Results for September, 2006
Letter from America
September 28, 2006 In Letter from America, The Corporate Citizenship Company's Michelle Dow asks whether Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart and BP can counter recent negative publicity with their CSR initiatives. Read more >
Profile: Camelot – improving the odds
September 28, 2006 Incumbent lottery license holder Camelot puts its money on corporate responsiblility to win it another term. Zanna Rodrigues speaks to CR manager Clare Griffin to find out how they’re doing it. Read more >
Human rights: the story so far
September 27, 2006 After the heated debate surrounding the UN norms on business and human rights, Briefing reveals what's coming next, and highlights some useful tools for managing what is often a controversial area. Read more >
Smoothing out the wrinkles
September 27, 2006 Multinational companies are under increasing pressure to ensure ethical supply chain practice. Briefing looks at how some household names are managing operations all the way down the supply chain,. Read more >
Taking responsibility for human rights
September 27, 2006 Companies leave themselves exposed to enormous risk if they assume that governments should bear the entire burden of managing human rights issues. Briefing reviews some of the dilemmas facing managers today. Read more >
Don’t underestimate human rights
September 26, 2006 Luke Wilde of TwentyFifty argues that the challenges posed by the 21st century mean businesses will have to develop a deeper and more holistic understanding of human rights. Read more >
CSR and human rights
September 26, 2006 Kicking off the human rights edition of Briefing (CCB 89 Aug/Sept), Christopher Avery of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre argues that companies are making a mistake and exposing themselves to risk if they do not adopt a human rights framework. Read more >
BITC sets the standard for principled money-making
September 25, 2006 Mallen Baker of Business in the Community talks us through BITC's new Marketplace Principles framework, explaining how they help businesses get back onto the front foot in some of the ongoing CSR debates. Read more >
Whither reporting?
September 22, 2006 Figuring out how to be both creative and meet the demand for standardisation is likely to be the focus of the next CSR 'reporting season'. Read more >