'Compassionate capitalism' is the latest buzzword for business models. The question is, can it work?
The new mantra for business schools is compassionate capitalism - a business model 'proven' to benefit society and employees. With mounting shared experiences of exhaustion and brain drain, especially in a post-Covid world, companies are considering ethical entrepreneurship and making money mindfully. While sustainable work policies are the need of the hour, the question is, can it work?
Meanwhile, the war in Gaza seems to have augured a greater loss of life beyond the region. Will the war ever stop? What happens after the war stops? Is this a business too?
In this edition, Outlook looks at the business of greed as it shapes not just our jobs, but our lives too. Outlook also explores the difficult, political questions and what-ifs that have emerged from the war in the Middle East.