How can companies that produce products that are polluting the environment have a strong reputation for social responsibility?
That seems to be the idea of Bob Must, spokesman for Physicians for Social Responsibility, a major test-ban advocate.
And, we are launching a Center for Social Responsibility in Entertainment and Performing Arts as a hub for research, curriculum development, distinguished visiting artists and public programming.
The software giant said it is "not advocating for a legislative solution" and is instead working with organizations including Business for Social Responsibility and the Center for Democracy and Technology to develop new guidelines for protecting human rights abroad.
The above statement, however, was made not by Hollender but by Owen Milne, the director for development for Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, a nonprofit business trade organization, which advances business ethics that advance a triple bottom line, here in Vermont.
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The movement for corporate social responsibility is in direct opposition, in such cases, to the movement for better corporate governance, which demands that managers fulfill their fiduciary duty to act in the shareholders' interest or be relieved of their responsibilities.
They use the market power of consumers to build the business case for corporate social responsibility.
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McClimon is President of the American Express Foundation and Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility, American Express Company.
Jeremy Moon is the director of the International Center for Corporate Social Responsibility at Nottingham University Business School, in England.
Should executives in these situations heed the call for corporate social responsibility even without the allure of profiting from it?
In recent years, the call for corporate social responsibility has grown louder, and many companies have committed to serious CSR programs.
What emerged was my recent post on the 11 Challenges for Corporate Social Responsibility, which irked several and resonated with many others.
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Especially a company who spent the first half of last decade battling bad press about their lack of and complete disregard for corporate social responsibility.
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But the problem, Mr Henderson emphasises, is not merely that the fad for corporate social responsibility is intellectually wrong, or that it poisons opinion against market capitalism.
The Alcohol Bill is part of the Scottish government's attempt to address alcohol-related harm by implementing a minimum pricing policy, banning drink promotions, raising the age for buying drink and introducing a social responsibility fee for retailers.
In the US, we can think of many companies that rely on one or another of these supporting casts for their corporate social responsibility.
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It also calls for a "social responsibility" levy on the industry.
The company that was praised for its corporate social responsibility following its image overhaul in 2000 (when it started calling itself Beyond Petroleum) is now being scorched from all sides.
There is one avenue that holds promise for revitalizing corporate social responsibility in a time of distrust and doubt: the creation of networks of stakeholders where responsibility is shared and the benefits accrue to all of the parties.
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"I have said consistently that my plan for Social Security is fiscal responsibility first, " she told Russert.
Family life, as Hoggart understood, thus provides a basis for a form of social responsibility that extends beyond contractual rights and obligations to a sense of shared moral and affective commitments.
She said that the business sector in South Africa had to show social responsibility for education, in the same way that it had joined hands with the government to make the World Cup a success.
Mr Zapatero's troubles began in late December when the Basque assembly voted for the Ibarretxe plan, which seeks to introduce Basque citizenship, an independent judiciary, a penal system, devolved responsibility for social security and the power to sign international treaties.
For instance, they suggest that doctors, nurses, and social workers take more responsibility for family caregivers who are doing this work.
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But his examples do not make as powerful a case for the necessity of corporate social responsibility as he would like.
The September issue of Harvard Business Review includes an article by Nathan Foote, Russell Eisenstat, and Tobias Fredberg, titled The Higher Ambition Leader, that is essential reading for everyone interested in corporate social responsibility.
As the company continues its rapid growth, founders Lauren Walters and Wil Hauser hope that the bars can tie into a larger social responsibility strategy for some of the companies that have begun to carry its products in their cafes and dining facilities.
"Somerset has an ageing population and safeguarding vulnerable people is a priority for the council, " said Councillor Christine Lawrence, Cabinet Member with responsibility for Health and Adult Social Care.
The solution may be for the better off in that generation taking over responsibility for their own health and social care, he argues.
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