And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty line and 42 million on food stamps, and then you look at poverty around the world, clearly the way we're running the engine of capitalism is not serving us well.

Consumers around the world are more aware of the multiple global crises we face than ever before, thanks to information found on the Internet.

CEOs must embrace the role of serving as the public face of the company to their customer community and the marketplace at large.

And if you look at the reality in the United States, where you have more than 40 million people below the poverty line and 42 million on food stamps, and then you look at poverty around the world, clearly the way we're running the engine of capitalism is not serving us well.

Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.

Millions of people are falling out of the middle class into the ranks of the poor.

What today's business reality makes clear is that brands cannot survive in a society that is failing economically, socially, ethically, and morally.