§ Analysis: UK election - Can coalition deliver responsible business? (3 June 2010; By Peter Davis) - The new UK government says the environment and better business regulation are top priorities

o Blog > e.g.

§ UK Government shakeup on corporate responsibility probably does not bode well (27 February 2008)

o Greenwasher >>

§ Greenwasher – April 2008: The UK’s corporate responsibility spending black hole and marketing the indefensible

o EC Research >

§ Reports >

· Conservative Party Working Group on Responsible Business (??)

o See also:

§ Conservatives > News >>

· Responsible Business (17 March 2008) - Report launched on Responsible Business to look at ways companies can play a central role in securing a better future for British society. >

o A light but effective touch - Final report of the Conservative Party working group on responsible business (March 2008; 24 pp.; At edocr)

§ See also related blog post by Toby Webb: What will British government policy on corporate responsibility look like? (14 May 2010) - Well, it might look something like the contents of this report, which I co-authored with our Politics Editor Peter Davis just over two years ago. …

§ See also related post by Mallen Baker: Dealing in responsibility (19 March 2008)

§ Ethical Corporation >

· Politics: Rebalancing the market – How government can better encourage responsible business (10 April 2008) - Ethical Corporation Institute directors Toby Webb and Peter Davis describe how responsible business could be enhanced by a future Conservative government in the UK

· FabianPattberg.com >> e.g.

o The CSR Minister post disappears – On the devaluation of the UK leadership in responsible business practice (15 June 2010)

· CBI Confederation of British Industry >

o Policy > Policy areas > e.g.

§ Corporate social responsibility

· BCC British Chambers of Commerce > e.g.

o Policy > Policy Topics > Business & Your Community

· Small Business Journey (SMEs) is a way for small businesses to realise more value by behaving responsibly.

· UK Network of the UN Global Compact

· BCSD-UK Business Council for Sustainable Development – United Kingdom (WBCSD member)

· BITC Business in the Community

· BITC Business in the Community >

o Local/Global >

§ Northern Ireland

· SBC Scottish Business in the Community

· Agenda: Social Responsibility in Scotland

· Tomorrow’s Company »is a not-for-profit research and agenda-setting organisation committed to creating a future for business which makes equal sense to staff, shareholders, and society.«

· LBF London Business Forum »holds events covering a huge variety of business topics and featuring some of the world's leading experts and gurus.«

· Personal website of David Grayson

· MallenBaker.net

· BITC Business in the Community >

o Programmes > Recognition and Management >

§ CR Academy

· Ashridge Business School (UK) >

o Research & Faculty >

§ Ashridge Centre for Business and Society > e.g.

· Current Research on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability >

o Publications

§ Publications >

· Research Publications Database >

o Subject Area: Sustainability/Corporate Responsibility

· The University of Nottingham >>

o ICCSR International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility

· Cranfield University >> Cranfield School of Management >

o Research > Research Centres & Groups >

§ Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility

· University of Southampton >> School of Management >

o Research > Management >

§ Corporate Responsibility Community of Practice > e.g.

· CoP's blog: CSR Community of Practice

· SRRNet Social Responsibility Research Network

o This site is managed by David Crowther, Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

· European Business Ethics Network >

o EBEN UK

· IBE Institute of Business Ethics

· Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition

· Friends of the Earth (FoE) UK >

o Campaigns > Corporates

· Amnesty International UK >

o What we do > Our campaigns >

§ Business and Human Rights

· Two Tomorrows

o Two Tomorrows is the name of the sustainability consultancy formed by the merger of Csrnetwork and Sd3 on 1 January 2009.

o Two Tomorrows operates globally with offices in Bath (Group HQ), London (EMEA); San Francisco (USA – North America) and Seoul (Korea - Asia).

· Article 13

o We are strategic advisors on risk associated with business responsibility, typically in the areas of governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development.

· RY Radley Yeldar

o »We help our clients communicate through a range of specialist services including brand identity, corporate reporting, corporate responsibility, digital media, internal communication, marketing communications and online investor relations.«

· Corporate Culture »We are here to use our skills and experience in strategy, organisational change and campaigning, to help clients achieve change for good.«

· Design Council > e.g.

o About design > Business essentials >

§ Sustainability

§ Corporate social responsibility

· IVCA International Visual Communications Association (London)

· Futerra Sustainability Communications (London)

· The Sustainable Development Commission is the Government's independent watchdog on sustainable development, reporting to the Prime Minister and the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales. Through advocacy, advice and appraisal, we help put sustainable development at the core of Government policy. > e.g.

o What you can do >

§ Help for business

· HRH The Prince of Wales (UK) >>

o Accounting for Sustainability (Project was launched in December 2006)

· Forum for the Future - the sustainable development charity - works in partnership with over 120 leading organisations in business and the public sector. Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally sustainable and socially just.

· nef (the new economics foundation; London) is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being.

o We aim to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environment and social issues. We work in partnership and put people and the planet first.

o nef works with all sections of society in the UK and internationally - civil society, government, individuals, businesses and academia - to create more understanding and strategies for change.

· IIED International Institute for Environment and Development (London; UK) > e.g.

o Publications >

§ Browse our Publications by Catalogue Topic >

· Responsible Business >

o Corporate Social Responsibility at a Crossroads: Futures for CSR in the UK to 2015 (August 2006; .pdf has 50 pp.; Authors: Halina Ward, Craig Smith)

· The ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS; Cardiff)

· AccountAbility »was launched in 1996 as the Institute for Social and Ethical AccountAbility. It's purpose then, as it is now, was to promote accountability for sustainable development.«

· CRG Corporate Responsibility Group

o »Formed in 1987, the group acts as a forum for corporate professionals working in the field of corporate responsibility and community involvement to debate relevant issues and enhance business practice.«

· Corporate Citizenship (London, New York) was formed by the merger of leading CR consultancies The Smart Company and The Corporate Citizenship Company at the end of 2007.

· Volunteering England >

o What We Do > Employer Supported Volunteering > e.g.

§ Employers > e.g.

· CSR and CCI

§ Resources

· PersonnelToday.com > e.g.

o Browse by Topic > also

§ Strategy:

· Corporate social responsibility

· Management-Issues (London, UK) »is an independent online resource which focuses on the leadership, management and people issues that are at the heart of the changing workplace.« >

o Hot topics > CSR

· MT Management Today (UK) > e.g.

o Governance & CSR

· TUC Trades Union Congress

· Ethical Corporation »Magazine, Conferences, Reports«

· Guardian Unlimited (UK) > e.g.

o Business >

§ A-Z of this site >

· Ethical business

o Environment >

§ A-Z >

· Corporate social responsibility