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This Easter God Calls You to Live Sustainably
Submitted by RCrespin on Fri, 2011-04-22 19:15.Posted April 23, 2011
Man as dominator.
Man as animal.
Man as parasite.
Man as steward.
Four visions of humanity's relationship to nature. Which one you subscribe to has a lot to do with what you think God said to Adam in the Garden of Eden. In Chapter One of the Book of Genesis, God says to Adam, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
Shifting the burden of proof
Submitted by RCrespin on Sat, 2011-03-19 04:05.Posted Mar 19, 2011
| Don't rush off to build that business case just yet. CEOs and CFOs that say, "prove the business case first," fail the test of intellectual honesty. Moreover, Best-in-Class responsibility programs start with a commitment to doing the right thing first and then figuring out how to earn a return on responsibilty. Don't get sucked into the intellectual bullying. It's time to shift the burden of proof: commit to doing the right thing and then figure out how to do it in a way that earns an ROI. |
Ethical Dilemma #4: Equal Rights & Equal Risks? – A Truth vs. Loyalty Dilemma
Submitted by RCrespin on Thu, 2010-11-18 21:09.In this fourth installment of our Ethical Dilemmas Series, Kevin Moss puts forward a Truth vs. Loyalty dilemma. As a Corporate Responsibility professional, do you have to act when your company behaves in an unethical manner? Other professions have positive obligations. Should CROs?
Help us test our draft Ethics Code by playing out this scenario in your own mind and giving us your feedback. At CRO Summit we had some great live-fire exercises. Share how you'd resolve this dilemma and how the Ethics Code helped (or didn't).
Ethical Dilemma #3: Painting Over Problems - A Truth vs. Loyalty Dilemma
Submitted by RCrespin on Tue, 2010-11-16 13:11.Posted November 16, 2010
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In this third installment of our Ethical Dilemmas Series, Kevin Moss puts forward a Truth vs. Loyalty dilemma. As a Corporate Responsibility professional, do you have to act when your company behaves in an unethical manner? Other professions have positive obligations. Should CROs? Help us test our draft Ethics Code by playing out this scenario in your own mind and giving us your feedback. At CRO Summit we had some great live-fire exercises. Share how you'd resolve this dilemma and how the Ethics Code helped (or didn't). |
Ethical Dilemma #2: Half-baked Marketing - A Justice vs. Mercy Dilemma.
Submitted by RCrespin on Sat, 2010-10-23 18:18.Posted October 23, 2010
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In this second installment of our Ethical Dilemmas Series, Kevin Moss puts forward a Justice vs. Mercy dilemma. When a colleague crosses the line should you enforce the rules or look with mercy on a transgressor? As a CRO do you have a special obligation that goes beyond that of the average executive? Help us test our draft Ethics Code by playing out this scenario in your own mind and giving us your feedback. Or join us at CRO Summit for a live-fire exercise. Share how you'd resolve this dilemma and how the Ethics Code helped (or didn't). |
Responsibility Play of the Week: Congress, Baseball, or 30 Rock?
Submitted by RCrespin on Sat, 2010-10-09 11:36.Posted October 9, 2010
| This week's choices for "Responsibility Play of the Week" come from politics, sports, and pop culture. Which one best spotlights a lesson in responsibility...or irresponsibility? Your comments and votes pick the winner! |
Ethical Dilemma #1: A Gaggle of Privacy Concerns -- When Truth Conflicts with Loyalty
Submitted by RCrespin on Fri, 2010-10-08 21:21.Posted October 8, 2010
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The CROA’s Professional Development Committee drafted an ethics code and came up with a set of ethical dilemmas to test it. In this post we layout the overall concept of ethical dilemmas and propose the first dilemma for you -- our field testers -- to consider. Dilemma #1: A Gaggle of Privacy Concerns. Complying with a Chinese request to provide personal data would break your company's privacy policy but failure to comply breaks the law. What do you do? |
DO YOU KNOW...How to stay off the Black List? CROA Raises the Bar & Lowers the Barriers to Improvement
Submitted by RCrespin on Wed, 2010-10-06 20:45.Posted October 6, 2010
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The CROA is simultaneously raising the bar and lowering the barrier to improving corporate responsibilty. Throughout 2010 we've reviewed the ranking system used to create CR's Black List and its Best Corporate Citizens Lists while also working on a Code of Ethics. Now these efforts come together with specific tools companies can use to create more ethical cultures. |
Corporate Responsibility Officers Need an Ethics Code!
Submitted by RCrespin on Mon, 2010-10-04 20:43.Posted October 4, 2010
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Doctors have an ethics code. PR professionals, accountants, lawyers, ombudsman, engineers and ethics officers all have ethics codes. In many ways, a well crafted ethics code defines a profession; it gives guidance to its practitioners to support the most taxing judgment calls they will have to make and articulates its defining values to those outside the profession. As the conscience of many organizations, it's time for Corporate Responsibility professionals to follow suit. CROA's Professional Development Committee Chair calls CR professionals to define an ethics code. |
Responsibility Play of the Week: Jets, BP, & Tylenol
Submitted by RCrespin on Thu, 2010-09-30 16:06.Posted September 30, 2010
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Help us pick the "Responsibility Play of the Week" : an example of responsible or irresponsible behavior from any where in the world -- doesn't have to be business-related. This week's candidates:
Which one should be our "Play of the Week"? |