Social Responsibility
Social Responsibility
Five hundred years before the Christian Era, teacher and consultant, Aristotle, offered practical guidance that is just as applicable to thoughtful people in today's post-9/11 era as it was to the leaders of ancient...
The Great Recession has brought changes and challenges to all sectors of the economy, nonprofits included. Building Strong Nonprofits, edited by John C. Olberding and Lisa Barnwell Williams, is a...
In The New Rules of Green Marketing, Jacquelyn A. Ottman presents the new rules for mastering the marketing of ecologically-responsible consumer goods, as well as real-world examples that illustrate...
The moment we all open our eyes in the morning, the decision process begins, and continues to happen all throughout our day until we fall asleep at the end of it...
The world is changing at lightning speed, and only companies that understand the new realities of the global marketplace and pursue both innovation and sustainability will be equipped to prosper. In The...
Benjamin Franklin advocated living with frugality, inventiveness, and diplomacy. In Doing More with Less, Bruce Piasecki suggests that the solution to many social and business problems lies in those...
Alan Reder examines the many ways companies worldwide are actively pursuing principle and profit as more and more high-profile companies engage in the exercise of social responsibility and at the same time, show...
On the night of April 20, 2010, BP’s Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) the Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 people and injuring dozens more. For the next 87 days, millions of barrels of oil from the Macondo...
When Anita opened the first Body Shop in Brighton, England, in 1976, the extent of her business acumen was the knowledge that she would have to take in £300 a week to remain open. Her only motivation for choosing the...
As biotechnology has continued to advance, some eagerly anticipate the creation of new intellectual property and a new bioeconomy. On the other hand, some fear that the desire for profit is leading to the unethical...
