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Pepsi Co.’s New Health Initiative Corporate Social Responsibility is often only associated with environmental issues, “greening” existing brands, and advocating workplace rights. Health and wellness is an important field in which CSR has…

For Kellie McElhaney’s Strategic CSR course, I working on a consulting project for a major US airline. This airline has committed itself to making a significant capital investment in fuel efficiency efforts and is an industry leader in terms…

I’m part of a consulting team working on a project with a large technology company that’s going through a restructuring of its corporate citizenship activities. The company has chosen the areas of interest where it will focus its CSR, and has…

These days you can hardly turn on the TV without seeing a commercial for some new environmentally friendly product, whether it is a new hybrid car or detergent that helps you use less energy. Does it matter what the motivations behind these products…

Corporations often partner with nonprofits to enhance their CSR efforts. Case in point: Häagen-Dazs’ support for bee colony collapse research. The company gains expertise and credibility, and, according to a new survey, the nonprofit receives…

My team and I are currently working on a project for a small environmental consulting firm. As we are moving closer to our final deliverable date, we are facing quite the challenges in terms of our project guidelines and our relatively inexperience…

In 2003, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was designed by United Nation General Assembly Resolution to certify the origin of rough diamonds to avoid their revenues to be used to fuel civil wars or conflicts, as well as preventing…

Millenials are sometimes seen by prior generations as being self-centered, entitled and unfocused. Their behavior, however, stems from being raised in a digital, networked world where they have been taught to be true to themselves, independent and…