Category Archives: Corporate Governance

Survey finds “Brands Taking Stands” Phenomenon is Here to Stay: An interview with 3BL Media CMO Dave Armon

A longtime marketing and content partner of The Conference Board, 3BL Media, has its finger on the pulse of the communications practices of companies with active corporate responsibility programs. The theme of its 3BL Forum in October was Brands Taking … Continue reading

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Our World, Our Work: Purpose and Impact in a Time of Change

Populism, nationalism, trade wars, March for Our Lives, and the #MeToo movements, among others, are reshaping how people, governments and nonprofits respond and interact with companies, and with each other. In a recent speech to corporate citizenship professionals in New … Continue reading

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If You Don’t Measure Yourself, Others Will Measure You

Whether it’s the 24-hour news cycle, social media, annual reports, internal messages, or stakeholder requests, the need for clear, understandable, and relatable corporate social responsibility (CSR) information from companies is increasing.  Some stakeholders want metrics, others want stories. Either way, … Continue reading

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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

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What Matters in the Board Room? Mellody Hobson talks with NACD SoCal

  “It all comes back to the questions.  Peel back the layers of the onion to learn more. What Matters?”  These were some of the comments made today by Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments, to members of the Southern … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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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“Abundance & Disruption during an Exponential Era”

Peter Diamandis is one smart, forward thinking and amazing guy.  He is an international pioneer in the fields of innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. In 2014 he was named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” – by Fortune … Continue reading

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