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Starting With the State

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Another example of building civil service capabilities is Apolitical, a certified B corporation backed by impact investors, which aims to build the capabilities for civil servants across the globe through online courses, events, and knowledge products, and has reached over 200,000 civil servants in 160 countries.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Through his entrepreneurship and philanthropy, Rowan demonstrated any number of virtues—humility, integrity, diligence, trust, generosity, compassion, and justice—and the college was subsequently renamed Rowan University in his honor, not at his request. It is time to stop treating donors like Roman statesmen.

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