Now if corporate social responsibility is nothing more than an interference with the price mechanism, it is obviously something that all economists must reject. However, I am afraid that Henderson's paper is vitiated by two things: its overwrought tone, and its definition of the term 'corporate social responsibility'. It also makes some highly debatable assertions. For example, Henderson states that there no generally accepted and precisely defined 'notion of sustainable development'. This is simply wrong. In 'green' circles the Brundtland Report’s description of ‘sustainable development’ is generally regarded as definitive, and quoted with the same kind of respect that Islamic scholars quote the Koran