Resources

119 Resources for

corporate social responsibility

Subscribe to this listing via:
RSS
Email

BNET Business Dictionary

Corporate Social Responsibility: a voluntary approach that a business enterprise takes to meet or exceed stakeholder expectations by integrating social, ethical, and environmental concerns together with the usual measures of revenue, profit, and...; Corporate Social Responsibility definition on BNET »

BNET Resources

Cocreating Business's New Social Compact: The Idea in Brief Executives and social activists working together? It's true: after decades of mutual distrust, corporations and nongovernmental organizations NGOs are collaborating to combat poverty around the world. Their weapon? Innovative local businesses such as...; Tags: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), BP Plc, Business Ethics, Business Operations, Business Structures, C.K. Prahalad, Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, Gender And Diversity, Harvard Business Review, Human Resources, In Brief, Jeb Brugmann, Leadership, Management, Managerial Accounting, NGO, Quality, Real Estate, Sales, Sales Strategy; Articles 2008-04-14
A Green Oath for Business Leaders: Most medical professionals take an oath that charges them to consider the broader implications of their actions on society. Business leaders, of course, take no such oath. Until recently, it was commonly accepted that the only interests they served were those of shareholders and, to a lesser...; Tags: Corporate Law, Business Ethics, Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, Leader, Profession, Management, Business Operations, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Organising global CSR: a case study of Hewlett-Packard's e-inclusion initiative *.(corporate social responsibility)(Case study): Perhaps few other contemporary phenomena have evinced such simultaneous attention, interest and scrutiny as has corporate social responsibility CSR in the wake of globalisation. Scholars and practitioners continue to grapple with a gamut of related Perhaps few other contemporary phenomena have evinced such simultaneous attention,...; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Research articles 2006-09-22
Sabre Holdings Publishes 2006 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: SOUTHLAKE, Texas -- Sabre Holdings today released its second annual report outlining its worldwide corporate social responsibility efforts. The report highlights the impact of the company's signature programs, Math Can Take You Places and Travel For GoodTM, as well as employee volunteerism in 35 countries in 2006.; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Sabre Holdings; Research articles 2007-05-31
IBM's Study on Corporate Social Responsibility: It's a New World: IBM is out with an interesting new study that I think speaks volumes about what top managements should be thinking about these days. Essentially, IBM is arguing, based on a survey of 250 companies globally, that we have crossed from one world--in which chief executive officers worry only about shareholders--into...; Tags: IBM Corp., Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, William J. Holstein; Blog posts 2008-03-18

