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| Spring 2004 |
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Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Business • Socially Responsible Business |
Invention for the Common Good [Free!]
Four reasons corporations should engage in social responsibility.
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| Summer 2005 |
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Social Innovations • Microfinance • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Poverty |
Developing Native Capability
What multinational corporations can learn from the base of the pyramid.
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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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Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Poverty |
One Buyer at a Time [Free!]
International development organizations spend lots of money and effort building the capacity of small businesses. Yet they often fail to ask whether people want the businesses’ goods and services. As these stories from Peru show, successful programs start with real buyers who are willing to buy real products.
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| Fall 2007 |
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Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Environment • Human Rights |
15 Minutes with Hannah Jones [Free!]
SSIR Academic Editor Jim Phills spoke with Nike’s Hannah Jones about the sportswear giant’s extensive corporate social responsibility programs.
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| Winter 2008 |
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Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Environment |
Greening Supply Chains
When scarcity sets in, market forces can lead corporations to adopt green practices.
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| Winter 2008 |
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Government • Social Policy • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Health • Environment • Human Rights |
The Responsibility Paradox [Free!]
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.
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| Winter 2008 |
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Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Environment • Human Rights • Civil Society |
Review: Fugitive Denim [Free!]
From field to factory, Snyder reveals the real lives behind the making of a pair of jeans.
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| Spring 2008 |
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Government • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Environment |
The Greening of Wal-Mart [Free!]
For much of its history, Wal-Mart’s corporate management team toiled inside its “Bentonville Bubble,” narrowly focused on operational efficiency, growth, and profits. But now the world's largest retailer has widened its sights, building networks of employees, nonprofits, government agencies, and suppliers to “green” its supply chains. Here's how and why the world’s largest retailer is using a network approach to decrease its environmental footprint – and to increase its profitability.
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