Is Social Enterprise Ethical? Or Even Legal? An excellent musing by Mike Shoemaker of SocialEarth on the moral and social obligations that face managers today. (Check out my previous post on my social responsibility pledge).
“The MBA Oath, started at Harvard Business School, aspires to apply to business management a formal oath and code of ethics, [...]
How Two CSR Leaders Decide: triplepundit attends the 2009 Net Impact Conference and shows how FedEx and Gap tackle their CSR reports.
“We’ve all seen them. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports weighing it at nearly 100 pages, crammed with charts and graphs, and gray with type. There’s valuable information in there, but unearthing commentary on issues [...]
More Hatcheries for Social Entrepreneurship: Anne Field details some of the latest trends in “business incubators” for social enterprises.
“Seems every time a new social enterprise incubator is formed, there’s another interesting wrinkle. Look forward to seeing what the next new thing is.”
Adidas Scores Social Responsibility Points With ‘One Euro Shoes’: Adidas is planning to make [...]
Businesses That Engage With Society: The Financial Times highlights some socially responsible businesses sprouting up in Brazil.
“The feelgood stories coming out of these companies are by no means the norm. Many Brazilian companies are still far behind and stuck at the stage of merely thinking about the issue.”
Cityboy on Corporate Social Responsibility: A skeptic’s takes [...]
Last week I participated in a conference call featuring Andrew Winston, writer of Green Recovery. The call was part of the “Issues in Depth” series hosted by Net Impact, a network of business students and professionals committed to bettering the world.
As a globally recognized expert on green business, Andrew doesn’t just demonstrate how simple operational [...]