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The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
ACCSR provides consulting, research and training in corporate social responsibility.
Harvard Business School professor Lynn S. Paine's new book, Value Shift, argues that companies can't consider themselves amoral or apart from society anymore—that the relationship between companies and society at large necessitates bringing a moral dimension to decision making. In this interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Carla Tishler, Paine explains why this shift has occurred, and why now.
A registered charity in Hong Kong, Community Business is committed to working with companies on corporate social responsibility. Its mission is to "Inspire, lead and support businesses to continually improve their positive impact on people and communities"
Models of Success and Sustainability
Models of Success & Sustainability (MOSS) is a newly established industry body for individuals, corporations, governments and not-for-profit organisations interested in Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Sustainability.
The latest news on Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics from around the world
CSRwire is a source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, press releases, reports and information. CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience through CSRwire's syndication network and weekly News Alerts. See RSS feed on the left of this page.
Centre for Community-Business Partnerships (CSR)
This service is for community groups and businesses who want to connect, make a difference and who want to find out more information about forming a partnership - all with the aim to create and inspire more community business partnerships. The service is an initiative of the Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership, administered through the Australian Government's Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The Brokerage Service has many features and behind each of the services you will find many helpful resources. Please note that this site is slow to access.
The Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) vision is that reporting on economic, environmental, and social performance by all organizations becomes as routine and comparable as financial reporting. GRI accomplishes this vision by developing, continually improving, and building capacity around the use of its Sustainability Reporting Framework. An international network of thousands from business, civil society, labor, and professional institutions create the content of the Reporting Framework in a consensus-seeking process.
The Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership
The Partnership is a group of prominent Australians from the community and business sectors, appointed by the Prime Minister to advise and assist the Government on issues concerning community business collaboration. The Partnership’s goals include identifying and addressing incentives and impediments to corporate social responsibility and encouraging a culture of giving in Australia.
Preparing MBAs for Social and Environmental Stewardship, Beyond Grey Pinstripes is a biennial survey and ranking of business schools. Our mission is to spotlight innovative full-time MBA programs that are integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into curricula and research.
Corporate Responsibility Index
The Corporate Responsibility Index, developed by Business in the Community, is an initiative of St James Ethics Centre, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, proudly supported by Ernst & Young. Business in the Community have generously donated the Index under a licence agreement to St James Ethics Centre. Project catalyst: Pilotlight Australia.
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are the first global indexes tracking the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones Indexes, STOXX Limited and SAM they provide asset managers with reliable and objective benchmarks to manage sustainability portfolios.
goodcompany has already facilitated over $5 million of pro bono services, with 4,500 volunteers helping over 500 groups. But there are always new wishes. And we'll help you find one that suits your skills. For volunteers and community groups.
SVA is a not-for-profit organisation which uses relevant business principles and skills from the commercial sector to work in partnership with outstanding social entrepreneurs to help combat some of Australia's social problems.
Wikipedia Entry: (WSF) is an annual meeting held by members of the anti-globalisation movement to coordinate world campaigns, share and refine organizing strategies, and inform each other about movements from around the world and their issues.
3rd Middle East Corporate Social Responsibility Summit
Shell has announced its sponsorship of the third Middle East Corporate Social Responsibility Summit, a regional initiative it launched three years ago to demonstrate its commitment to Sustainable Development of the communities within which it operates.
Social Profit Network: A New Model for Positive World Change
Around the world, a new form of social change is taking place. In contrast to traditional NGOs, a core set of extraordinary individuals and organizations—called social entrepreneurs—are using business rigor to develop and implement economically-sustainable, high-impact solutions to social and environmental problems. We at Social Profit Network are working with some of the most powerful social entrepreneurs in the world, helping to scale their solutions and maximize their impact.
The Centre for Social Profit Leadership: Supporting the Business Needs of Social Entrepreneurs
With social entrepreneurial programs in universities sprouting up all over the country, and over 1.2 million social-profit organizations nationwide, The Center for Social-Profit Leadership has recognized that there is a wealth of need and opportunity to support the leadership and learning requirements of this community of social innovators. The CSPL will meet this opportunity by providing direct access to social entrepreneurs to the highest quality faculty composed of business, leadership, academic and social entrepreneurial professionals.
Social Edge: by Social Entrepreneurs, for Social Entrepreneurs
The mission of Social Edge to inform social entrepreneurs about news and opportunities, educate them with a set of information resources in the field and connect them to each other and the broader community with tools and services that support their work. Social Edge is a program of the Skoll Foundation that was inspired by Jeff Skoll's commitment to connecting people with shared passions.
