatives to the UN and other leaders in both the private and public sectors is sort of a luxury. To think that The Corporation allows me to participate in an ongoing dialogue originally started by Eleanor Roosevelt is also kind of cool.
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