corporate social responsibility
description: form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model
199 results
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies
by Tim Koller, McKinsey, Company Inc., Marc Goedhart, David Wessels, Barbara Schwimmer and Franziska Manoury · 16 Aug 2015 · 892pp · 91,000 words
—and that investing for sustainable growth also builds stronger economies, higher living standards, and more opportunities for individuals. Our research shows, for example, that many corporate social-responsibility initiatives also create shareholder value, and that managers should seek out such opportunities.5 For example, IBM’s free Webbased resources on business management not
Start It Up: Why Running Your Own Business Is Easier Than You Think
by Luke Johnson · 31 Aug 2011 · 166pp · 49,639 words
distract everyone from doing their job with pointless courses. Appraisal experts are contracted to critique staff relations. Experts are drafted in to devise an appropriate Corporate Social Responsibility Agenda – whatever that is. All this paraphernalia is accepted as essential good practice by modern-thinking corporate management. Most of it is an expensive, bureaucratic
Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least
by Antti Ilmanen · 24 Feb 2022
various people may interpret very differently. Even the umbrella term is debated, as ESG is almost interchangeably called responsible or sustainable or impact investing, or corporate social responsibility. Possible approaches range from excluding sinful companies to actively engaging with the same companies to change their behavior. In most cases, investments are evaluated not
The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
by Robert B. Reich · 24 Mar 2020 · 154pp · 47,880 words
the standard economic goals of higher growth and greater efficiency. The issue is who benefits from more growth and efficiency. Don’t be dazzled by “corporate social responsibility.” Most of it is public relations. Corporations won’t voluntarily sacrifice shareholder returns unless laws require them to do so. Even then, be skeptical of
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try to hide their power behind those institutions, or justify their power with platitudes about the public good, or excuse their power through philanthropy and “corporate social responsibility.” But no one should be fooled. Oligarchs wield power for their own benefit. Even a system that calls itself a democracy can become an oligarchy
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, brought the economy to the brink of collapse in 2008 and caused millions of people to lose their jobs, homes, and savings. * * * — In recent years, “corporate social responsibility,” as it is termed, has become the supposed answer to the failings of capitalism. It’s a hot topic in business schools. Hundreds of corporate
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has occurred outside of the democratic process. None of it has reallocated power in the system or changed the rules of the game. To view corporate social responsibility as a new form of capitalism diverts attention from the far more difficult and important task of strengthening democracy and thwarting oligarchy. In fact, the
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upsurge of interest in corporate social responsibility is directly related to decreasing confidence in democracy, precisely because big money has overwhelmed it. “Government is failing to provide leadership on environmental concerns, and
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because big corporations have become so effective at preventing government from addressing them. It’s easy to understand why big businesses like JPMorgan have embraced corporate social responsibility with such verve. The soothing promise of responsibility can forestall laws and regulations that require it. As the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr observed, “The powerful are
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ever trust his advice on the economy, taxes, financial regulation, the environment, widening inequality, or anything else? How can we believe that his initiatives on corporate social responsibility are anything other than public relations? Why should we think that he and his Business Roundtable seek any goal other than making more money for
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community.” General Electric, the magazine noted, sought to serve the “balanced best interests” of all its stakeholders. This was not just public relations effluvium like “corporate social responsibility” is today. In that era, CEOs of big companies earned modest sums—rarely more than twenty times that of their employees (now, they are paid
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fines as a cost of doing business. Adherents to market fundamentalism don’t see the ruthless profit-seeking behind the smooth public relations con of corporate social responsibility. They reject “socialism” without acknowledging how the oligarchy has cushioned itself against downside losses and insulated itself from personal accountability. They even view climate change
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wealth and power. This is not part of their official job descriptions, of course. A few of them may even have been hired to promote “corporate social responsibility.” But defending and enlarging the oligarchy’s hold is what they are actually paid to do. They are the palace guard that protects the oligarchs
