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Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Russ Feingold, Sexual Violence, Congress, Motorola, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dell, Dick Durbin, United Nations, Mobile Phones, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Consumer Electronics, Human Rights, Mining, Africa, Sam Brownback, Hillary Clinton, Minerals, Electronics, World News
David Sullivan

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

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Green is the New Pink

Lori Sokol | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Women, Corporate Social Responsibility, National Work and Family Month, Green Jobs, Global Warming, Climate Change, New York News
Lori Sokol

Green is becoming the new pink for working women striving to balance their work and family responsibilities.

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Nestlé and the Mommy Wars

Joellen Raderstorf | Posted 10.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: Child Slaves, Corporations, Nestle, Baby Formula, Mommy Wars, Mothers, Social Media, Twitter, Corporate Social Responsibility, Denver News
Joellen Raderstorf

Last week, Nestlé flew a group of mom bloggers to Pasadena. A few attendees took the opportunity to bring up Nestlé's practice of sourcing cocoa harvested by children on Twitter.

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President Obama and the Spirit of Global Development Partnership

Noam Unger | Posted 09.23.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Social Innovation, Noam Unger, Public/Private Partnerships, Jane Nelson, Obama Service, Corporate Social Responsibility, Foreign Assistance, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Innovation Fund, Clinton Global Initiative, Johannes Linn, Homi Kharas, Global Poverty, Development, Brookings Institution, World News
Noam Unger

Obama's speech was a call for a new spirit of global partnership, emphasizing that real progress in lifting millions out of poverty and countering transnational threats cannot be made by governments alone.

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What Is Work? Success Through the Immigrant Mindset

Sharon Glassman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Network, Kinky Friedman, Living News, Work, Career Advice, Corporate Social Responsibility, Immigrant, Entrepreneurship, Work Ethic, Happiness, Sharon Glassman, Cuban-Americans, Adlai Wertman, California, Success, Glenn Llopis, Howard Beale, Living News
Sharon Glassman

"I was raised by two people who had lost their country," explains Glenn Llopis, a California-based entrepreneur with Cuban parents. "We were taught to see and seize opportunity."

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Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Chevron's Spy Games Unraveling

Paul Paz y Miño | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Corruption, Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Ecuador, Environment, Corporate Social Responsibility, Chevron, Indigenous Rights, Amazon Rainforest, Amazon, Green News
Paul Paz y Miño

Given the overwhelming scientific evidence against the company, a potential $27 billion judgment possibly a month out, news of the "scandal" was seen by many as a fourth-quarter Hail Mary, if not something more sinister.

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Electronics Companies and Consumers Can Help Stop Congolese Bloodshed

John Prendergast | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Electronics Companies, San Jose Mercury News, Conflict Minerals, Enough Project, Corporate Social Responsibility, John Prendergast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Advocacy, World News
John Prendergast

Have a cell phone or laptop computer? Then the conflict in eastern Congo, which has killed five times as many people as the war in Iraq, affects you.

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What is Work? Finding Your True Career in Life's Second Act

Sharon Glassman | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Law, Dartmouth College, Human Rights, Work, Environment, Utilities, Careers, Work-Life Balance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Kennedy-School-of-Government, Harvard, Career Change, Happiness, Living News
Sharon Glassman

Seconds acts are ours for the making. This concept was brought home to me as I chatted with John Sherman III -- a man whose professional story embodies the "yes, we can!" principle of positive second pro-act-ion.

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Dancing With the Devil: Public Broadcasting's Questionable Choices in Sponsorships

Jaclyn Simon | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Exxon Mobile, Television, Education, Monsanto, National Public Radio, Corporate-Social-Responsibility, Wal-Mart, Advertising, Radio, Public Radio International, Coca Cola, Public Broadcasting, Corporate Sponsership, Media News
Jaclyn Simon

Why do they let the corporate axis of evil -- Monsanto, Exxon, and Wal-Mart -- sponsor their otherwise socially responsible programming?

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How Corporate Expertise Creates Measurable Benefits For Non-Profits

Lynsey Wood Jeffries | Posted 07.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Citybridge, Corporations, Social Responsibility, Service, Nonprofit, Higher-Acheivement, Corporate Social Responsibility, Citybridge-Foundation, Living News
Lynsey Wood Jeffries

Corporate-nonprofit partnerships are most fruitful when they combine three key ingredients: senior corporate leadership, shared expertise, and financial investments.

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What If GM or AIG Were a Non-Profit?

