What Might Drucker Say About Charlottesville?

In wake of the violent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article in Fast Company cited the writings of the late management guru and former faculty member Peter Drucker, who emphasized the role of business—“one of the very few institutions that is not nationalistic in its worldview”—to influence and uphold the moral standards of our country. “To make our institutions perform responsibly,” Drucker asserted in his 1973 masterpiece Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, is “the only safeguard of freedom and dignity.”