Corporate Responsibility

What Does Shell Have in Common With General Ratko Mladic?

Katie Redford | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Human Rights, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Corporate Responsibility, Royal Dutch Shell, Corporate Social Responsibility, Shell Oil, Business News
Katie Redford

What does Royal Dutch Shell have in common with General Ratko Mladic, former commander of the Bosnian Serb army? More than you'd think...

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Starbucks: The Unofficial Office for Social Change

Aaron Hurst | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Starbucks, Community Engagement, Pro Bono, Starbucks Community, Starbucks Coffee, Corporate Responsibility, Starbucks Baristas, Impact News
Aaron Hurst

Wowed by a singing barista and a great place to bring her two daughters, Cecilia joined the Starbucks team as their Vice President of Global Diversity, Community and Government Affairs, for Starbucks Coffee Company.

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A New Spring Trend for Shareholders: Corporate Accountability

Elizabeth Parisian | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Stand Up! Chicago, GM Detroit, Gm, Warren Buffet, Vikram Pandit, General Electric, The 99 % Power, Corporate Responsibility, GE's Federal Tax Refund, GE's Federal Taxes, GE Taxes, Corporate Accountability, Detroit Unemployment, GE Employment, Chicago News
Elizabeth Parisian

GE's federal tax dodging has a significant impact on Chicago's neighborhoods

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Faith And Values Inspired Investments

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Impact Investing, Micro Finance, Human Rights, Sri, Corporate Responsibility, Faith Consistent Investing, Sustainability, Faith, Religious, Human Dignity, Economy, Religion News
Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI

Both the Jewish and Christian communities from their earliest documents display a debate about with the foundational questions of ownership, agency, interest and usury. The Holy Quran also offers some unique teachings.

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Capitalism's Dirty Secret: Corporations Don't Create Good Jobs Anymore, They Destroy Them

Lynn Parramore | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Jobs, Corporate Greed, Corporate Responsibility, Job Creation, Corporations, Small Business, Business, Business News
Lynn Parramore

The truth is that unfettered corporations are just about the worst thing for creating decent jobs. Here's a look at why, and where the good jobs really come from.

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Whose Corporations? Our Corporations!

Ken Jacobson | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Shareholders, Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Greed, Business, Corporations, Al Franken, Business News
Ken Jacobson

Historically, corporations were understood to be responsible to a complex web of constituencies, including employees, communities, society at large, suppliers, and shareholders. But in the era of deregulation, the interests of shareholders began to trump all the others.

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Facebook Needs at Least One Woman On Its Board

Tim Berry | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Responsibility, Facebook, Facebook IPO, Mark Zuckerberg, Video, Technology News
Tim Berry

Why would a startup as important as Facebook, run by somebody as young as Mark Zuckerberg, whose users are more than 50 percent women, go into all-imp...

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Are You Being a 'Muppet'?

John Friedman | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Investment Advice, Goldman Sachs, Corporate Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Csr, Personal Finance, Sri, Corporate Responsibility, Investment Responsibility, Business News
John Friedman

The most famous Muppet of all, Kermit the frog, famously stated, "It's not easy being green." Turns out, it's not easy as being an empowered investor either.

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The Summers of Our Discontent

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Corruption, Larry Summers, Corporate Responsibility, International Development, World Bank, President Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Weissman

It's hard to imagine the Obama administration is on the verge of making a similarly outrageous pick to head the Bank, but that seems to be the case. What's the matter with Larry?

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Look to Business Operations, Not Philanthropy, for Social Impact

Judith Samuelson | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Proctor & Gamble, Innovation, Social Impact, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Responsibility, Business Model, Business News
Judith Samuelson

If the impact of business on society is measured in oceans, corporate philanthropy would barely fill a bucket of water. What might be possible if we were to unleash this business genius on problems of consequence?

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Extending the Olive Branch -- Consumer Conflict Resolution

Donna Larner Lavery | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Corporate Integrity, Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Customer Service, Bad Consumer Service, Bad Customer Service, Consumer-Services, Customer Service, Good Customer Service, Customer Service Technology, Consumer Protection, Business News
Donna Larner Lavery

Although we are more connected through technology than ever before, we have lost the art of discussion and personal acknowledgement. Our phones and our keyboards have become our anonymous mouthpieces.

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Supreme Court: Are Corporations Liable for Aiding and Abetting Crimes Against Humanity?

Valerie Brender | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Alien Tort Statute, Corporate Personhood, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, World News
Valerie Brender

Whatever happens with the Kiobel decision, it will be a watershed moment for corporate accountability.

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Kiobel v. Shell Tests Corporate Personhood

Katie Redford | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Corporate Personhood, Koibel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Citizens United, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Corporations, Politics News
Katie Redford

How anyone could argue that corporations shouldn't be held responsible for human rights abuses is almost beyond comprehension. Yet that's precisely what Shell and their supporters have been insisting and what they will argue to the Supreme Court today.

