What's a Company to Do?
Bill Gates has discovered it may be easier fighting antitrust
suits across the globe than weighing in on social issues at home.
While he clearly didn’t choose to engage in the legal battles,
Microsoft has discovered companies don’t really have a choice to
sit out critical public policy debates.
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The Evolving Corporation: Imagining a Solution in Development
For nearly 30 years, Rick Little has been working to build
partnerships among companies, non-profits and governments to
improve the conditions and prospects for children, youth and
families.
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Harvard's Rosabeth Moss Kanter Addressed the 2005 Conference
Conference keynote Rosabeth Moss Kanter urged participants not to
become discouraged with what might seem to be a slow pace of
progress, and offered strategies for keeping the movement going.
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Putting Corporate Citizenship on the Boardroom Agenda
Corporate boards are crucial to shaping and leading the issues
of corporate governance, accountability, and strategic direction.
What role do these boards play in shaping corporate citizenship?
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The State of Corporate Citizenship 2005
Because there is very little data on business’ commitment to corporate
citizenship it is a story that goes largely untold, but the State of
Corporate Citizenship Survey is trying to change that. View preliminary
results from the 2005 survey, with comparisons to the first study.
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In Focus – Effective Employee Engagement
Although an important stakeholder group, employees are barely
visible in most corporate citizenship strategies. This report
looks at employees as a more central focus in corporate citizenship.
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Conference keynote videos available
Videos of keynote presentations from our 2005 Conference are now
available on this site.
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GE has launched Ecomagination, an initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.
"Ecomagination is GE's commitment to address challenges such as the need for cleaner,
more efficient sources of energy, reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water,"
said General Electric Company Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. "And we plan to make money
doing it. Increasingly for business, 'green' is green. Ecomagination is about the future.
We will focus our unique energy, technology, manufacturing and infrastructure capabilities
to develop tomorrow's solutions such as solar energy, hybrid locomotives, fuel cells,
lower-emission aircraft engines, lighter and stronger materials, efficient lighting and
water purification technology."
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New Economist article continues the debate
The Economist has lobbed another volley in the ongoing debate about the role of
corporations in society. By building social issues into strategy, big business can
recast the debate about its role, argues writer Ian Davis in his May 26 article titled
"The biggest contract."
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Some drug makers to post contributions
Two drug makers will post their political contributions for public review; others may follow.
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Nike report discloses entire list of contract manufacturers
Nike is the first in its industry to voluntarily disclose
information about contract factories that make Nike-branded
products worldwide.
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Americans' Corporate Citizenship Expectations Continue to Rise
According to a new study from Cone, Inc., eight in 10 Americans say that corporate support of causes wins their trust in that company, a 21% increase since 1997.Read more.
Shell Foundation report addresses the war on poverty
Using case studies in Africa and India, the report explains how multinationals operating in the developing world can leverage their non-financial assets to move beyond traditional forms of CSR and social investment. Read more.
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