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· Campus Libertarians at the University of Colorado >> e.g.
o The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits (Milton Friedman, 1970)
· CEI Competitive Enterprise Institute (Washington, USA) »Advancing Liberty – From the Economy to Ecology«
o The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a public interest group dedicated to free enterprise and limited government. We believe that the best solutions come from people making their own choices in a free marketplace, rather than government intervention. Since it was founded by Fred L. Smith, Jr. in 1984, CEI has grown to a team of over 40 policy experts and staff.
o CEI has become a widely recognized voice on a broad range of national issues – from the environment and technology to finance and public health. If the government has written rules to regulate it, we have an opinion how it could be done better.
o > e.g.
§ Issues >
· Economic Regulation >
o Corporate Social Responsibility
· AEI American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
o »is a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare.«
o Founded in 1943
o > e.g.
§ Events >>
· Is Corporate Social Responsibility Serious Business? (3 March 2006)
· Free Enterprise Fund (Washington, DC)
· The Free Enterprise Action Fund is the first mutual fund dedicated to providing both financial and pro-free enterprise ideological returns to investors.
· Human Events Online »The National Conservative Weekly« (USA) > e.g.
o View all topics > e.g.
§ Business & Economy > e.g.
· Corporate Social Responsibility: Another Cover for the Leftist Political Agenda (By: Ivy Sellers, 8 November 2005)
· IEA The Institute of Economic Affairs (UK, David Henderson)
o »The IEA is the UK's original free-market think-tank, founded in 1955. The IEA's goal is to explain free-market ideas to the public, including politicians, students, journalists, businessmen, academics and anyone interested in public policy.«
· Timbro
o Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Timbro is a think-tank devoted to innovating economic and social policies founded on free-market principles.
o > e.g.
§ Blogs > e.g.
· Reason
o »is the monthly print magazine of “free minds and free markets.” It covers politics, culture, and ideas through a provocative mix of news, analysis, commentary, and reviews. Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled case for liberty and individual choice in all areas of human activity.«
o >> e.g.
§ Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business (October 2005 issue)
· debate featuring Milton Friedman, Whole Foods’ John Mackey, and Cypress Semiconductor’s T.J. Rodgers
· The Economist > e.g.
o Special Reports > e.g.
§ Corporate social responsibility - Just good business (17 January 2008)
o Business >> e.g.
§ In search of the good company (6 September 2007) - The debate about the social responsibilities of companies is heating up again
· ...In his new book, “Supercapitalism”, Robert Reich denounces CSR as a dangerous diversion that is undermining democracy, not least in his native America...
§ The biggest contract (26 May 2005)
· »By building social issues into strategy, big business can recast the debate about its role, argues Ian Davis« (worldwide managing director of McKinsey & Company)
§ Non-financial reporting: Wood for the trees – are company reports on their social and environmental impact any use? (4 November 2004)
· Response to »Risk & Opportunity: Best Practice in Non-Financial Reporting«
§ Corporate storytelling (4 November 2004)
o Research Tools:
§ Articles by Subject > e.g.
· Non-governmental organisations
§ Surveys >
· Business >
o Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good Company (20 January 2005)
§ Responses to Survey (3 February 2005)
§ United Kingdom >
· The Third Annual Sustainability Summit: After Copenhagen: How can business face the climate change challenge? (25 February 2010; The Radisson Portman Square Hotel, London) >> e.g.
o Redefining progress - visions for a sustainable global economy
o Redefining business success
· The Washington Post > e.g.
o Print Edition > Editorial Pages > e.g.
§ The Business of Business - Expectations of the company are changing (26 June 2006)
· GlobeScan - Global Public Opinion and Stakeholder Research >
o GlobeScan News Center >> e.g.
§ 20 Years after Fall of Berlin Wall, Wide Dissatisfaction with Capitalism (9 November 2009) - Latest findings from a recent BBC World Service Poll
· Wikipedia >>
o Corporate Social Responsibility > e.g.