Soft Drink Companies Tout Water Practices, But Many Remain Skeptical: The World Economic Forum is set to kick off tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland. Top of the agenda: the looming shortage of fresh water. Pepsi Co's Chairman and CEO, Indra Nooyi, is co-chair of this year's meeting, and both her company and its soft drink rival, Coca Cola, have been out...; Tags: Management, Leadership, Corporate Law, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Wall Street Journal, World Economic Forum, Beverage, Business Operations, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-01-22
Muhammad Yunus: Capitalism is Half-Baked: In â€œCreating a World Without Poverty,â€ Muhammad Yunus has written a dangerous book. Not so much for his goal â€" thatâ€™s merely outlandish, since most people expect the poor will always be. Besides, Yunus knows how to make audacious ideas real â€" he created Grameen Bank to bring financial...; Tags: Michael Fitzgerald, Finance, Management, Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, Free Trade, Entrepreneurship, Government, Muhammad Yunus, Business, Capitalism; Blog posts 2008-01-09
Corporate Social Responsibility Doesn't Pay (Usually): Your mama told you that good deeds will be rewarded. But in the emerging area of corporate social responsibility, or CSR, it's far from clear that socially responsible companies are rewarded financially in the marketplace, according to researchers. "While doing good doesnâ€™t appear to destroy shareholder value,...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Finance, Business Operations, Management, Financial Accounting, Leadership, Corporate Law, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Shareholder; Blog posts 2008-01-09
Are Your Customers Consumers or Citizens?: Last week Consumerist.com conducted a poll of its readers asking whether they thought of themselves first and foremost as consumers or citizens. It wasn't exactly scientific, but nearly 70% of people responded that they thought of themselves as citizens first. Our somewhat schizophrenic nature as American citizen/...; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Citizen, Consumer, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Jessica Stillman, Business Ethics; Blog posts 2007-09-14
NEC Releases Annual CSR Report 2007 and CSR Digest 2007: Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2007 - JCN Newswire - NEC Corporation has released its fourth Annual Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") Report and its first CSR Digest, which incorporate NEC's CSR-related practices and performance results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, NEC Corp.; Research articles 2007-08-29
Fortis establishes international CSR Advisory Board: Fortis is proud to announce it has established an international Advisory Board for Corporate Social Responsibility CSR. The Board, representing the academic world, NGOs, CSR research and business, will act as a sounding board and advisory body on CSR topics to Fortis's Executive Committee and senior management.; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Fortis; Research articles 2007-09-05
Social Responsibility Done Right: If you want your employees to think more highly of your company, start a corporate social responsibility program. According to a recent study, workers who believe their companies are socially responsible also believe that management has more integrity, the company is more competitive, and the employees are treated better. On...; Tags: Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Nicole Solis, Tactic, Corporate Social Responsibility; Blog posts 2007-06-05
How Responsible is Starbucks' CSR Program?: Starbucks retail stores quietly display brochures that read "Social Responsibility: How is My Starbucks doing its part?" That's a hot question, it turns out. Those little brochures summarize all sorts of compelling figures from the company's corporate social responsibility CSR annual report, touching on improvements in sustainable farming, community involvement,...; Tags: Corporate Law, Business Ethics, Business Structures, Corporate Social Responsibility, Starbucks Corp., Leadership, Management, Finance, Business Operations, Andrew Hines; Blog posts 2007-06-04
Timberland Highlights New Levels of Transparency in 2004 Corporate Social Responsibility Report: STRATHAM, N.H. -- The Timberland Company (NYSE: TBL) today issued its third corporate social responsibility CSR report highlighting Timberland's CSR priorities, programs, progress and challenges related to global human rights, environmental stewardship, community involvement, and employee engagement. The report, which is based on the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative...; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Timberland Co.; Research articles 2005-11-01
Starbucks Recognized as Global Leader in Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting; International Benchmark Survey Ranks Starbucks 42nd Worldwide; Seventh in U.S: SEATTLE -- Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq:SBUX) is pleased to announce that its 2003 Corporate Social Responsibility CSR Annual Report has been named one of the Top 50 CSR reports in the world in a new benchmark survey recently released by SustainAbility. The results of the survey are included in SustainAbility's...; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Starbucks Corp., survey; Research articles 2004-11-05
Intel Receives Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Leadership; First-Ever CSR Management Award Given by Business Ethics Magazine: WASHINGTON -- For its leadership in corporate social responsibility, Intel Corporation received Business Ethics magazine's first-ever corporate social responsibility CSR management award at the Business for Social Responsibility Conference in Washington, D.C.; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Intel Corp.; Research articles 2005-11-03
Heinz CEO Bill Johnson Selected as CEO Pioneer of the Year for Corporate Social Responsibility by PR News: PITTSBURGH -- H. J. Heinz Company today announced that W. R. Johnson, Chairman, President and CEO, was selected as the CEO Pioneer of the Year for Corporate Social Responsibility by PR News at an awards luncheon held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, H.J. Heinz Co., public relations; Research articles 2008-03-19
Daley to Lead JPMorgan Chase's Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts: NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase today named William M. Daley to head its new Office of Corporate Social Responsibility, effective immediately. Daley also joins the firm's Operating Committee, the company's senior leadership team. As head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Daley will oversee and coordinate JPMorgan Chase's global strategy and efforts...; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Research articles 2007-06-28
Business Wire and CSRwire to Co-Host New York Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility: What: Business Wire and CSRwire to Co-Host Fall Media Conference, "Communicating Your Company's Values: How Corporate Social Responsibility Impacts the Bottom Line." When: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 ...; Tags: Business Wire, Corporate Social Responsibility; Research articles 2005-11-11
ISO intensifies its consideration of social responsibility rules. (Standards update: technical news from around the world).: ISO officials are dipping deeper into the murky waters of corporate social responsibility CSR. The organization's Consumer Policy Committee has been pushing hard for development of a set of CSR rules that would join ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 as intern ISO officials are dipping deeper...; Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, ISO; Research articles 2002-09-01