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Date	Author	Category	Title
Summer 2005	Alana Conner Snibbe	Nonprofits • Global Issues • Health • Civil Society	They Just Don’t Understand Americans are in the dark about nonprofits.
Fall 2005	Deborah Doane	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.
Fall 2005	Adrie Kusserow	Government • Government Programs • Global Issues • Education • Civil Society	The Workings of Class 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.
Fall 2005	Alana Conner Snibbe	Global Issues • Arts • Civil Society	Undercutting TV’s Ageist Stereotypes TV spoils outlook on aging, but keeping a diary may lessen the damage.
Winter 2005	Jennifer Holloway	Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Board Governance • Global Issues • Health • Civil Society	Silence=Bad Strategy How failing to speak up leads nonprofit boards to persist with mislaid plans.
Winter 2005	Shirley Wang	Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management	So Uncivilized Rudeness, sarcasm, and disrespect undermine employee productivity.
Spring 2006	Jeanene Harlick	Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Poverty • Civil Society	As Luck Would Have It Why the U.S. and Europe have such different social spending policies.
Summer 2006	Jennifer Daw Holloway	Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management	Embedding Employees Relationships keep workers from walking out.
Summer 2006	Alana Conner Snibbe	Global Issues • Civil Society	Bowling Alone? Civil society may not be in such bad shape.
Summer 2006	Alana Conner Snibbe	Philanthropy • Altruism • Global Issues • Civil Society	Hardwired to Help Both humans and chimpanzees naturally lend a hand.
Fall 2006	Alana Conner Snibbe	Philanthropy • Altruism • Global Issues • Civil Society	It Takes a Stick The most generous societies in the world are also the most punishing.
Fall 2006	Alana Conner Snibbe	Global Issues • Civil Society • Religion & Culture	Divine Intervention [Free!] Why the most religious societies have the most volunteers.
Winter 2007	Alana Conner Snibbe	Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Human Rights	Diversity Training Doesn’t Work How can companies hire and promote more women and minorities?
Winter 2007	Alana Conner Snibbe	Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Leadership	Vengeance, Interrupted [Free!] How organizations can inspire reconciliation instead of revenge.
Winter 2007	Joel M. Podolny	Social Innovations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Global Issues • Civil Society	Networks for Good Works Most people think of networking as a means for advancing their own self-interest. But successful social innovators take a different tack, nurturing close ties between members and infusing their networks with a common set of values. As a result, their networks power both personal transformations and large-scale social changes.
Fall 2007	Alana Conner	Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Civil Society	The Sound of One Trap Flapping How the vocal few can skew perceptions of public opinion.
Fall 2007	Alana Conner	Nonprofits • Board Governance • Business • Global Issues • Human Rights	Butter Your Way to the Top Flattery, not good governance, reaps corporate directorships – especially for white males.
Fall 2007	Alana Conner	Philanthropy • Altruism	The U-Shaped Giving Profile Explained Most Americans give roughly the same percentage of their incomes.
Winter 2008	Alana Conner	Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management	The Stingy Hour Workers paid by the hour are less likely to volunteer than are salaried employees.
Winter 2008	Alana Conner	Government • Global Issues • Civil Society	Old Dogs, New Opinions Contrary to stereotypes, people grow more liberal and tolerant as they age.
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