Results for Employees
2005: British volunteering
August 01, 2004 CSV's Dame Elisabeth Hoodless argues that the British Year of Volunteering in 2005 presents the perfect opportunity for companies to maximise the benefits that volunteering has to offer Read more >
On demand: volunteering on a global scale
August 01, 2004 IBM has combined its worldwide reach and technical know-how to deliver a genuinely global volunteering programme. In the first eight months, the programme has attracted 17,000 employees. Now It is opening it up to retirees. Here Briefing finds out more about the hows and whys of global volunteering. Read more >
Victim support: coping with crime
July 01, 2004 Whether it's bullying on the factory floor or assaults against staff, violence in the workplace is increasing. Briefing talks to the new chief executive of a new business service that aims to put crime and its aftermath higher up the corporate citizenship agenda. Read more >
Uncovered: the government’s health and safety strategy
May 01, 2004 The government's new workplace health and safety strategy is strangely familiar: set out the business case, provide best practice case studies, and benchmark to judge performance. CSR managers should feel right at home, Michelle Dow argues. Read more >
Employment: up the workers!
May 01, 2004 As the tide of individual CSR measures in the workplace grows by the day, are the voices of employees in danger of being drowned out? Read more >
Disability: the rights stuff
May 01, 2004 Moves to merge existing equal opportunity commissions may dilute a strong focus on disability. But companies and some campaigners support the plan, which raises questions also about what human rights really mean in the corporate context. Read more >
Learning the lessons of the future
March 01, 2004 An educated, well equipped workforce is clearly in the interests for business. But it requires companies to bring their energy to the table if today’s young people are to contribute to an equal, prosperous future, argues WH Smith’s chairman. Read more >
Skills: responsible outsourcing – an oxymoron?
March 01, 2004 As companies directly employ fewer and fewer people in low skills, low wage jobs, can responsible business respond to the economic logic of cost saving while keeping its principles intact? Read more >