§ Criticism (Critical points of view)
· See also article at Ethical Corporation:
o Defining the debate – Corporate responsibility on a sticky Wiki (15 January 2007; Columnists; By Mallen Baker)
· CMD Center for Media and Democracy (Publishers of PR Watch) > SourceWatch >>
o Corporate Social Responsibility >
§ Business and Conservative Opposition to CSR
o »is an independent publisher and events producer on business ethics and corporate responsibility. We publish a monthly print magazine, a daily website, hold conferences around the world, and produce reports on business ethics in big firms.«
o >> e.g.
§ Special Reports: Financial crisis: Social investment – Crunch time for ethical investing (28 October 2008; By Jon Entine)
§ Columnists: The last word: The contrarian – Why small is not always sustainable (23 June 2008; By Jon Entine) - The idealisation of small-scale farms threatens...
§ North America: Climate change: the contrarian – How green hysteria will hit home (6 May 2008; By Jon Entine)
§ Last word: The contrarian – Democrat debacle on free trade (12 April 2008; Columnists; By Jon Entine)
§ The contrarian – Don’t harbour the patent pirates (12 November 2007; Columnists; By Jon Entine)
§ Public purpose – Corporate history’s lesson for companies now (3 October 2007; Columnists; By Peter Kinder, KLD)
§ The contrarian – NGO poison politics: responsibility or righteousness? (9 April 2007; Columnists; By Jon Entine)
§ Sustainable enterprise – Redefining capitalism (11 March 2007; By Invitation)
§ The Last Word: The contrarian – Milton Friedman – misunderstood or misguided? (15 January 2007; By Jon Entine)
§ Book review - The failure of corporate law (8 November 2006; By Invitation)
· Joseph Singer recommends a new text on corporate law from Kent Greenfield
· »The Failure of Corporate Law: Fundamental Flaws and Progressive Possibilities is simply the best and most well-reasoned progressive critique of corporate law yet written.«
§ The crucial role of business in saving the planet (3 July 2006; Columnists; By: Mallen Baker)
§ Why the business of business is more than business (21 June 2005; Columnists; By: Mark Goyder)
§ Is corporate social responsibility serious business? (25 May 2006; Columnists; By: Jon Entine, an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute)
§ The anti-CSR lobby - House of straw (4 May 2006; By Invitation; By: Phillip H Rudolph)
· »A recent US conference on corporate citizenship revealed the logical holes in the arguments of opponents to the corporate responsibility movement.«
§ The purpose of the corporation (16 January 2006; Columnists)
· »Mark Goyder (Tomorrow's Company) delves once more into what companies are for.«
o See also:
§ >??>
· Contributions for Jon Entine
§ Jon Entine Online > also
· Jon's Ethical Corporation Archives
· GreenBiz.com > e.g.
o Engage:
§ Blogs > e.g.
· Rethinking the Role of the MBA (December 2006; By Karen Losee)
o »The recent passing of economist Milton Friedman offers a timely opportunity to reconsider the future role of business and, indeed, the future role of the MBA.«
· The Business of Business is Not Just Business (July 2006; By Gilbert Lenssen)
· Corporate Social Responsibility: What the Smart CEO Needs to Know (June 2006)
o »Dr. Terry F. Yosie, vice president of the chemical industry's Responsible Care initiative, identifies five essential issues that CEOs should focus on to achieve the appropriate balance for their companies' private and public responsibilities.«
· Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward (Blog) >> e.g.
o Milton Friedman and the Social Responsibility of Business (19 November 2006)
· Environmental Leader »Energy & Environmental News for Business« >> e.g.
o Thoroughly Modernized Milton And Corporate Social Responsibility (20 September 2008; By Jeff Hittner, Corporate Social Responsibility Consulting Leader, IBM Global Business Services)
· CSR Europe »The European business network for CSR« > e.g.
o Activities > e.g.
· In the context of financial and socio-economic uncertainty, increased societal distrust in the present market economy and the urgency of finding solutions to sustainable development challenges, CSR Europe invites its members and the wider stakeholder community to join a journey towards a more sustainable and responsible future.
