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...
PARIS, May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the availability of its 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. The report underlines Alcatel-Lucent's commitment to corporate social responsibility and presents the main achievements and initiatives undertaken by the company in 2007.
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...
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...
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...
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...
In "Creating a World Without Poverty," Muhammad Yunus has written a dangerous book. Not so much for his goal – that's merely outlandish, since most people expect the poor will always be. Besides, Yunus knows how to make audacious ideas real – he created Grameen Bank to bring financial...
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 doesn't appear to destroy shareholder value,...
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.
Have you ever heard of "Corporate social responsibility"? Many employers are applying it to their business operations and workers are looking for jobs that give them opportunities to practice it. So what is it? This paper explains list of 25 companies that are dedicated to the betterment of local and...
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/...
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,...
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.
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.
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.
Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "Socially responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential employees. In one of the first studies to assess these ratings, we examine how well the most widely used ratings - those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research...
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...
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,...
Do you think that Corporate Social Responsibility CSR is a fancy public relations tool used when a company is caught doing something wrong? Or is it just another marketing campaign wrapped in a warm and fuzzy package? The author doesn't think so! CSR can be a powerful tool for both...
It's hard to plan a journey unless a person knows his starting point. If his aim is to improve his corporate social responsibility, then benchmarking will tell him where he is now by comparing his current performance with that of other organisations. It'll also provide the person with a clear...
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