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The SRO* is a new international movement to share insights and expertise on, and examples of, the evolving area of social responsibility, and to help define what it means to be a socially responsible organization.

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  • Sarah Tillmar
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  • Michelle Bernhart
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Forum

David Niles

What's Your Company Doing in CSR This Year?

What’s your company doing in the CSR arena this year? A more in-depth, committed approach? Less activity due to budget cuts or loss of interest in the endeavor? If the commitment is changing, who int…

Tagged: governance, responsibility, social, corporate

Started by David Niles in Organizations and Organizational Governance Dec. 16, 2009.

Blog Posts

Sarah Tillmar

Helping Haitian Citizens

TheSRO* extends its thoughts & prayers to people in Haiti. Here's how to help:

Text "yele" to 501501 to make a $5 donation to the Yele Haiti Foundation.
Text "HAITI" to 90999 and a $10 donation will be made to the American Red Cross.

If you would like to additional details or to help though another organization, please review this list of active charitable organizations in the nation.

http://www.msnbc.msn.comContinue

Posted by Sarah Tillmar on January 22, 2010 at 9:59am

Robert Pojasek

Distance Learning Course on Local Sustainability at Harvard University

For the eighth year, I am teaching an open enrollment, distance learning course on sustainability at the local business/facility level. Last year the course was taken by 125 people from 20 different countries. The course is taught using the case method to help students build skills. The syllabus can be found on the class website at http://isites.harvard.edu/k65783 The course begins next Monday, January 25, 2010. Anyone can register at… Continue

Posted by Robert Pojasek on January 17, 2010 at 1:00pm

Social Responsibility in the News:


Businesses Staying the Course on Community Involvement
Despite the economic crisis, businesses have forged ahead with community involvement efforts as part of a continued commitment to corporate citizenship, according to a Boston College survey.
While a significant percentage of companies cut their community involvement budgets, 62.1 percent maintained or increased budget levels in 2009. And though 37.8 percent of respondents' companies cut their community involvement budget, only 20.9 percent decreased staffing.
Read the news release

How Socially Responsible Investors Will View Companies in 2010
In the wake of a recovering economy and stock market, how are socially responsible investors viewing your company? Portfolio 21, a 10-year-old mutual fund investing in green companies around the world, recently offered 10 guidelines for investing in 2010.
Read more at GreenBiz.com

CSR Can 'Blow Back' If Seen as Market-Driven, Researcher Says
Corporate social responsibility initiatives carry the potential for significant “blowback” if they are perceived as market-driven rather than at the core of company operations. And if that happens, public relations practitioners are in the direct line of fire.
So says organizational communication scholar Steve May in a report supported by a grant from The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication at Penn State University.
Read the news release via Newswise.

Corporate Social Responsibility Enters the Strategic Realm
Organizations today are increasingly recognising the benefit of focusing on environmental and social responsibility as a strategic objective. IBM's 2009 survey of 224 business leaders worldwide shows that three quarters of respondents in Western Europe believe corporate social responsibility (CSR) has increased in importance over the past year.
Read the article in CIO magazine.


 
 
 

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