Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine covering best strategies for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses. Published quarterly by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Articles Tagged With 'law'

Date Author Category Title
Spring 2007
Catherine DiBenedetto
Human Rights • Nonprofit Management Policing the Police [Free!]

The traditional approach among human rights groups in Nigeria had been accusatory: publicize injustices or sue the government. But in January 1998, on the eve of democracy, an NGO called the CLEEN foundation set out to reform law enforcement from within. 

Summer 2003
J. Magee
Nonprofit Management Doing Away with Lawyers

New research shows that binding contracts
may actually reduce trust.

Fall 2005
Deborah Doane
Human Rights • Social Entrepreneurship • Corporate Social Responsiblity 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. 

Fall 2005
Kevin O'Flynn
Environment • Nonprofit Management • Government 15 minutes with Kaisha Atakhanova

Kazakh biologist, activist, and environmental prize recipient.

Winter 2005
Laila Weir
Environment • Social Entrepreneurship • Government Logging in for the Environment

Environmental lawyers around the world join forces via E-LAW.

Summer 2007
John H. Vogel Jr., Sarah Gohl Isabel, & James Sears Bryant
Nonprofit Management • Government Laws, Not Lawyers

How states can protect nonprofit leaders and infuse more money into the sector.

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