Profit the Primary Corporate Responsibility
Article from the Institute of Public Affairs, an Australian Think Tank, suggesting moderation in Corporate Social Responsibility may be the best way forward.
Corporate Social Responsibility News and resources
This site is part of the personal site of Mallen Baker - Development Director for Business in the Community. It is an expression of his own interest and concern in how companies respond to the agenda for corporate citizenship - the growing need to manage issues that affect their business reputation - and to respond to the growing needs and concerns of a range of different stakeholders.
Business for Social Responsibility
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) provides socially responsible business solutions to many of the world’s leading corporations. Headquartered in San Francisco and with offices in Europe and China, BSR is a nonprofit business association that serves its 250 member companies and other Global 1000 enterprises.
CSR Daily: Corporate Social Responsibility News and Documents
CSRdaily.com is an independent news service about Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investment. News is published in the original language of the source (English, French and Spanish). CSRdaily.com is published in Italy by privately owned new media company R.S.I. News di Bonardi Beniamino, who also publishes www.rsinews.it, a news service about CSR in Italian. This site has been available since 2004 and has a reputation for independence and quality.
Cultural Creatives Business Network
With the Mission: Connect with business leaders who are changing the world, the Cultural Creatives Business Network is a networking organization for business people that care about more than just the bottom line. It facilitates business networking events, social activities and educational opportunities for individuals, businesses and communities that want to connect and catalyze!
Towards Corporate Social Responsibility
Article from The Hindu: India's National Newspaper, suggesting that concern for the community is often mistaken for socialism. On the contrary, capitalism thrives only when every citizen is an asset in economic activity and has opportunities to succeed.
People, planet and profit — Three Ps of corporate social responsibility
Article from the Hindu Business Line Financial Daily, suggesting that over the years, companies have realised that clubbing business with community welfare is the best approach to continuity and profitability.
The Balanced Scorecard and Corporate Social Responsibility: Aligning Values for Profit
Article from GreenBiz News, suggesting CSR reporting has grown over the past few years, but the information provided by those reports isn't always used for strategic advantage. Tying values and measures to a Balanced Scorecard could be the way to make good intentions more profitable.
Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture
The Centre in Graz, Austria, was established in 1988 and is the Graz unit of the Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (IFF) of the University of Klagenfurt. Within the faculty it belongs to the Department of Research on Science and Technology. IFZ is an interdisciplinary research institute dealing with issues of socially and environmentally sound technology design. In our work we attempt to improve the understanding of technology's role in society and develop new approaches to shape technological change.
Corporate social responsibility takes center stage at Entrepreneur Of The Year World Summit
Report on BBC World Service debate: ‘Corporate Social Responsibility: People or Profit?’ was the topic of a BBC World Service Debate held today at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year World Summit in Monte Carlo. The debate, hosted by famed BBC business journalist Peter Day, looked at whether “CSR is another name for PR” or whether it really boosts the bottom line of companies those companies that profess it. “There is a social contract, although it’s not written down,” said Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, arguing that especially in emerging markets companies have responsibilities to their communities going beyond making a profit. Richard D. North, of free-market think tank the Institute for Economic Affairs took an opposing position, claiming “the business of business is business.”
Ethical Junction Network came in to existence in 1999. The website was intended to serve as portal for all things ethical – from consumers looking for organic compost to ethical businesses looking for finance, Ethical Junction was set up to provide a universal ethical resource to the public.
The Centre for Ethical Leadership is a non-profit leadership development and training organization. The goal is to help promote an inner life of integrity, which shapes individual behavior and enables people to work together for the common good.
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation.
Wikipedia entry describing Social Capital as a core concept in business, organizational behaviour, political science and sociology, defined as the advantage created by a person's location in a structure of relationships.
The core message of this thoughtful article from "Fast Company.com" is that courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion, and humility. In short, leaders who lack courage aren't leaders.
A national nonprofit membership organization in the United States, promoting the concept, practice and growth of socially responsible investing
Glastonbury, Somerset, England
There are many web sites about this ancient town - this is one of them.
Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States
The town of Glastonbury was recreated in the United States, amazingly with a very similar culture.
Glastonbury Church, Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States
Although a much smaller version, this church has very similar values to Glastonbury Abbey in England
Public opinion is increasingly influential in corporate decision-making, writes columnist Sebastian Mallaby in an August 7 2006 Washington Post op-ed.
Workplace Barometer: Employer of Choice, a Reality Cheque
Many employers are adopting an Employer of Choice Strategy. However the Workplace Barometer research, conducted among 2,186 candidates and 436 HR professionals, reveals that the majority of today's workers are not influenced by employers' claims of being an Employer of Choice.
