'Social value' should mean councils supporting local charities, says Tory MP. By Kaye Wiggins, Third Sector Online, 4 October 2011 Rory Stewart Councils should respond to the government’s emphasis on social value in public service commissioning by supporting small, local charities rather than large national ones, according to Rory Stewart, Conservative MP for Penrith and the Border.
Trampoline Approach. Creating Shared Value. The capitalist system is under siege.
In recent years business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader community. Even worse, the more business has begun to embrace corporate responsibility, the more it has been blamed for society’s failures. The legitimacy of business has fallen to levels not seen in recent history.
This diminished trust in business leads political leaders to set policies that undermine competitiveness and sap economic growth.