Hello. I’m Jo Poole. My interest in economics is as my interest with many other aspects of how the world works…. more as a citizen than researcher or boffin.
Workwise – I am The Dress Doctor, offering an innovative service applying traditional skills to sorting out people’s clothing. There is also some dabbling in with Regency Interiors, and soft furnishings in general.
I serve on the clerking team for the Quakers & Business Group.
November 3, 2012 – 5:42 pm
John Lewis is widely praised for its partnership model and the benefits this brings to people working in the company. Currently, 3000 cleaners who work every day in John Lewis, Peter Jones & Waitrose stores are not counted as partners and struggle on the minimum wage with no company benefits. The conversation about whether cleaners [...]
February 22, 2012 – 7:00 pm
Wall Street, Main Street, and Meetinghouse Road (October 2012) Coverage will include a look at Friends in business, entrepreneurship, and historical and modern ethical issues surrounding money. Are there continuing shifts in patterns of Quaker employment? What is the state of philanthropy among Friends and the support of Friends institutions? We request complete submissions by [...]
November 22, 2011 – 11:15 am
This documentary with Ian Hislop will be on BBC 2 this evening at 9pm. Focusing on the morals of bankers in the past, Quaker bankers such as Samuel Gurney will be featured. More information And if you want to hear more about the Quaker businessmen of the past and how they lived their faith, do [...]
November 17, 2011 – 1:59 pm
The Quakers & Business Group stands alongside people of all religions and none who are resisting economic injustice with peaceable action. We recognize the concerns of those engaged in the occupation of financial centres throughout the world. We support this movement that highlights the failures of the current structures and systems, leading to behaviours that [...]
October 28, 2011 – 2:11 pm
*Friends have pledged to continue to meet in this way for as long as the protesters remain there. More information here* This will be at 3pm this Sunday, October 30th on the steps of St Pauls, which are currently the site of the Occupy London Stock Exchange movement. There is more information as well as [...]
September 19, 2011 – 3:56 pm
Tagged quaker business, quaker events, quakers & business group
Annual Quakers & Business Group conference Friends House, Euston, London Wednesday 16th November The last few years have seen a high level of publicity for the Quaker businesses of the past. In particular the sale of Cadbury to Kraft reminded the general public of the value of these responsible and socially minded companies, and the [...]
There are still a few places left for this group who will meet at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham for 24 hours June 6-7th. Join Friends for this event on the subject of Organisational Structures for the Big Society: Most activity is done through intermediate institutions such as public companies. But many are charities and [...]
January 31, 2011 – 7:07 pm
Quakers & Business Group’s Spring Gathering & AGM 2011: Saturday April 2nd, 9.30 am – 6.00 pm Edinburgh Central Friends Meeting House. Come and find out how can we move Friends’ ethical foundations into the mainstream of economic and business life. The Eigg Community will demonstrate their practice, RBS will explore the practical issues of [...]
December 7, 2010 – 11:06 pm
Laws and regulations don’t guarantee ethical behaviour We have laws, regulations and organisation policies, but they don’t guarantee ethical behaviour. Ethics is personal and rarely simple; it’s about individuals finding, and refining, their sense of responsibility to others. The public’s perception of what is ethical and responsible is constantly evolving, and not necessarily related to [...]
December 2, 2010 – 11:42 pm
Tagged business ethics, Gillian Tett, Quakers and business, social anthropology, sustainability
At the recent Quaker Business Conference 2010, senior Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett explained why she thought the answer to the above question is ‘yes’. Before becoming a journalist, Gillian worked as a social anthropologist in Soviet Tajikistan while studying for a PhD. One of the things anthropologists observe is what is discussed and, perhaps [...]
