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 'women'

Date Author Category Title
Summer 2007
Alana Conner
Nonprofit Management • Corporate Social Responsibility Putting Women in Their Place

Which woman is more likely to attract unpleasant sexual attention: the office sweetheart or the ambitious upstart? A new study by social psychologist Jennifer Berdahl points to the upstart. From her findings, Berdahl concludes that “men aren’t harassing women to get into their pants, but to put them down….”

Spring 2008
Alana Conner
Government Red and Blue Revisited

The more race- and sex-segregated the county, the more Republican it votes.

Spring 2008
Abby Fung
Social Entrepreneurship • Corporate Social Responsibility • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Supported Employment Baked Goods

Dancing Deer Bakery helps most when it keeps its eye on the bottom line.

(left): CEO Patricia Karter (right) and employees ice cookies. The company hires heavily from its surrounding low-income neighborhood of Roxbury.

Spring 2008
Laura Gehl
Human Rights • Social Entrepreneurship The Mother Lode

MomsRising is tapping a vast resource to improve the lives of American families.

Summer 2008
Leslie Berger
Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship • Fair Trade She’s Crafty [Free!]

World of Good connects female artisans in poor countries with retailers (including Whole Foods Market, pictured) in the West.

Fall 2008
Alana Conner
Government Research: A Soldier’s Life for Her

The military’s better than civilian life, say minorities and women such as Marine Corps Capt. Elizabeth Okoreeh-Baah, the first woman to pilot the V-22 Osprey.

Fall 2008
Jennifer Roberts
Healthcare • Social Entrepreneurship • Community-Centered Planning What’s Next: LivingGoods Calling

LivingGoods sends its version of Avon ladies—white-uniformed “health promoters”—knocking on doors in hundreds of Ugandan communities.

Winter 2009
Kyle Peterson & Marc Pfitzer
Corporate Social Responsibility Lobbying for Good [Free!]

In their efforts to be socially responsible, most companies fail to wield their most powerful tool: lobbying. Yet corporations such as Mary Kay, Royal Dutch Shell, and General Motors are increasingly leveraging their deep pockets, government contacts, and persuasive powers for the cause of good. Not all kinds of socially responsible lobbying are created equal, however. The authors discuss which forms are best for companies and society.

Winter 2009
Alana Conner
Social Entrepreneurship Research: Starting Up Women

Successful entrepreneurs show characteristics of both men and women.

Winter 2009
Holly Burkhalter
Human Rights • Book Reviews An Unconscionable Business [Free!]

SEX TRAFFICKING: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara

Spring 2009
Alana Conner
Economic Development • Microfinance Research: No Profit for Her

Research shows that men may be more effective than woman at utilizing microfinance investments. 

Winter 2010
Kavita Nandini Ramdas
Human Rights • Book Reviews Women Hold Both Sky and Solutions [Free!]

In Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a series of vignettes brings to life the struggles and courage of unforgettable women who are, as the book’s subtitle suggests, turning oppression into opportunity.

Winter 2010
Kim Jonker
Education • Social Entrepreneurship • Government Strength Through Flexibility

Development experts have long known that educating girls is one of the surest ways to improve life for everyone in poor countries. Yet the path to school has not been smooth for many girls—especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 17 years, however, the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has delivered high-quality education to millions of girls across 35 African countries. The secret to FAWE’s scale and impact, say its leaders, is its flexibility.

Spring 2010
Suzie Boss
Education Lessons in Courage

Against all odds, the Afghan Institute of Learning educates women and girls in a war-torn society

Spring 2003
Kari Lyderson
Nonprofit Management • Community-Centered Planning Debunking Empowerment

Feeling strong has little to do with mobilization in public housing.

Summer 2003
Andrew Nelson
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Love, Honor, and Don’t Bargain

When couples haggle over charity, total giving drops.

Summer 2003
Jan Chong
Human Rights • Corporate Social Responsibility Fostering Diversity

Employee network groups keep minority managers on the job. 

Fall 2004
Jan Chong
Corporate Social Responsibility • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Socially Responsible Investing Determining Diversity

Do socially responsible funds ask the right questions?

Winter 2004
Peter Manzo
Nonprofit Management The Real Salary Scandal [Free!]

It’s isn’t that some nonprofit CEOs make big bucks. It’s that most nonprofit employees are paid too little.

Summer 2005
Alessandra Bianchi
Nonprofit Management Educators With Borders

Sometimes nonprofit workers have to learn
to “just say no”.

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