The late Dame Anita Roddick DBE founded The Body Shop and was one of Britain's most successful global retailers. A pioneer of socially responsible business, she was a tireless campaigner for human rights and trade justice. She won numerous business, leadership and philanthropic awards and was named Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2003. She wrote and contributed to many books, including Globalization: Take it Personally (2001) and Business as Unusual (2005).