Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR is not a phase – well I sure hope not anyway.

A few weeks ago I attended an event where I met someone who was determined to try and convince me that Corporate Social Responsibility is a phase, a fad that will eventually become irrelevant. Their argument was that it is

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CSR is not a phase – well I sure hope not anyway.

A few weeks ago I attended an event where I met someone who was determined to try and convince me that Corporate Social Responsibility is a phase, a fad that will eventually become irrelevant. Their argument was that it is

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China’s moth-eaten social safety net: Who will catch the poorest of the poor? Not corporations.

China is, without a doubt, on a fast track to ‘development’ with an astonishing US$3.2 trillion in foreign reserves. But inequality, particularly rural and urban, is extreme with an estimated 150 million people living below the United Nations poverty line

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China’s moth-eaten social safety net: Who will catch the poorest of the poor? Not corporations.

China is, without a doubt, on a fast track to ‘development’ with an astonishing US$3.2 trillion in foreign reserves. But inequality, particularly rural and urban, is extreme with an estimated 150 million people living below the United Nations poverty line

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A response to Tales from the Hood – The Aid Blog Forum: CSR

I teamed up with the guys behind WhyDev.org this week (Brendan Rigby and Weh Yeoh) to respond to the first topic, Corporate Social Responsibility, on the Aid Blog Forum initiated by Tales from the Hood (A humanitarian aid blog). 

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A response to Tales from the Hood – The Aid Blog Forum: CSR

I teamed up with the guys behind WhyDev.org this week (Brendan Rigby and Weh Yeoh) to respond to the first topic, Corporate Social Responsibility, on the Aid Blog Forum initiated by Tales from the Hood (A humanitarian aid blog). 

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What’s this measuring impact business?

Since completing an honours thesis on the ‘challenges of measuring poverty’ in Laos four years ago, the challenges of measuring community development seem to be just as prominent.

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What’s this measuring impact business?

Since completing an honours thesis on the ‘challenges of measuring poverty’ in Laos four years ago, the challenges of measuring community development seem to be just as prominent.

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The Green in Itee Soni & FINCH

‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.

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The Green in Itee Soni & FINCH

‘The Green in…‘ Is a series of interviews with people who are nurturing green ideas within their daily lives, without giving up their day jobs.

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Inside Job: reveals woeful business ethics

Yesterday my friend Jenna and I plugged in our headphone splitter and watched Inside Job while we enjoyed our first trip on the Shanghai – Beijing fast train. Inside Job is directed by Charles Ferguson and delves into the depths

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Inside Job: reveals woeful business ethics

Yesterday my friend Jenna and I plugged in our headphone splitter and watched Inside Job while we enjoyed our first trip on the Shanghai – Beijing fast train. Inside Job is directed by Charles Ferguson and delves into the depths

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Human Rights: A no-go zone for corporates?

In most corporate boardrooms, if you suggest focusing on human rights as a community investment strategy don’t be surprised if you are met with deathly silence or an uncomfortable shuffling of papers. But if you push the common path of

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Human Rights: A no-go zone for corporates?

In most corporate boardrooms, if you suggest focusing on human rights as a community investment strategy don’t be surprised if you are met with deathly silence or an uncomfortable shuffling of papers. But if you push the common path of

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REMINDER: It’s not just about giving money

The squandering of $3.2 million as part of Madonna’s charity project in Malawi is another reminder that money alone is not the answer to lifting people out of poverty.

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REMINDER: It’s not just about giving money

The squandering of $3.2 million as part of Madonna’s charity project in Malawi is another reminder that money alone is not the answer to lifting people out of poverty.

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Work in Progress – HandsOn Shanghai

This week’s WIP (Work in Progress) is inspired by China’s bitterly cold winter. I am currently in Beijing for a month doing an intensive Chinese course and it is FREEZING.

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Work in Progress – HandsOn Shanghai

This week’s WIP (Work in Progress) is inspired by China’s bitterly cold winter. I am currently in Beijing for a month doing an intensive Chinese course and it is FREEZING.

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Why I can start buying Cadbury’s again

Last week I was wandering the aisles of the local supermarket in Shanghai and came across a packet of  Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Fair Trade buttons. I followed up this discovery with some further research into Cadbury’s Fair Trade and CSR

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Why I can start buying Cadbury’s again

Last week I was wandering the aisles of the local supermarket in Shanghai and came across a packet of  Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Fair Trade buttons. I followed up this discovery with some further research into Cadbury’s Fair Trade and CSR

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