Our Bureaucracy-Filled Corporate Future

The world is a changing place, and with technology moving in consistently fluid ways, there's almost no way to keep up. As technology progresses forward, corporations, governments, and ultimately, societies, must find ways to adapt. Unfortunately, many of these "adaptations" have the potential to come at the expense of personal freedoms. Hyperbole aside, corporate America has gone through some concerning transitions over the last few years. Many of these decisions have been made, seemingly, without consideration of future optics or implications. Ranging from invasiveness in relation to the medical autonomy of employees to downright discrimination, it appears relatively clear that corporate America may need to evaluate its priorities... especially with future government litigation constantly on the horizon. Our bureaucracy-filled corporate future is one that is entirely dependent on agreement in addition to coercion.

Since the 1950s, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been a burgeoning ideology that many American institutions have adopted wholly. Why wouldn't they? Everything sounded perfect on paper, and it effectively solidifies a positive perception from the American public, right? What happens though, when Corporate Social Responsibility goes too far and engages in discriminatory practice? What happens when the government decides it's time to take it a step further? Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) is the "next step" in further politicizing corporate America. Whereas CSR has its limitations, ESG doesn't, and the future implications, which might sound good on paper, could also be absolutely catastrophic.

Join the Wolf, the Bull, and Baewolf in episode 75 as they discuss Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance and how both of these ideologies are not only echoes of each other, but potentially intertwined. It's an interesting conversation and one that hopefully provides you with some awareness of some of the silly bureaucratic futures that we may be living in quite soon.

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