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Bailout, Gm, Non-Profits, Obama, Michael Moore, Corporate Social Responsibility, Jake DeSantis, Not Just for Profit Corporations, Business News
Cameron Sinclair

What if GM or AIG were treated like a charitable organization, non-profit or not-for-profit company? Would we prop up bad management for the sake of the mission? I don't think so.

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Darwin's Lessons for the Extractive Industries

Janet Ranganathan | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Occidental Petroleum, Chevron, Corporate Social Responsibility, Peru, Oil Companies, Shell Oil, Green News
Janet Ranganathan

In true Darwinian fashion, the most successful extractive companies are adapting to forces of change by investing in improvements to their environmental and social management systems.

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Conscious Business: Like Water To A Fish ...

Brian Whetten | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Ken Wilber, Conscious Business, Small Business, Consciousness, Social Entrepreneurship, Good to Great, Steve Chandler, David Hawkins, Jim Collins, Corporate Social Responsibility, Triple Bottom Line, Business, Green Business, Pakistan, Happiness, Business News
Brian Whetten

Fear makes us stupid, it makes us un-conscious, it literally sucks the blood from our brains, reverses tens of thousands of years of evolution, and puts us into "fight or flight mode."

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Apres Le Deluge: A New School Opens In China A Year After The Quake

Richard Walden | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Honeywell, Sichuan, Premier Wen Jiabao, Operationusa, Ngos, Corporate Social Responsibility, China Earthquake, Honeywellthreevillagesunitedprimaryschool, China, World News
Richard Walden

The Chinese Government moved in the direction of development by making a huge effort to be open to international aid, ideas and US corporate responsibility in China post-quake.

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Straight Talk about Corporate Social Responsibility

Robert Stavins | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Green Jobs, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Business News
Robert Stavins

Advocates, as well as academics, have entangled what ought to be four distinct questions about corporate social responsibility: may they, can they, should they, and do they.

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A Response to 'Charity is Dead'

Richard Chin | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Charirty, Mobilization, Neglected Diseases, OneWorld Health, Living News
Richard Chin

Julia - In response to your post: You've raised some excellent points about how we view people in need. As our virtual connections increase and we...

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Hertz's One State Solution: Netanyahu's Rent-a-Car Ally

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, One-State Solution, Gaza, West Bank, Corporate Responsibility, Israel-Palestine, Commerce Department, Palestinians, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Corporate-Social-Responsibility, Corporate America, Rental Cars, Two-State Solution, Israel, Hertz, World News
Michael Shtender-Auerbach

With Hertz operating in every major Middle Eastern country, one would think Hertz would recognize how utterly offensive its map is and immediately repeal its use.

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Bad Apples

Stefan Deeran | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Green My Apple, Steve Jobs, Al Gore, Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility, Apple, Greenpeace, Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, Carbon Disclosure Project, Global Reporting Initiatives, Green Business, Carbon Footprint, Greenbusiness, New York City Office of the Comptroller, Apple Carbon Footprint, Kristen Huguet, As You Sow, Green Century Equity Fund, Apple Environmental Problems, Sustainability, Gri, Green News
Stefan Deeran

Apple has released a statement opposing a proposal that would require the disclosure of their sustainability strategy, arguing there is enough environmental information on the company's website.

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PetroChina, the UN and Blood Money

Susan Morgan | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Darfur, Petrochina, Omar Al-Bashir, Human Rights, UN Global Compact, Sudan, Genocide in Sudan, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Business News, Corporate Social Responsibility, China Darfur, Oil Companies, John Ruggie, Business News
Susan Morgan

As Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir boasted, "Just when some countries gave us sanctions, God gave us oil." It's expensive to wage genocide.

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Stop the CSR Spin

Stefan Deeran | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Bp, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fortune Magazine, Shell Oil, Csr Consulting, Csr, Green News
Stefan Deeran

A recent corporate social responsibility (CSR) ranking in Fortune magazine reveals one of the many inherent flaws in this burgeoning practice.

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Politics, Personalities and the Business of Doing Good

Jake Brewer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Neil Bush, Public Good, Social Responsibility, Volunteers, Collaboration, Non-Profits, Partnerships, Corporate Social Responsibility, Points of Light, Social Sector, Business News
Jake Brewer

Trying to make the world a better place is messy and almost always full of the same back-room shenanigans chronicled throughout the political sectors, but with one difference: those involved act like it's not, and no one talks about it.

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