Hope and Dreams
Excellent article profiles University of North Carolina B-School professor Jim Johnson, who is trying to address pressing social problems.
Content: Article | Author: Chuck Salter | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
A Better World for All
This 28-pg report, in HTML or .pdf, outlines the concerns and goals for setting the groundwork to reduce global poverty. Loaded with charts, graphs, and images, it allows readers to understand the basic goals of the World Bank. The report offers an overview of 7 of the World Bank’s main issues: poverty, education, gender equality, infant & child mortality, maternal mortality, reproductive health, and the … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: World Bank | Subjects: International, Social Responsibility (ESG)
GreenBiz – The Resource Center on Business, the Environment, and the Bottom Line
This site contains three main information-rich sections. Business Toolbox includes a collection of reports, briefings, and advice about a variety of aspects of environmental business practices and resources. The Reference Desk section is a directory linking to hundreds of governmental and non-governmental agencies, as well as award listings and an events calendar. Finally, News Center offers top news stories, timely reviews and reports, and columns … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: GreenBiz.com | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
VolunteerMatch
A powerful online database that allows you to search for one-time and ongoing volunteer opportunities by zip code, category, and date; after finding something, signup automatically by email.
Content: Online Resource | Source: VolunteerMatch | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
The Radical Philanthropist
Pierre Omidyar invented Ebay and made billions of dollars. That turned out to be the easy part. Now he wants to give it away–and reinvent charity in the process.
Content: Article | Author: Quentin Hardy | Source: Forbes | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
The Age of Social Transformation
Peter Drucker analyzes industrialization’s latest manifestations: an economic order where knowledge is the key resource; a social order where inequality based on knowledge is a major challenge; and a polity where government can’t solve social and economic problems.
Content: Article | Author: Peter F. Drucker | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Economics, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Social Investing: Big Business, Big Challenges
This article discusses the growing popularity of socially responsible investing and the difficulty of defining and screening companies for investments.
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
Ethics In The Advisory Industry
Consulting firms would do well to enact business ethics policies that are adhered to and managed
Content: Article | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: Consulting / Analytical Tools, Social Responsibility (ESG) | Industry: Consulting
The Socially Conscious Corporation
U of Chicago paper asks and answers the question: Can companies do well by doing good?
Content: Article | Author: Satya Menon | Source: Capital Ideas | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)
The Agenda – Social Justice
The Freeplay Group, based in Cape Town, South Africa, builds products that capture the imagination of the world — and that change the world.
Content: Article | Author: Cheryl Dahle | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: International – Africa, Social Responsibility (ESG)