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After Drastic 68% Decline CSR Job Postings on the Upswing

By Tracey de Morsella on March 12, 2010 3 Comments A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in Sustainability, BSR, BSR CSR Jobs Page, Business for Social Responsibility, Business for Social Responsibility CSR Jobs Page, Campbell’s Soup, corporate citizenship, corporate social responsibility, Corporate Social Responsibility jobs, corporate strategy, CSR, CSR job postings, CSR jobs, CSR Jobs Report, Dave Stangis, economic indicators, economic recession, Ellen Weinreb, environmental management, Green Economy Post, Katie Kross, Liz Maw, Net Impact, SOM, sustainability, Sustainability Recruiting, Tracey de Morsella

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) jobs appear to have been another casualty of the global economic recession. But, the good news is that, like other economic indicators, this one appears to be on the upswing.

CSR Leaders or Hypocrites? What is Net Sustainability Gain?

By Elaine_Cohen on February 25, 2010 4 Comments Alcoa 2008 Sustainability Report, Aloca, Amelia Timbers, carbon emissions, CSR, environmental life-cycle, GRI performance indicators, Iceland, Martin, Net Sustainability Gain, NSG, smelter, SROI tools, stakeholder engagement panels, sustainability performance impacts, twitter

Alcoa is company who demonstrates year after year a commitment to dialogue, accountability and transparency, in pursuit of sustainability, and delivers tangible measurable results, but has built a highly criticized smelter in Iceland, which is in conflict with good environmental practice. Does this make them hypocritical or simply a business which delivers more benefit to society via its core activities than the damage it does?

Call for Papers: Academic Conference on Social Responsibility

By Aysu Katun on December 15, 2009 1 Comment Academic Conference on Social Responsibility, businesses, call for papers, corporate social responsibility, environmental accounting, Green Marketing, Milgard School of Business Center for Leadership, social responsibility, sustainability

The Milgard School of Business Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility is now accepting research papers for the July 15 – 16, 2010 Academic Conference on Social Responsibility. The conference will allow scholars from multiple disciplines focusing on different aspects of social responsibility to showcase the most current research within the disciplines and allow participants to identify points of intersection across disciplines.

Buy it Ethically: Embedding CSR in The Procurement Function

By Elaine_Cohen on December 2, 2009 3 Comments buying, collaboration with competitors, CR, CSR, data sharing, Ethical Corporation, Green and Black, Hasbro, How to Embed Corporate Responsibility Across Different Parts of Your Company, HP, Mattel, PepsiCo, procurement, procurement operation, Sedex, Supply Chain executive, target setting, transparency

Elaine reviews the procurement section of the Ethical Corporation’s latest research publication on How to embed Corporate Responsibility across different parts of your Company and how issues of sustainability and ethics are embedded in the supply chain.

Oil and Gas at Risk From Climate Change but The Industry is Not Prepared

By Janet Palma on November 24, 2009 Comments Off on Oil and Gas at Risk From Climate Change but The Industry is Not Prepared Acclimatise, adaptation, Alan Roberts, Climate Change, climate risks, corporate reputation, corporate social responsibility, CSR, design standards, drought, flooding, fossil fuels, geo-political unrest, Global Oil & Gas - The Adaptation Challenge, health and safety risk assessments, health and safety risks, investors, oil and gas industry, performance management, Physical Asset Failure, regulatory policies, stakeholder, sustainable energy, water quality, water resources, water shortages

A new report entitled Global Oil & Gas – The Adaptation Challenge has identified top five impacts of climate change to the oil and gas industry. While three quarters of the world’s oil and gas companies surveyed believe climate change could impact their business, only 19 percent are taking action as noted in this report.

The 3 Basic Steps To Create Trust Through Corporate Social Responsibility (Part 3 of 3)

By cjarvis on November 18, 2009 2 Comments “Building Trust in Corporate Responsibility” CSR is all about stakeholder, awareness, believability, cause-marketing, common good, Community Ambassador, corporate self-regulation, corporate social responsibility, CSR, CSR followers, CSR message, CSR programs, CSR reports, CSR strategy, customers, Dirk Matten), employee volunteering, Employee Volunteering and Social Capital: Contributions to Corporate Social Responsibility, employees, environment, ethical, ethical standards, EVP, future proofing, interactive, intrinsic trust, Jeremy Moon, Jonathan Ballantine notes in his article, Judy N. Muthuri, marketing, promotional campaigns, social capital, Social marketing, Social Media, social media platform, socially responsible company, stakeholders, sustainabilityforum.com, trust, trust capital, trustworthy, twitter, two-way communication, Wal-Mart

If business wants to regain the public’s trust, they’re going to have to be trustworthy, and employees are the key. Here are three basic steps to engage your employees, build social capital, and win stakeholder trust.

Can Finance Managers Count CSR?

By Elaine_Cohen on November 11, 2009 3 Comments accounting, BeyondBusiness, case studies, CFO, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, CIMA, communications, corporate volunteering activities, cost center, CSR, Elaine Cohen, embedding CSR, Ethical Corporation, ethical investors, ethics, finance, finance function, finance managers, How to Embed Corporate Responsibility Across Different Parts of Your Company, human resources, human resources function, IBE, Institute of Business Ethics, integrated reporting, Logistics, Operations, procurement, resources consumption, Richard Ellis, travel, waste generation

The standand approach to finance is often the sad antithesis of corporate social responsibility. Most Finance managers have a perception of CSR as simply a cost center and not a revenue generator.Cohen provides an explanation of how there is a basis for the financial function to be a contributor to, and not just a calculator of a company’s CSR program.

Make Your CSR Believable? How? Create and Leverage Social Capital

By cjarvis on November 11, 2009 1 Comment Allstate Insurance, and How To Win It Back, Blackberries, Blackberry, brand, Chris Jarvis, Christine Arena, corporate reputation, corporate social responsibility, corporate terrorist, corporate transparency, Creative Minds, CSR, CSR strategy, customers, Dennis Bruce, economic collapse, energy, ethical corporate citizens, Exxon Mobile, FBIC, green, Harvard Business School, Jeff Swartz, JustMeans, Monsanto, Realized Worth, responsible supply chains, RIM, Royal Bank, social capital, social concerns, stakeholders, sustainability message, Timberland, top three worst insurer, trust, Trust: Why Business Lost It, trustworthy, workplace

Many companies are turning to Corporate Social Responsibility as a strategy to win back the trust of their stakeholders and customers. It won’t work. Why? Because you don’t become trustworthy by asking people to trust you even more. Corporate social responsibility requires trust.