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Kimberley process and diamonds: Which role can the companies play?
March 29, 2010
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 – Redefining Business as Usual
March 29, 2010
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…
Mitsubishi and Sustainable Sushi
March 28, 2010
Just a few days ago, a proposal to ban all international trade of bluefin tuna, put forth by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), was voted down 68 to 20 at a United Nations meeting in Doha, Quatar. In spite of the…
Corporate Taxation: CSR’s New Field
March 28, 2010
Does your company’s social responsibility plan align with its tax strategy? Should it? According to a 2009 survey by the Oxford Centre for Business Taxation, “the majority of respondents were not convinced that the payment of corporation tax was…
Is It Profit Driven or do they Really Care?
March 23, 2010
As a Political Economy major with a concentration in Globalization I constantly learn in my classes all the injustices being done abroad by many corporations. At one point I became very angry at all that I was learning and told myself that I would…
Pseudo CSR or Actually Going Green?
March 23, 2010
Through conducting research on numerous eco-labels and certification programs for paper and wood products, one message became clear. The message is basically, as consumers, we need to distinguish between a corporation with bad habits wearing a CSR…
Afraid of CSR
March 22, 2010
Early on, Kellie told us that many companies are afraid to communicate about CSR. Yes, afraid. It did not make sense to me. Relative to other complexities around strategic CSR, communication seemed easy. Wouldn’t companies be leaping to…
Values versus value
March 19, 2010
My project team is crafting a global water strategy for a big brand that prides itself on being a values-based company. The values run deep! I hear them every time I talk to an employee—and we have now interviewed more than 20 people from…
The Chicken and the Egg: Exploring the Network Effect in CSR
March 17, 2010
I find the network effect to be one of the most intriguing and challenging concepts facing widespread CSR adoption and a true change in how companies relate to their communities. Just as inventions like the telephone or sites like Facebook and…
Socially Responsible Product Design
March 16, 2010
While our CSR course here focuses more on sustainability programs within companies, I am passionate about creating products that are fundamentally sustainable themselves. If customers see cool, visually appealing, highly functional products that are…