Stanford Social Innovation Review

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. 

Multinational corporations are in a quandary: Stakeholders are imposing higher standards than ever, but businesses are confused about what their global social responsibilities actually are.

The former president shares how ordinary citizens are helping to solve our big problems.

Social entrepreneur.

A Cambodian ‘nonprofit company’ peddles
digitization—with a social edge.

Waste, failure, and Bosnia’s lessons for Iraq.

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. 

Climate change is a hot issue. To combat global warming and other environmental problems, Greenpeace’s strategy is both to protest against environmental offenders and to help them craft solutions to their ecological gaffes – often at the same time. Using this inside-out approach, Greenpeace catapulted Greenfreeze, an obscure ozone- and climate-safe refrigerant, into widespread use and launched the first Green Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, in 2000.

Vanishing NGOs in Bosnia leave lessons in their wake.

The Rainforest Action Network launched an intensive consumer boycott of several Mitsubishi companies, leading to significant changes in the way the Japanese giant and many of its partners do business. That engagement provides critical lessons for both activist NGOs and corporations.

An HIV organization in Botswana provides lessons in cooperation.

Humanitarian organizational leaders share their management struggles.

To enrich Africa, oil companies and NGOs must cooperate.