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· BSR Business for Social Responsibility
o »provides socially responsible business solutions to many of the world’s leading corporations. Headquartered in San Francisco and with offices in Europe and China, BSR is a nonprofit business association that serves its 250 member companies and other Global 1000 enterprises. Through advisory services, convenings and research, BSR works with corporations and concerned stakeholders of all types to create a more just and sustainable global economy.«
o »is the world's preeminent business membership and research organization. Best known for the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators, The Conference Board has, for over 90 years, equipped the world's leading corporations with practical knowledge through issues-oriented research and senior executive peer-to-peer meetings.«
o »is an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies with $4.5 trillion in annual revenues and more than 10 million employees.«
· The Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
o »is a membership based research organization. We work with global corporations to help them define, plan and operationalize their corporate citizenship. Our goal is to help business leverage its social, economic and human assets to ensure both its success and a more just and sustainable world.«
o »is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded dialogue... Through seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values. The Institute is headquartered in Washington, DC, and has campuses in Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore.«
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o HBS Harvard Business School >
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o Center for Responsible Business
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§ CSE Center for Sustainable Enterprise
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· USAFC USA Freedom Corps Volunteer Network >
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· United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) >> e.g.
o Report to Congressional Requesters No. GAO-05-744: Globalization - Numerous Federal Activities Complement U.S. Business’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility Efforts (August 2005; .pdf has 74 pp.)
§ See also related article at SocialFunds:
· GAO Finds Federal Corporate Social Responsibility Programs Widespread But Uncoordinated (28 September 2005)
· U.S. Business Roundtable’s Institute for Corporate Ethics (or at Darden School of Business, University of Virginia)
· Santa Clara University (California) >>
o Markkula Center for Applied Ethics >
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· ERC Ethics Resource Center (Based in Washington, DC)
· ECOA The Ethics & Compliance Officer Association (Based in Waltham, MA) is a non-consulting, member-driven association exclusively for individuals who are responsible for their company’s ethics, compliance, and business conduct programs.
· SCCE The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
· CEBC Center for Ethical Business Cultures (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
· IBEI International Business Ethics Institute (Washington, USA; London, UK) > e.g.
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§ IBER International Business Ethics Review
· The Society for Business Ethics (SBE) is an international organization of scholars engaged in the academic study of business ethics and others with interest in the field.
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§ 2007 Annual Meeting: Doing Well By Doing Good (3-8 August 2007, Philadelphia)
· Net Impact (Central office in San Francisco)
o »is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of new leaders who use business to improve the world... Spanning six continents, our membership makes up one of the most influential networks of MBAs, graduate students, and professionals in existence today.«
· The Business Ethics Links Library (BELL) »is a comprehensive starting point for research in corporate ethics and social responsibility.«
o »The database provides access to codes of ethics for U.S. companies and trade and professional associations, ethics sites at college and university business programs, industry information resources, and company promotion of social responsibility.«
· Stanford Graduate School of Business (California) >
o Faculty & Research > CSI Center for Social Innovation >> e.g.
§ SSIR Stanford Social Innovation Review »Strategies, tools, and ideas for non-profits, foundations, and socially responsible business«
· SVN Social Venture Network (Based in San Francisco)
o »Founded in 1987, SVN is a community of leaders - company founders, private investors, social entrepreneurs and key influencers - who share a commitment to building a just and sustainable world through business.«
· SILC Social Impact Leadership Coalition is a “network of networks” comprised of fourteen national non-profit organizations that focus on socially responsible business (people, profit and planet) and issues of economic justice.
· The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) is the only international forum of business CEOs and Chairpersons pursuing a mission focused exclusively on corporate philanthropy.
· The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities. > e.g.
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· FoE Friends of the Earth >
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· HACR Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
· CRO Corporate Responsibility Officer
· Ethical Corporation »Analysis, Comment, Conferences« > e.g.
· CSRwire »The Newswire of Corporate Social Responsibility«
o CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, press releases, reports and information.
o CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience through CSRwire's syndication network and weekly News Alerts.
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· A searchable online resource guide listing more than 2,700 organizations working on all aspects of corporate social responsibility in 105 countries.
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o »A vibrant, current and inter-active website for views, comments, reports and news on governance, business ethics and anti-corruption in the United States and across the world.«
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· CBSR Canadian Business for Social Responsibility
· The Conference Board of Canada »builds leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy and organizational performance.« > e.g.
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· CCCE Canadian Council of Chief Executives
· LBG Canada (London Benchmarking Group) is a member-driven association working toward a higher standard in the management, valuation and performance measurement of corporate community involvement.
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