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Category Archives: Corporate Citizenship
A Culture of Responsibility
“Culture” is the word of the moment: societal culture, organizational culture, corporate culture. The media blames culture—and rightfully so—when things at an organization go bad, referencing it as the reason for why people break the rules, disrespect others and go … Continue reading
Better Businesses Mean a Better World: An Approach through the SDG Framework
At the spring meeting of The Conference Board’s Global CSR & Philanthropy Council, the group closely considered their next steps with regard to the SDGs. Members had provocative discussions stimulated by various guest speakers from organizations such as the United … Continue reading
Proxy Proposals on Charitable Contributions Are Rare, but Will We See More?
Socially responsible investors have become a bigger part of a company’s ownership. Large funds, such as Vanguard, BlackRock, pension funds and others are exerting their influence for better ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) performance. Various nonprofits are also flexing their muscles. … Continue reading
Creating Business Value through Social Impact is More Effective when Corporate Citizenship is Built-in, not Bolted-on
Positive social impact, the result of a company’s efforts to do good directed towards solutions to important problems, is more impactful when a company integrates those efforts with their core competencies and through their products and services. Many corporations’ efforts … Continue reading
Entrepreneurs Are the New Aid in Africa
The United Nations (UN) estimates that by 2050, 23 percent of the world’s workforce population will originate from sub-Saharan Africa. At that time, the UN also notes, 40 percent of the world’s youth will be African. Despite the prevailing portraits of … Continue reading
Business, Philanthropy, Faith and Family. Beyond the Castle by Jody Jean Dreyer. A Book Review
This is the most fun and inspiring book I have read in a long time. The tag line states “A Guide to Discovering your Happily Ever After” and I agree with this. But it is also a look into the … Continue reading
Volunteer Programs within a wider CSR/ESG Strategy
It is interesting to note that as companies move to more closely align their employee volunteer programs with their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, employees are seeking more fulfillment and purpose in their lives, which sometimes take them in a … Continue reading
Seeing Opportunity in Reputation Risk
Whatever the cause of a reputational hit, boards are liable to be held accountable and can mitigate their own reputation risk by diligently asking the right questions about the company’s ESG and CR strategies, practices, risk management, crisis preparedness, and … Continue reading
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Report: Points of Light Corporate Service Council Meeting
When a group of CSR and Employee Engagement leaders from many of the world’s most admired companies come together for one purpose, that of engaging employees to make a positive impact on the world, magic happens. This is what happened … Continue reading
Employees Send Hope in Times of Disaster and Tragedy
When disaster strikes—particularly close to home—often the first people we hear from are our employees wanting to know what they can do to help as they seek the shared experience of grieving. Often, it is a challenge to provide the … Continue reading