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I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.

A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.

A company gets better at the things it practices.

Local councils are hostile to large developers and think that, by doing this, they are standing up for the community. But they're wrong.

Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect.

We need to focus on the speed with which local governments can work with businesses.

Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to more often because the owners live there and they have to show their face in town, and their kids play with other kids.

The taxpayers deserve accountability.

You always help out a local businessperson.

There is a strong movement towards increased accountability for software developers and software development organizations.