· Since its inception in 1995, CSR Europe has engaged in a proactive dialogue with the European business community, policy makers and other stakeholders. The next milestone initiative to be launched in March 2010 will look towards building a vision for 2020. The "Responsible Enterprise 2020" initiative is supported by the European Commission and several European governments, including the Spanish and Belgian EU Presidencies in 2010.
o News >> e.g.
§ Sarkozy: 'Laissez-faire' capitalism is finished (29 September 2008) - Speaking in Toulon on 25 September, French president Nicolas Sarkozy said the financial turmoil had highlighted the need to re-invent capitalism with a strong dose of morality, as well as to put in place a better regulatory system, EUobserver reports...
· The McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company. > e.g.
o Functions > e.g.
§ Strategy >
· Strategic Thinking > e.g.
o Exploring business's social contract: An interview with Daniel Yankelovich (2007)
§ A founding father of public-opinion research explains why shareholder value isn't enough.
o What is the business of business? (by Ian Davis; 2005)
· Strategy in Practice > e.g.
o Tackling sociopolitical issues in hard times: McKinsey Global Survey results (November 2009; Relating to the fourth annual McKinsey survey on the role of business in society)
o Assessing the impact of societal issues: A McKinsey Global Survey (November 2007) - This article's exhibits display respondents' views on the role of business in society.
o CEOs on strategy and social issues (October 2007)
§ The report is based on a McKinsey & Company survey, "Shaping the New Rules of Competition: UN Global Compact Participant Mirror."
§ See also:
· Related article at SocialFunds: CEOs Add ESG Issues to Business Blueprints (8 November 2007)
o The trust gap between consumers and corporations (2007, Number 2; Research in Brief)
§ Sixty-eight percent of executives say that large corporations make a generally or somewhat positive contribution to the public good. Yet only 48 percent of consumers agree.
o CEOs as public leaders: A McKinsey Survey (January 2007)
§ US business executives say they should play a much greater role in shaping debate about sociopolitical issues and leading efforts to effect change.
§ See also related article at Center for Corporate Citizenship (February 2007)
o When social issues become strategic (2006; By Sheila M. J. Bonini, Lenny T. Mendonca, and Jeremy M. Oppenheim)
§ Also at Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
o The McKinsey Global Survey of Business Executives: Business and Society (January 2006)
§ >>
· The McKinsey Quarterly Chart Focus Newsletter: December 2006: The business of social responsibility
o Big Ideas >
· Our articles include reports on the role of business in mitigating climate change and improving global health, interviews with leaders in the private and public sectors, and surveys revealing the attitudes of executives about the social role of the companies they lead.
· MIT Sloan Management Review > e.g.
o >>
§ Business Ethics and Public Policy
· Ivey Business Journal (Canada) >
o Topics >
· IOE International Organisation of Employers (Geneva) > e.g.
o Policy Areas > e.g.
§ CSR
o IOE Papers > e.g.
§ Position papers > e.g.
· The Role of Business within Society (.pdf, June 2005, 16 pp.)
§ Statements & Resolutions
· ICC International Chamber of Commerce >
§ The Commission on Business in Society defines the role of business in the context of globalization and changing societal expectations and articulate messages on issues relating to business in society.
· UN Global Compact > e.g.
o News & Events > e.g.
§ Archive > Event Archive > Leaders Summit 2007 (5-6 July 2007, Geneva) > e.g.
· News items on the 2007 Leaders Summit > e.g.
o Business Leaders Adopt Declaration on Responsible Business Practices (= Geneva Declaration; .pdf has 2 pp.)
§ Also about »The Role of Business in Society«
§ See also related article, e.g.:
· The Age >> The business of business is...? (10 July 2007; By Leon Gettler)
· WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development > e.g.
o Focus Areas >
· Societal perceptions of the role of business have shifted markedly in the last two decades. While the core function of business remains innovation, technology development, capital investment and the implementation of sound management capability for wealth creation, business is increasingly being looked upon as a bringer of solutions to global problems.
· The Business Role Focus Areas aims to engage, equip and mobilize current and future business leaders to demonstrate business' evolving role in a sustainable society and to assist it to achieve this new vision.
· > e.g.
o From Challenge to Opportunity: The Role of Business in Tomorrow’s Society (20 February 2006; .pdf has 40 pp.)
