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Technology & Design

Richard Jefferson

Richard Jefferson believes that biotechnology can be used to benefit the poor and disenfranchised, but only if the R&D process is democratized.

By Johanna Mair | Spring 2011
 
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Human Rights

Positive Distraction Workforce

Habitat International has grown its bottom line using a largely disabled workforce.

By Meredith May | Spring 2011
 
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Socially Responsible Business

More than Beans

Sustainable Harvest grows a new supply chain.

By Brandon Keim | Spring 2011
 
A FISTFUL OF RICE:
My Unexpected
Quest to End Poverty
Through Profi tability
Vikram Akula

Social Entrepreneurship

The Quintessential Entrepreneur

A FISTFUL OF RICE: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability by Vikram Akula

Reviewed By Jonathan C. Lewis | Winter 2011
 
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Socially Responsible Business

Investing at the Bottom of the Ladder

Companies that invest in their lowest-level employees are more productive and more profitable.

By Jody Heymann | 6 | Winter 2011
 
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Socially Responsible Business

Big Business Matters

Social intrapreneurs—change agents already working deep within business—are the answer for business’s woes.

By Judith Samuelson | 7 | Fall 2010
 
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Energy

This Old Green House

Clean Energy Works Portland gets consumers—and the workforce—energized about weatherization.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Fall 2010
 

Human Rights

Diversity Brings the Dollars

More diverse workplaces have higher revenues, more customers, larger market shares, and greater relative profits.

By Alana Conner | Fall 2009
 

Environment

Evil Green

New research shows that buying green products makes people more likely to cheat and steal.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2010
 
BUILDING SOCIAL
BUSINESS: The New
Kind of Capitalism
that Serves Humanity’s
Most Pressing Needs
Muhammad Yunus

Socially Responsible Business

Hear, Hear for Profits

Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus

Reviewed By Rodney Schwartz | 3 | Fall 2010