Thank you very much for having me. Its a real treat and feedback even if only virtually at fordham. Many years ago in a fit of youthful idealism as dave mentioned i got a phd in philosophy and that was great and my father was always terrific and said will never have to worry about a job because they just opened a bunch of philosophy factories by the interstate and you will be fine. I was very lucky to get a post doctorate at wharton and have always taught in Business Schools but i want to recapture today, if i can, that sense of optimism and idealism in the shadows of this awful pandemic and the really devastation that has occurred in the world and in many communities. I still remain incredibly optimistic that we will find our way out of it that we will find our way to Racial Justice and that we will build a better world which is what all of us, i think, would like to do. I want to focus on the debate which exists about ethics and capitalism. There is an old story about business that i
Off the fall season. Arenado speakers you mentioned ed freeman he has the Professor Business Administration at the Darden School of uva. Today hes going to discuss his latest book which is so relevant given the current discourse that is going on in our nation. He calls the word and the most powerful word in our language. Here to find out why the power of and responsible business without tradeoffs. Thanks very much for having me. Its a real treat to be back even if only virtually at fordham. Many years ago in a fit of youthful idealism that you mentioned i have that ph. D. In philosophy. That was great. My father said well you will never have to worry about it job because they just opened a bunch of philosophy factories at the interstate. You will be fine. I got very lucky. Ive always taught in Business Schools but i want to recapture today if i can fact as an optimist and idealism in the shadows of this awful pandemic and the real devastation that has occurred in the world in many comm
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Earlier. He called them the turbulent years. The years that gave rise to the cio and all of the organizing and mieverything we saw then. They werent years of upheaval, organization and progress so much as a big turnabout. A way in which the american working class suddenly took a turn to a different stage in its existence where we could say that from the 30s to the 70s was an experience of almost unbroken progress and expanding rights for workers. But in the years between 1968 and 1988, a lot of that turned around. So turnabout years. I want to start with three stories that help locate whats going on in this period. Then talk a bit about whats happening to the economy. Talk about Public Sector workers in the period and the physical austerity they faced and conclude with barometers of whats happening to working class america by the end of this period. So to begin, let me start with three stories. Im going to locate these in 1977. So roughly about halfway into the period that were talking
Wrote about the 1930s. He called them the turbulent years. The years of militancy and organizing we saw. These years were equally important to shaping 20th century working america, but in a different way. They were not years of upheaval, organization, and progress, so much as a big turnabout. A way in which the working american class took a turn to a different stage in its existence. We could say that from the 1930s to the 1970s was an experience of unbroken promise and expanding rights for workers. In the years between 1968 and 1988, a lot of that turned around. So, turnabout years. I want to start with three stories that help locate what is going on in this period, and talk about whats going on with the economy. Talking about publicsector workers in the period, what they faced, and then conclude with some barometers of whats happening to workingclass america by the end of this period. To begin, let me start with three stories. I am going to locate these in 1977. Roughly about halfway