Harvard Business Review

Professor Henderson’s article, at here, argues that “strengthening democracy is the only way to ensure the widespread survival of free-market capitalism, and with it the prosperity and opportunity that has changed the lives of billions of people.”  She recommends three steps that businesses can take.  The Brookings Report notes that “until recently, democracy has not been a focus of corporate campaigns in the public sphere, but concludes that the involvement “of the private sector in the defense of democracy is essential for democracy, and for business itself. As a Chatham House report stated recently, “Business should recognize its own stake in the shared space of the rule of law, accountable governance, and civic freedoms.”