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productivity of the American people—who in order to be productive require good education and health care and a world-class infrastructure. They’ll recognize corporate social responsibility as nothing more than a thinly veiled public relations con. There can be no responsibility without laws that force corporations to sacrifice some shareholder gains
Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe
by Antony Loewenstein · 1 Sep 2015 · 464pp · 121,983 words
Migrants in EU,” Al Jazeera English, November 11, 2010. 39“Eurodrones Inc.,” TNI Peace and Security, February 5, 2014. 40In an attempt to demonstrate its corporate social responsibility, G4S financially assists the Athens charity Ark of the World, providing support to children and single mothers. 41Apostolis Fotiadis, “Cecilia Malmstrom and the Fiasco of
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
by Paul Midler · 18 Mar 2009 · 254pp · 14,795 words
. He had set up a karaoke lounge at the factory, he said, where workers could spend their evenings. He peppered his language with buzzwords like “corporate social responsibility” and said that he had initiated a profit-sharing plan. When we went onto the factory floor later, I buttonholed a few workers and asked
The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire
by Wikileaks · 24 Aug 2015 · 708pp · 176,708 words
in the region who share our concern over Chavez; •Play to our strength: We must emphasize that democracy, and a free trade approach that includes corporate social responsibility, provides lasting solutions; •Get the message out: Public diplomacy is key; this is a battle of ideas and visions. Septel provides detailed suggestions. [07ASUNCION396] A
Business Lessons From a Radical Industrialist
by Ray C. Anderson · 28 Mar 2011 · 412pp · 113,782 words
bad news. But we have some good news to consider, too. The trends in ethical awareness, and the development of the concepts of sustainability and corporate social responsibility, are rising. Small-scale local businesses and giant multinational corporations alike are discovering that applying an ethical sustainability filter to everything they do can add
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-one business schools released in October 2008 by the World Resources Institute and the Aspen Institute found that 54 percent require a course in ethics, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, or business and society. That’s up from just 34 percent in 2001. The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has created its
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value? Or market share? Or the clever manipulation of a gullible public? A sustainable society will realize that done right, the triple bottom line of corporate social responsibility—economy, environment, social equity—can come together under the banner of authenticity to create a truly superior, totally ethical, financial bottom line—a better way
Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
by Frederic Laloux and Ken Wilber · 9 Feb 2014 · 436pp · 141,321 words
. The role of leadership is to make the right trade-offs so that all stakeholders can thrive. Every large organization today has to publish a corporate social responsibility report. Green Organizations consider their social responsibility an integral part of how they do business, contrary to their Orange counterparts who often deem such reports
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Sheahan, Patagonia’s current CEO, explains the journey the company took and its unexpected consequences: About four years ago, we took what was a traditional Corporate Social Responsibility report and we put everything online and it’s called the Footprint Chronicles. … We actually took video cameras, we took tape recorders and still cameras
The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind
by Raghuram Rajan · 26 Feb 2019 · 596pp · 163,682 words
to do more than simply focus on their business became louder. Influential commentators argued that corporations ought to work with the state to fulfill their corporate social responsibility, and some government officials in the 1960s even asked corporations to hold back price increases as their social contribution to the fight against inflation. Economists
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in undertaking charitable activities, especially if it impinged on its profitability. Friedman’s views had enormous influence, both in academia and outside. The notion that corporate social responsibility began and ended with the corporation maximizing shareholder value was very clear and was consistent with the growing ethic of individualism. Instead of being a
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on profits, they undermine the private sector’s ability to be a political force for social good. Friedman was right that a fair amount of corporate social responsibility substitutes for actions the state should take, and panders to the specific charitable interests of a firm’s top managers. This is not beneficial for
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more reason to not have any industry or country dominated by a few large firms, a matter we will return to shortly. Finally, what about corporate social responsibility? Firms should focus on business in normal times, maximizing the value of the firm while obeying the law. Broader social responsibility should be left to
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I You We Them
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