Stanford Social Innovation Review

Innovation depends on social networks, not solo brains.

Getting the most out of some employees requires smart hiring, not bonuses. 

Sticks and stones can break my bones; rejection hurts everything else. 

Homeless protests in the ‘80s were born not just of grievances, but also of greenbacks.

How nonprofits can distinguish themselves from
for-profits by using their unique brand attributes.

TV spoils outlook on aging, but keeping a diary may lessen the damage. 

Kazakh biologist, activist, and environmental prize recipient.

A Boston nonprofit’s simple mission attracts
sustained support and helps working-poor families.

As nice as it is to think that modern corporations can do well while also doing good, there are serious limitations that the market imposes on their CSR initiatives. In addition, the legal obligations of corporations to their shareholders further restrict CSR’s potential to help solve social and environmental problems. At some point, we should be asking ourselves whether or not we’ve been promoting a strategy more likely to lead to business as usual than to tackling the fundamental problems of our time. 

How Merck and the WHO have sustained a fragile balance
of power in their battle against river blindness.

When grantmakers move into the communities they serve. 

A common error misleads foundations and policymakers.

The emergence
of microenterprise development
programs internationally and in
the United States

Though rarely discussed in America, the subtle differences between social classes lead to major misunderstandings in the classroom, the workplace, and in many nonprofit settings. Understanding how social class shapes conceptions of the individual may ease tensions and promote equality. 

In Morocco, there are 33,000 NGOs, many of which are engaged in a massive struggle to bring a civil society to life, while avoiding the hazards of Middle East geopolitical tensions and the challenges of the country’s own recent history of egregious human rights violations.