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A Billion+Change: Supporting Nonprofits Through Skills-Based Pro Bono Service

Sen. Mark Warner | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, A Billion+Change, Nonprofit Sector, Not for Profits, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Responsibility, Pro Bono, Impact News
Sen. Mark Warner

In tough times, we need to find more creative ways to help. Many American businesses have agreed to partner with their employees to donate pro bono services, leveraging the extraordinary talents of their workforce to help support community needs.

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A Safer Way to Catch Tuna

Jeffrey Hollender | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Environment, Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Innovation, Fishing, Pollution, Corporate Responsibility, Greenpeace, Safety, Green News
Jeffrey Hollender

There is no denying that our oceans are in grave peril, and the conventional tuna industry now must make a choice: fish more sustainably, or lose market share to those who do.

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The Politics of Sustainability

John Friedman | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Politics, Sustainability, Thomas Paine, U.S. Constitution, America, Democrats, Ben Franklin, Republicans, Corporate Responsibility, Csr, u.s. Sustainability, Environmental Sustainability, Green News
John Friedman

It is time to review our foundational values and documents and establish why sustainability is very much based on American values that transcend today's politicized political climate.

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Ten Steps for Radical Revolution USA

Bill Quigley | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Direct Democracy, US Military, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Property Rights, USA, Keystone XL Pipeline, Revolution, Privatization, Decriminalization, Corporate Personhood, Reparations, Impact News
Bill Quigley

If those in government and those in power do not help the people do what is right, people seeking change must together exercise our human rights and bring about these changes directly.

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Peter S. Goodman

Where Gadgets Go To Die: E-Waste Recycler Opens New Plant In Las Vegas

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Recycling, Cell Phone, Corporate Responsibility, E-Waste, Computers, Ces 2012, Cybersecurity, Toxic Waste, Security, Electronics, Technology News

LAS VEGAS -- Inside the mad hum of the convention center, an overwhelming array of gadgetry confronts attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show, a sh...

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Forget CSR And CSV, Let's Go For CGV -- Corporate Global Vision

Alice Korngold | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Responsibility, Social Responsibility, Giving Back, Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility, Philanthrocapitalists, Impact News
Alice Korngold

If companies and their boards of directors truly commit to a corporate global vision of justice, businesses can make greater profits than they ever imagined and people throughout the world would have food on their tables and live in peace.

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Innovation Is Everyone's Job

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Innovation, Organizational Culture, Success, Creativity, Company Culture, Apple, Corporate Innovation, Corporate Responsibility, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

The reality is that everyone has the ability to innovate; and if you can tap into that ability, your organization has a much better chance of success.

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About Leadership: Experience Counts

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Early Retirement, Leadership, Experienced Employees, Corporate Leadership, Business Leadership, Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Hiring, Business News
Bernie Bulkin

I think that today we undervalue experience. Perhaps not in the go-go businesses of Silicon Valley, where there is precious little experience available. But in the mature businesses -- oil, chemicals, minerals, etc.

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How the Occupy Wall Street Movement Can Create Real Change

Monique Ruffin | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Corporate Responsibility, Wall Street Versus Main Street, Occupy Wall Street, Mortgage Crisis, Occupy La, Mario Brito, Forgiveness, Spirituality, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
Monique Ruffin

In the last couple of months the Occupy movement has successfully gained our attention, as protests have sprung up in many of the major cities across...

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Osprey Odyssey: Rep. Jones' Ten-Year Quest to Clear the Names of Two Marine Corps Pilots

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Boeing, Walter Jones, Marines, Corporate Responsibility, V-22 Osprey, National Security, Accountability, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

In 2000, an MV-22 Osprey carrying 19 Marines crashed, killing everyone on board. After the Marine Corps announced that the crash was the result of human error, the news all but disappeared. But for Rep. Walter Jones, this wasn't the end of the story.

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The Salomon Brothers Training Class of 1985 and Lessons Learned

Lydia Fisher | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Italy, How to Sell, Responsibility, Cinderella of Wall Street, Financial Reform, Regulation, Eurozone Debt Crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, Inspiration, Ethics, Salomon Brothers, Financial Crisis, Bonuses, Lydia Fisher, Accountability, Greece, Corporate Responsibility, Business News
Lydia Fisher

There were a few rejections before I made it into the Salomon Brothers sales and trading training class. It happened to be the class of 1985, immortalized in Michael Lewis' book, Liar's Poker," and I recently came back from our 26-year reunion.

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Cause Marketing That Moves

Andrea Learned | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Bike Culture, Clif Bar, Cause Marketing, Biking, Social Norms, Green Lifestyle, Corporate Responsibility, Sustainable Lifestyles, Csr, Green News
Andrea Learned

Given how many societal and environmental ills there are to worry about today, it's exciting to think that the creative collaboration could inspire attitude adjustments that might just lead to longer term behavioral shifts.

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