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Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

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Produced and coordinated by the Benton Foundation, the Digital Divide Network “examines the digital divide from many perspectives. The website offers a range of information, tools and resources that help practictioners stay on top of digital divide developments. It also serves as forum where practictioners can share their experiences with colleagues around the world. We look at the causes and effects of the divide from … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Benton Foundation | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

With donor-advised funds, you can avoid capital gains, get a huge income-tax break, and support your favorite cause.

Content: Article | Author: Robert Barker | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Social Responsibility (ESG), Taxation

Inspiring article about Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy, who runs several eye hospitals that restore eyesite to about 180,000 Indians each year, 70% of whome receive the service for free.

Content: Article | Author: Harriet Rubin | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Leadership, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Content: Book | Authors: Daryl Travis, Richard Branson | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Social Responsibility (ESG)

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The author of the Business Ethics Training and Development Homepage, Robert A. Giacalone, is the Surtman Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics at the Belk College of Business administration at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. On this Website, Mr. Giacalone strives to “help organizations understand the complexity of ethics training and development.” The site briefly explains the six components of ethics training including elements such … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Robert A. Giacalone | Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)

In an article on Nov. 13, 2000, in the Financial Times’ Mastering Management series, Wharton legal studies professor Thomas Donaldson looks at the increase in corporate ethics programs throughout the world. Which are the most effective? Do they indeed make a company ethical? Do they improve return on investment and/or customer satisfaction? And what are the consequences of not having a program?

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Sixteen leaders in business, philanthropy, and social activism offer their reflections.

Content: Article | Authors: Christine Canabou, Lucy McCauley | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

Conventional mental models may be an impediment to the diffusion of internet benefits to poorer countries.

Content: Article | Author: C.K. Prahalad | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: International, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and abilities were used in a way that served others.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Social Responsibility (ESG), Success / Failure

Cruel World contributor and San Francisco State Marketing professor Dan Wardlow discusses the importance and impact of taking a socially responsible attitude toward business and marketing.

Content: Article | Author: Dan Wardlow | Source: Cruel World | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)

The most recent guide from Inc.com offers case studies in business ethics and includes coverage of businesses striving to become more environmentally aware, provide community growth, and activate global change. The case studies are generally quite short and easy to read; additionally, they link to several online polls that test users’s business ethics skills.

Content: Online Resource | Author: Shane McLaughlin | Source: GUIDES @ inc.com | Subjects: Ethics, Social Responsibility (ESG)

NCOE looks at the latest development in the VC industry – Community Development Venture Capital (CDVC). CDVCs seek to tap the proven approach of traditional venture capital, but, for a different purpose: they aim to bring new investment to regions and sectors not participating in the current economic boom.

Editor’s Note: see related article, “Community Development Venture Capital: A Double-Bottom Line Approach to Poverty … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: National Commission on Entrepreneurship (NCOE) | Subjects: Social Responsibility (ESG), Venture Capital

If we face a recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Management, Social Responsibility (ESG)

This new pilot project from the World Bank is designed as a portal for resources and tools on development issues, enabling those in the field to “share information, easily communicate, and build communities of practice around significant development challenges from the grassroots up.” Currently, users can visit the site to learn about the project, its prototype features, and view the demo. At present, the demo … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: World Bank | Subjects: International, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Content: Book | Author: Naomi Klein | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Article highlights author-activist Naomi Klein, and her ideas on how branding is invading public-space (e.g. schools, community, etc.). According to Klein, “The companies that have most aggressively stalked people as consumers are the same ones that, as employers, have abandoned them…The branding economy has been built on the back of Third World labor.” According to Klein, she is “interested in the way that utopian … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Curtis Sittenfeld, Naomi Klein | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Social Responsibility (ESG)

A joint report of the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Initiative for Social Innovation through Business (ISIB), a program of the Aspen Institute. As a rapidly growing number of businesses discover sources of competitive advantage in social and environmental stewardship, the report identifies the pioneering U.S. business schools and faculty dedicated to educating future managers to handle complex social issues and provide stewardship of … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: World Resrouces Institute (WRI) | Subjects: MBA Related, Social Responsibility (ESG)