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Do social issues matter?

The Danish Institute for Human Rights has looked at investment decisions by institutional investors to see whether social impacts are figured in. >>

Has "CSR" become a code word for "profit trumps ethics"

The term "CSR" appears to have become a way of avoiding uncomfortable conversations within business about the ethics of business impacts. >>

Never kick a straw man when he’s down (TML No.4 part 3)

This is part 3 of The Missing Link number 4, in which CSR is defined. >>

Never kick a straw man when he’s down (TML No.4 part 2)

What of the next line of attack: that activities that benefit society at the expense of shareholders amount to “borrowed virtue” >>

Never kick a straw man when he’s down (TML No.4 part 1)

If corporate social responsibility did not exist, would we need to invent it? >>

CSR: Confusions of Social Responsibility (TML no.3)

There are so many competing definitions of corporate social responsibility (CSR). We need to define what we are talking about in The Missing Link. >>

Banking Industry Lessons Learned

Have big banks learned a single lesson from Enron's past mistakes? Apparently not. But smaller community banks have, and are now reaping the rewards. >>

Where's the Love?

Why do some companies win public trust and others lose it? Research indicates that it has more to do with purpose than public relations. >>

We care about the footprint, let’s not forget the foot

Saving the environment is in style, but concern for the workers who make our shoes isn’t. >>

Universities leading fight against Russell

27 schools cancel contract with company for busting unions >>