§ Related article: The role of business in tomorrow's society (2 June 2006)
o Article: Can business do business in ways that reduce poverty and save the environment? (21 February 2006)
· IBLF International Business Leaders Forum >
o Resources > e.g.
§ Publications > e.g.
· The Role of Business in Society: An Agenda for Action (.pdf, 3 October 2006, 36 pp.; Produced by The Conference Board, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and IBLF)
o »This paper brings together an international business leader, Niall FitzGerald, former Chairman and CEO of Unilever and Chairman of Reuters, and corporate responsibility executive, Mandy Cormack, who headed up Corporate Responsibility at Unilever.«
· Harvard University >>
o John F. Kennedy School of Government >
§ Research > Programs >
· Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (Cambridge, USA) >
o Programs >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative
· »...seeks to study and enhance the public role of the private enterprise.«
· > e.g.
· Reuters >> e.g.
o Newsmakers: A Series of Reuters Events >>
§ Social responsibility: Whose business is it? (9 November 2006; videos)
· »Reuters, The Conference Board and the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard University invite you to hear a panel of experts debate how corporate responsibility has changed.«
· HBS Harvard Business School >>
o Working Knowledge > Browse by Topic > Social Enterprise & Nonprofit >
§ Corporate Social Responsibility
o HBR Harvard Business Review
· MallenBaker.net > e.g.
o Mallen Baker's Blog >>
§ Arguments against CSR - Part three (4 November 2009)
· Yesterday, one of the most consistent and thoughtful critics of corporate social responsibility, David Henderson, was debating the subject on Radio 4's 'You and Yours' programme. He repeated what I think is his best argument against CSR, and it's worth discussing here...
o Features:
§ arguments against CSR (= Arguments against corporate social responsibility)
o Business Respect (newsletter and resources) > e.g.
§ No. 139 (26 October 2008):
· Arguments against corporate social responsibility - redoubled
· University of Cambridge - Programme for Sustainability Leadership > e.g.
o About Us >
§ Research and Publications > e.g.
· The Sustainable Economy Dialogue: Report and Reflections (.pdf, 2006, 60 pp.)
o »The report contains the results of discussions by 350 senior business leaders who were asked to define the fundamental objective of a good economy, to examine current failings, and to explore ways in which the business community might contribute to remedying these.«
· 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. >
o What's new > Publications >>
§ Whose Responsibility? The role of business in delivering social and economic change (2006; .pdf has 75 pp.)
· This collection of essays, published by The Smith Institute, discusses the future of CSR.
· ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants >
o General public > Technical activities > Technical library > Sustainability library > Sustainability publications > Archive of older publications >
§ The Changing Role of Business in Society - Essays from the Ashridge Best European MBA Essay Awards (2001 - 2004 Essays)
· CIMA Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK based) > e.g.
o Thought leadership >
§ E-magazines >
· Insight > e.g.
o November 2009 >
§ Free market is flawed, say business leaders - The time has come for a fundamental change in the way we do business, according to experts at CIMA’s responsible business roundtables (By Danielle Cohen, ethics manager, CIMA)
· EABIS European Academy of Business in Society
· EABIS-EFMD Business in Society Gateway > e.g.
§ The Directory provides a comprehensive listing of business schools and universities’ activities in the domains of corporate responsibility research, education and training in Europe and beyond.
o Resources:
§ Search Resources:
· Category:
o Global Governance and the Role of Business
· Cranfield University >> Cranfield School of Management > e.g.
o Research > Research Centres & Groups >
§ Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility > e.g.
· What's New >
o Launch of new series: HotTopics in Corporate Responsibility
§ Our first issue questions if the dominant ‘Western’ economic paradigm of the last 30 years is flawed. >
· The financial crisis—an opportunity too good to miss (.pdf, May 2010, 4 pp.; By Chris Marsden)
· Publications >
o Our Doughty Centre publications >
§ The Business of Business is...? - Unpicking the Corporate Responsibility Debate (.pdf, 2007, 20 pp.; By Chris Marsden OBE and David Grayson CBE)
· GRLI Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative
· Tomorrow’s Company (London, UK) »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.« > e.g.
o News > e.g.
