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Conflict Minerals Supply Chain Responsibility: Spotlight on the EICC

The Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) was formed in 2004 and incorporated in 2007 as a nonprofit industry trade group focused on the electronics sector. The aim: To help drive the industry collaboratively toward higher levels of socially responsible business practices.

It does so with...

Brand Marketing Sustainability: What's Your Social Signature?

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A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.'

Henry Ford said it first, but many more have repeated that over the last year or two. Many more.

The pressure on businesses to define themselves and demonstrate capabilities beyond profit and their consumers is considerable. Surely this dem...

iGlobal Production: Can Apple Find a Solution Worthy of Jobs' Legacy?

There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote I love -- 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it's been.' That's what we try to do at Apple. Thank you very, very much. -Steve Jobs, 2007 Macworld Convention Keynote Speech

By now we've all heard about the hot water Apple is in  regarding inhumane ...

Don’t Follow America on Health Care

With the US Supreme Court set to begin considering the Affordable Care Act (the massive health-care reform derided by opponents as “Obamacare”), it is worth noting that the number of Americans without health insurance reached an all-time high in 2010, the year the law was enacted. Whatever the Court...

Who’s Afraid of Europe’s Human-Rights Court?

At a time when Europe's ongoing debt crisis is fracturing public faith in the continent’s political and economic institutions, European leaders should strengthen as many unifying symbols as they can. Instead, they have allowed one of the jewels of European integration – the European Court of Human R...

“Terrorists” at Home

America's new National Defense Authorization Act, also known as the “Homeland Battlefield Bill,” to detain anyone, including Americans, indefinitely, without charge or trial, anywhere at any time, forever. Many fear, with some justification, that the NDAA will be used to stifle journalists, publishe...

The Virtuous Cycle of Workplace Philanthropy

In my last post, I introduced EarthShare and Give @ the Office, describing some of the benefits for corporations and their designated nonprofits of establishing a coordinated workplace giving program.

Now let's look at each of the parties involved in the philanthropic efforts in the workplace—the giv...

The CEO Challenge: Consumer vs. Investor Relations

Should large companies help address societal issues? It's an age-old question that even today continues to be a  subject of lively debate for the private sector. A company’s investors might advocate that the company leave progress on societal issues to government and nonprofits, opting for a bare-mi...

Let’s Stop Using CSR to Rebuild Trust

CEOs, gurus, and pundits who urge business to use CSR to “rebuild trust” are making two mistakes.  First, CSR should be mainly an end in itself, not primarily a public relations tool. Second, distrust of corporations should be encouraged, not discouraged.

Let's take the second mistake first.

Business ...

GLOBE 2012: Lessons in Culture Management from Interface Virgin Unite

Two types of memories stand out from GLOBE 2012, a renowned annual Vancouver event: deeper connections forged with old friends and new connections established with others who we can now call  new  friends. 

Those connections may have occurred while relaxing on a couch between sessions, sharing a bite o...

Why True Leaders Make Us Uncomfortable

You know the feeling. The elevator doors are closing behind you – and you are suddenly alone with someone you have long wanted to meet and influence. How to connect? I have often been encouraged to develop a 20-second elevator pitch, but have always refused. My counter-argument is that if busy peopl...

Creating Shared Value through Cultural Collaborations

Successful partnerships across sectors connect people across sectors. At JPMorgan Chase, we are lucky to have many strong cross sector partnerships that are vibrant and ongoing. The key to these successes is empowering people to be creative in caring for and nurturing our community involvement. In o...