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Climate Science is Useless (to Business): Time to send scientists to b-school & business leaders back to science class
Submitted by kgilliam on Thu, 2012-03-01 13:29.
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Where CSR Fits On The Board's Agenda
Submitted by kgilliam on Mon, 2012-02-27 23:31.According to the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) 2011 Public Company Governance Survey, when asked to name the top three issues for the board,only 1.5% of corporate directors picked “Corporate Social Responsibility” among the highest priorities for the board in 2011.
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Do Corporate Responsibility “Best Practices” Really Exist?
Submitted by kgilliam on Tue, 2012-02-21 21:26.
In short, no. - kgilliam's blog
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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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The Campaign to Change the World
Submitted by kgilliam on Tue, 2011-11-22 15:02.We call it the COMMIT!Campaign because it does exactly that: it calls on organizations to make commitments that will change the world. But people often ask exactly how does it work? Sometimes, others see you more clearly than you see yourself… - 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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Understanding the Value of Corporate Responsibility
Submitted by kgilliam on Tue, 2011-11-01 13:25.Susan Pullin, CSC Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, writes that
There are many opinions about the real value to a company of corporate responsibility (CR). Aman Singh recently wrote for Forbes about these contrary opinions and posed the question: “Are we fighting over semantics or strategy?” She went on to consider how stakeholders often view CR. Is it perceived as something that is disconnected from markets, profits and capitalism itself? Is it typically misinterpreted as a cost, with some seeing CR as little more than “giving away money and adopting the latest cause of activists”?
As we look at this debate, one point is clear: if CR is perceived anything but a contributor to top-line growth, then stakeholder opinions will be negative and the value of CR is misunderstood.
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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 #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). |