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Dell Presents 3 Trends in Corporate Citizenship; Havas CEO David Jones Cautions Business

While Day 2 featured the CSR story of Hershey's, Microsoft's philanthropic journey and the latest research from Ernst & Young, the final day of the 2012 International Corporate Citizenship Conference featured positive change. That is, how companies and employees can together make an impact. Atte...

From Popgun to Metrics: CSR According to Microsoft, Hershey's and Ernst Young

Day two of the 2012 International Corporate Citizenship Conference opened with some cautionary words from the Center's Executive Director Katherine V. Smith who reminded attendees of the important leadership role they play in their company.

Referring to how the typical top-down organizational structu...

The Spirit of CSR in the Philippines

The Philippines will host the Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards on April 19 ^th  and 20 ^th as part of the 2012 Global CSR Summit. Past years have seen a strong showing for the country, including winners Procter & Gamble Philippines, who won the bronze award in 2011 for Best Workplac...

The Future Faces of CSR Activism

The third principle of Transformative CSR, or CSR 2.0, is  responsiveness . (We explored creativity  and  scalability  in the last two posts). Some of the most important players in the responsiveness game – especially through cross-sector partnerships – are civil society organizations (CSOs, which I prefe...

Corporations Need An Overseer

An article published recently in The Foundry, the mouthpiece of The Heritage Foundation, refers to the establishment of a U.S. government Stakeholder Advisory Board to oversee the implementation of the OECD Corporate Social Responsibility guidelines. The article, penned by Jim Roberts, concludes: "T...

EFQM CSR Framework

CSR has been and is interpreted in many ways with differing organizational importance and values, from occasional volunteering to something that is embedded within an organization’s DNA and culture. Emergence of CSR thinking over the years has blurred boundaries of Corporate Social Resilience, Corpo...

5 Trends for CSR Sustainability in 2012

Every year, MHC International's annual CSR & Sustainability Update expert group meeting looks at the prospects for CSR in the coming year in the context of changing trends and themes in the corporate, social, political and economic spheres. Now in its sixth year, the group is comprised of a rang...

Be the Change – But first Be Yourself

What do we know about the role of individuals as CSR change agents? Intuitively, we resonate with adages such as Gandhi's 'be the change you want to see in the world,' or Margaret Mead's famous quote: 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it'...

From Corporate Empire to Compassionate Capitalism

In his books and articles, John Perkins outlines the predations of what he calls the corporatocracy, including the impoverishment of Third World nations and the financial implosions in the mature industrial economies. His latest book, Hoodwinked (now out in an updated paperback edition) explores the...

Dilemmas in Responsible Investment

Dilemmas in Responsible Investment examines the problems responsible investment (RI) practitioners face daily. It emphasises the importance of asking the right questions as well as getting the right answers; and the importance of