Carl Rhodes is a Professor of Business and Society at the University of Technology Sydney.
Carl researches the relationship between liberal democracy and contemporary capitalism. This work questions and endeavours to reformulate the role of business in society so prosperity can be shared by all.
He also investigates the ethical and political environments in which contemporary organisations operate and their effects on their behaviour. The central focus is on how organisations, especially corporations, can and should be held to account for their actions by citizens and by civil society in the context of democracy.
Carl’s new book, Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire (Bristol University Press) was published in January 2025. Other recent books are Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy (Bristol University Press, 2022), Organizing Corporeal Ethics (Routledge, 2022 with Alison Pullen), Disturbing Business Ethics (Routledge, 2019) and CEO Society: The Corporate Takeover of Everyday Life (Zed, 2018 with Peter Bloom).
As well as Independent Australia, Carl’s writing has appeared in The Guardian, Times Higher Education, Fast Company, ABC News, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Australian Financial Review.
You can follow Carl on Twitter @ProfCarlRhodes.
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