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Social Media & CSR: Rules, People and Tools

By GEP- Admin on September 27, 2011 2 Comments corporate citizenship, corporate social responsibility, CSR, employee volunteering, Social Media, sustainability, twitter hash tags

Social Media goes hand in hand with corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and community investment, but figuring it all out can be daunting. Here are some rules you must know, people you must meet, and tools you must have.

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.

Trust: Why Business Lost It, And How To Win It Back (Part 1 of 3)

By cjarvis on November 3, 2009 3 Comments Advertising Age, BBMG, big business, blog, capitalism, carbon outputs, CEOs, Charles Handy, community engagement, Consumer Confidence Index, consumers, corporate citizenship, corporate social responsibility, CSR, CSR follower, CSR message, CSR strategy, distrust, eco-friendly products, energy consumption, ethical management, Exxon Mobile, Facebook, food, free-market economy, General Electric, GM, good corporate citizens, green, greenwashing, Intel, Jack Neff, Kazuo Inamori, KYO, Kyocera, lack of trust, leverage social capital, LinkedIn, McDonald’s, Ning, packaging, PricewaterhouseCoopers, restoring trus, Shell, Social Media, social media platform, stakeholders, supply chain, sustainable, trust, trust quotient, twitter, Wal-Mart, waste

There is a serious lack of trust among consumers these days. Citizens of every country are eying large national and multi-national corporations with a narrowed, suspicious gaze. Questions are being asked. Answers demanded. With taxpayers around the world bailing out stupendous failures in the financial, housing, and insurance sectors, there is more than a lack of consumer confidence affecting the market. Frankly, we’re over it. We just don’t trust big business anymore. This is actually nothing new. But the uniform opinion of distrust, leveraged by the social media tools of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning sites, and blogging seems to have brought us to a tipping point.