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Leveraging Deficits: How the Best Corporate Citizens drove more effective cross-sector collaboration during the Great Recession
Submitted by kgilliam on Thu, 2012-01-19 14:07.
In last week's blog post, I pointed to the emergence of a "renaissance" in how companies, NGOs, and governments are collaborating to tackle some of our toughest challenges. This week I'm going to look in-depth at the specific new models and practices we're seeing emerge. - kgilliam's blog
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Is Sustainability Analogous to Economics?
Submitted by kgilliam on Fri, 2011-11-04 14:14.
At Green Gov 2011 this morning I facilitated a lively panel that included discussion of what is sustainability and what is the role of the sustainability profession. Ira Feldman (Greentrack Strategies), Terry Yosie (World Environment Center) and Valerie Patrick (Bayer Corporation) were our panelists and came with a rich set of views and experience.
The discussion of what is sustainability was broad and philosophical using terms like ‘systems thinking’ and ‘form of art’. But many people in the room (myself included) had sustainability jobs, with specific job descriptions and objectives. So what can we compare that to?
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WANTED a jobs & growth agenda
Submitted by kgilliam on Thu, 2011-09-08 17:33.
In his address tonight to a Joint Session of Congress, President Obama will lay out his plans for kick-starting employment and growth. America needs a plan for good-paying jobs combined with sustained and sustainable growth. Here’s our jobs and growth agenda at the COMMIT!Forum Sept 26-27 in NYC:
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Is your kid’s school good enough for Dora?
Submitted by kgilliam on Thu, 2011-08-04 13:26.This year Dora, the famed preschool explorer, will do something cartoons rarely do: age. Since 2000, Dora and her backpack have helped the world’s preschoolers get ready for school and now she’s getting ready for bold new adventures as a full-blown tween-aged middle schooler.
Few people have done as much to advance the cause of sustainability as Dora and her cousin Diego. They’ve raised the consciousness of a whole generation to the point that every parent I know has had some version of a “Dora moment” – your kid calls you out for not recycling, using plastic bags, or committing some other sin of carelessness.
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."
To change the world, change California or change Wal-Mart…or the US Federal Government
Submitted by kgilliam on Tue, 2011-04-05 15:31.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). |
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:
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Water: the visible face of climate change
Submitted by RCrespin on Tue, 2010-09-07 15:25.Posted September 7, 2010
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Water is where climate change meets people. As the climate changes its most visible, most pressing impact will come in how it impacts the access, availability, and cleanliness of water. Beyond carbon, beyond greenhouse gases, water is the most pressing challenge facing every living thing on earth. |
Corporate Responsibility's Detractors Present a False Choice: Business Have, Can, & Should Do Well by Doing Good
Submitted by RCrespin on Thu, 2010-08-26 19:59.Posted August 25, 2010
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Prof. Aneel Karnani of the University of Michigan lays out his case against corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a Wall Street Journal podcast. The WSJ editors themselves chime in declaring, "Corporate social responsibility is either irrelevant or ineffective. Take your pick." Both Prof Karnani and the WSJ editors entirely miss the point. In the end Karnani restates Friedmanism declaring that companies should seek profits and regulators alone should chase down bad-actors.sustainability. And how to play a bigger game in advancing the debate about sustainability. |