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| Fall 2005 |
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Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Environment • Human Rights |
The Myth of CSR [Free!]
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.
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| Spring 2006 |
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Social Innovations • Philanthropy • Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Poverty |
An Enterprising Failure
Why a promising social franchise collapsed.
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| Fall 2006 |
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Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Organizations • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Environment |
Weaving Businesses Together [Free!]
Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers.
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| Winter 2007 |
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Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Poverty • Environment |
Making It to McDonald’s
How Fair Trade coffee moved out of its niche and into the most mainstream market of all.
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| Winter 2007 |
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Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Poverty • Religion & Culture |
Faith in Fair Trade
How Lutherans are transforming their love of coffee into global good.
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| Summer 2007 |
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Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Education • Poverty |
Fair Trade Spanish
Michael Parker pays his new Spanish tutor $17 less than he paid his old teacher in Iowa. But his new teacher, Yesenia Mateu Grave, takes away double her normal fee. Thanks to Web conferencing, Mateu Grave teaches students around the world from her hometown in Antigua, Guatemala, via a site called Speak Shop, combining audio, video, and online chat for a classroom-like experience.
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| Summer 2008 |
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Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Poverty • Arts |
She’s Crafty [Free!]
World of Good connects female artisans in poor countries with retailers (including Whole Foods Market, pictured) in the West.
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| Spring 2009 |
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Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Leadership • Nonprofit Organizations • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Poverty |
Root Solutions
Nonprofit lender Root Capital connects rural farmers and artisans with the corporations that crave their products.
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