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How Branded Video Can Support a Company’s Ethics Goals: Q&A with Raz Godelnik
Mexican fast food chain Chipotle recently brought to light an important issue for many companies jumping on the CSR bandwagon with its promotional — yet controversial — video: when do ethical...
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What Consumers Don’t Know About Corporate Sustainability: Q&A with Joel Makower
Many people assume companies support sustainability because their customers demand it. Not so, says Joel Makower, the executive editor of GreenBiz.com. Companies have a variety of motives for going...
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Report: Economic Woes Aren’t Derailing Corporate Sustainability Goals
It seems like a logical assumption: the economy tanks so companies tighten their belts and among the first budget items to go are recycling, carbon offset programs and monitoring work conditions at...
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Weekly Roundup: Richard Branson on Social Change, the $1 Million Compliance...
The ethics and compliance landscape for businesses shifts constantly — with new laws, trends, ideas and insights making news every day. In this week’s roundup, we culled the recent headline-grabbing...
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Weekly Roundup: Urging Customers to Buy Less, a New Approach to Ethics...
Patagonia Founder Encourages Less Buying, Even of His Products It’s not every day that the founder of a company encourages customers to buy less of his product. But then again, Yvon Chouinard is...
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Ethical Indices — Though Confusing — Are Key for Companies and Consumers: Q&A...
Ethical indices provide benchmarks for a company, but with more than 250 local and global ethical indices schemes to follow, a business may have trouble figuring out how it stacks up. These indices can...
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Weekly Roundup: 5 Ways Employees Steal, the Do-Gooding Power of a T-Shirt,...
5 Sneaky Ways Employees Pick the Corporate Pocket Every company has its bad apples, unfortunately. The hard part is figuring out just where these cheats are likely to strike. John Verver, vice...
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The Holiday Bonus: Why it Pays for Employees to ‘Pay it Forward’
Giving back — to employees, customers and the community — is part of any company’s DNA. But what about encouraging employees to give back to one another, or customers to do a favor for another...
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5 Services that Make it Easy for Small Business to Give Year-Round
‘Tis the season of giving, when companies hold food drives, cut big checks to the local children’s hospital, spend a day teaching the elderly how to cook new foods — or turn to Pinterest to encourage...
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Weekly Roundup: The Power of Dissent, Nike’s Fresh Lesson in CSR, Threats...
How Groupthink Can Hinder Risk Management Beware groupthink at the office. Sure, nobody wants to be the resident naysayer, but encouraging every stakeholder in a company decision to say what she really...
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New Study: Why Real CSR Is No Longer Optional
By wearing Toms shoes, carrying FEED bags and drinking from Nalgenes, consumers are voicing their opinions that corporate social responsibility (CSR) matters. Consumers prefer to associate with a...
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Want to Be a B Corp? Two Options to Consider
The benefits of running a profitable, socially responsible business are evident to anyone who’s heard of companies like Patagonia and Ben & Jerry’s. To encourage even more companies to practice...
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Weekly Roundup: How Companies Are Addressing Ethics in Manufacturing
Often U.S. technology and clothing companies take the heat for the poor working conditions of their suppliers in foreign countries, yet rarely do the companies that are making strong efforts to reduce...
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Why CSR Is More Than Just Words on Paper: Q&A with John Friedman
Safety standards, ethics policies and recycling programs are all key elements of corporate social responsibility. But what about putting words into action? John Friedman, corporate responsibility...
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How to Land a Job in CSR: Q&A with Sustainability Guru Leon Kaye
A lot of people seek jobs in corporate social responsibility, but the supply far outstrips the demand, says Leon Kaye, editor of GreenGoPost and a contributor to The Guardian’s Sustainable Business....
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