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Community Development
Mixed Messages: Corporations Play Both Sides On The Climate
Submitted by Francesca Rheannon By Francesca Rheannon Atmospheric carbon has just passed a grim milestone — 400ppm. New Mexico is […]
June 8, 2012
Community Development
It Pays To Be Ethical: A Conversation With Corpedia Founder Alex Brigham
Submitted by Francesca Rheannon By Francesca Rheannon Alex Brigham is one of the pioneers of corporate compliance and ethics training. […]
May 30, 2012
Community Development
From Diversity to Inclusion to Impact: Our Journey at Campbell
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Kevin Carter, Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Campbell Soup Similar to every initiative at Campbell Soup, […]
May 21, 2012
Community Development
Think There Are No Socially Conscious Consumers in the Middle East?
Submitted by Bushra Azhar By Bushra Azhar If you are a company contemplating your corporate social responsibility strategy (CSR) in […]
May 17, 2012
Community Development
Consumer Activism & Corporate Responsibility: The Power of One
Submitted by John Izzo By John Izzo Can one person really make a difference when it comes to influencing corporate […]
May 14, 2012
Community Development
Decoding Impact Investing’s Alphabet Soup of Measurement Tools
Submitted by Beth Busenhart By Beth Busenhart As the PULSE product manager, I frequently receive inquiries from impact investors, nonprofit […]
May 7, 2012
Community Development
Thought Trap 6: Humans Have Lost the Connection to Nature
Submitted by Frances Moore Lappé By Frances Moore Lappé It can certainly feel this way. After all, humanity did turn […]
May 1, 2012
Community Development
Unsustainable Consumption: Introducing the "Consumer Product Red List"
Submitted by Philip Monaghan By Philip Monaghan The statistics make bleak reading. The developed world has been living beyond its […]
April 20, 2012
Community Development
BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story
Submitted by Elaine Cohen BP and the Macondo Spill: The Complete Story Author: Colin Read ISBN: 978-0-230-29358-8 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan […]
April 19, 2012
Community Development
Making CSR Child-Friendly: Protecting Children from Business
Submitted by Elaine Cohen By Elaine Cohen Anyone who takes an interest in Corporate Responsibility Reports or visits the sustainability […]
April 6, 2012
Community Development
The Problem With The Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2007
Submitted by Kirsty Matthewson By Kirsty Matthewson In the 18th Century, Lord Chancellor, Edward, First Baron of Thurlow, expressed his […]
April 3, 2012
Community Development
Goldman Sachs' Greg Smith: Whistleblowing or Trumpet Blowing?
Submitted by Elaine Cohen By Elaine Cohen It seems that there can’t be much more left to say about the […]
March 21, 2012
Community Development
Bayanihan: The Spirit of CSR in the Philippines
Submitted by Guest Contributor By Bodge Calica, HR Director of TELUS International Philippines The Philippines will host the Global Corporate […]
March 12, 2012
Community Development
A Business Book For Sustainability Leaders
Submitted by Elaine Cohen Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace & Turn Excuses Into Results Author: […]
March 8, 2012
Community Development
Owning Sustainability: The CSO vs. the CEO
Submitted by Ellen Weinreb By Ellen Weinreb Last Fall, the Weinreb Group published CSO Back Story, identifying 29 Chief Sustainability […]
February 22, 2012
Community Development
Dow Chemical: Extracting Business Value out of Sustainability
Submitted by Aman Singh After more than a decade of negotiations, there’s news today that Dow Chemical has agreed to […]
February 20, 2012
Community Development
Economic Development: 5 Ideas from Detroit
Submitted by YES! Magazine By Stacy Mitchell A few weeks ago I was invited to spend a day in Detroit […]
February 3, 2012
Community Development
Apple Sweatshops & Twitter Censorship: A Defining Moment for CSR
Submitted by Christine Bader For those of us who have been working in corporate social responsibility (CSR) for years: Now […]
February 2, 2012
Community Development
What's Ethical About Whistleblowing?
Submitted by Kirsty Matthewson By Kirsty Matthewson The ‘Broken Windows’ theory championed by former Mayor of New York Rudolph Giuliani […]
January 23, 2012
Community Development
Socially Responsible Restructuring: Is CSR the Answer to Unemployment?
Submitted by Dr. Michael Hopkins As unemployment levels remain high and will probably stay that way for the next year […]
January 17, 2012
Community Development
CSR and Employment: Is There a Connection?
Submitted by Dr. Michael Hopkins By Dr. Michael Hopkins There is much talk about creating jobs today as unemployment inexorably […]
January 16, 2012
Community Development
Holiday Resources for the Corporate Idealist
Submitted by Christine Bader By Christine Bader ‘Tis the season to be jolly — and to be complicit in human […]
December 19, 2011
Community Development
Myths About CSR in Developing Countries
Submitted by Dr. Wayne Visser By Wayne Visser Part of the Quest for CSR 2.0 series. Are concepts and models […]
December 12, 2011
Community Development
The Makings of a CSR Program: In Conversation with Avon, LinkedIn & Jones Lang LaSalle
Submitted by Aman Singh By Aman Singh That was the focus of one of the panels at Net Impact 2011 […]
November 10, 2011
Community Development
Can We Break the Spell of CSR Curses?
Submitted by Dr. Wayne Visser By Wayne Visser As part of the Quest for CSR 2.0 series Looking back, we […]
November 4, 2011
Community Development
Exposing the CSR Pretenders
Submitted by Dr. Wayne Visser By Wayne Visser As part of the Quest for CSR 2.0 series Industrialism created a limitless […]
October 28, 2011
Community Development
Is the Occupy Movement a Call for Sustainability?
Submitted by John Friedman By John Friedman As an author and consultant to companies on CSR, I have been watching […]
October 24, 2011
Community Development
A Review of 'Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children'
Submitted by Elaine Cohen Review by CSRwire Contributing Writer Elaine Cohen By Joel Bakan Published by Free Press / Simon […]
October 13, 2011
Community Development
A Review of 'Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage'
Submitted by Elaine Cohen Review by CSRwire Contributing Writer Elaine Cohen By Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva Published by Greenleaf […]
October 12, 2011
Community Development
Test Your Future Quotient
Submitted by John Elkington By John Elkington[1] Future Quotient 2 (second in a 3-part series) So, dear reader, are you […]
October 12, 2011
Community Development
CSR: Carbon Social Responsibility
Submitted by Martin Brown By Martin Brown Monitoring carbon is a key corporate social responsibility issue. Carbon management and reduction, […]
September 15, 2011
Community Development
Our Human Nature
Submitted by David Korten By David Korten As part of the New Economy 2.0 series The successful function of mature democracies, […]
August 30, 2011
Community Development
Google's biggest CSR opportunity yet
Submitted by Christine Bader By Christine Bader In the hype over how Google has up-ended the tech world with its […]
August 16, 2011
Community Development
A Review of 'Corporate Social Responsibility: An Ethical Approach'
Submitted by Elaine Cohen Review by CSRwire Contributing Writer Elaine Cohen By Mark S. Schwartz Published by Broadview Press. ISBN: […]
August 8, 2011
Community Development
Beyond branding: CSR as a tool for competitiveness and productivity
Submitted by Tatjana de Kerros The current economic and social climate in the UAE has put competitiveness, sustainability and responsible […]
July 11, 2011