§ Tomorrow's Global Company: Challenges and Choices - launch of the findings (18 June 2007)
· Today we are delighted to announce the launch of our latest agenda-setting report, "Tomorrow's Global Company: Challenges and Choices". The report details the complex global challenges facing all of us. These include environment and resource depletion, and issues such as justice and poverty. It then describes the role global enterprises can and must play in response to these challenges.
· See also:
§ Tomorrow’s Company, in partnership with Heidrick & Struggles, has created a cutting edge web 2.0 site that is going to bring to life, in a practical and innovative way, the themes from our latest inquiry Tomorrow’s Global Company: challenges and choices. Our ambition is that this site builds a global community of interest using the inquiry report as a framework and platform for demonstrating why and how business can be a force for good.
· Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship (USA) > e.g.
o Membership >
§ Member Tools >
· Corporate Citizenship Briefs >
o The Changing Social Contract:
§ Global Corporate Citizenship
o News & Events >
§ Blogs & Newsletter > E-Newsletter >
· March 2008 >
o Corporate Responsibility: Going Beyond the Business Case (By Chad Tragakis)
· January 2007 >
o Step Up: A Call for Business Leadership in Society
§ See also:
· Related articles:
o The Leadership Challenge (February 2007; By Bradley K. Googins, Center Director)
o Business Leadership in Society
· related article at EthicsWorld (15 February 2007)
o Research >
§ The Role of Business in Society >
· State of Corporate Citizenship
· Net Impact (San Francisco, California) > e.g.
o Resources >
§ Publications >
· New Leaders, New Perspectives (September 2007)
· New Leaders, New Perspectives - A Net Impact Survey of MBA Student Opinions on the Relationship between Business and Social/Environmental Issues (October 2006)
· BSR Business for Social Responsibility (USA) > e.g.
o Research >
§ Research & Innovation:
· Reports >> e.g.
o What Is Long-Term Wealth? (.pdf, September 2007, 14 pp.)
o Is it Time to Rewrite the Social Contract? (.pdf, April 2007, 20 pp.; By Allen White)
§ As the rules of business-government-civil society engagement are being rewritten, White contends that rethinking the social contract remains one of the most urgent imperatives of our time. This paper examines the societal-business contract so we can learn from the past and shape a future in which the reciprocity of public and private interests are reformulated in a way that meets 21st century societal needs and expectations.
o New Skills for New Challenges: Does the MBA Prepare Business Leaders for Today's Complex Operating Environments? (.pdf, May 2006, 12 pp.)
o The Stakeholder Fiduciary: CSR, Governance and the Future of Boards (.pdf, April 2006, 17 pp.; By Allen White)
§ This paper explores how corporate boards do, could and should relate to the CSR agenda. According to author and BSR Senior Advisor Allen White, it is time to transform the board from a shareholder fiduciary to a stakeholder fiduciary. This white paper is a thought-provoking contribution to the broader debate about the obligations and duties, privileges and protections of corporations in modern society and the crucial role of the board.
§ Publications:
· Leading Perspectives > e.g.
o Fall 2005: Questioning Assumptions -- Changing Frameworks (.pdf, 20 pp.)
o Conference
· Stanford Graduate School of Business (California, USA) >
o Faculty & Research >
§ CSI Center for Social Innovation > e.g.
· Research By Topic: e.g.
o Corporate Social Responsibility
· More content:
o Magazine = SSIR Stanford Social Innovation Review »Strategies, tools, and ideas for non-profits, foundations, and socially responsible business« > e.g.
§ Browse by Categories > e.g.
· Corporate Social Responsibility > e.g.
o A New Era for Business (Summer 2007)
§ More and more business leaders recognize that their company’s future is increasingly intertwined with the needs and demands of society. What many executives don’t understand is how best to manage that changing relationship. In this article, McKinsey & Company consultants provide a model for incorporating sociopolitical issues into the strategic decision-making process.
o The Myth of CSR (Fall 2005 Issue; Article by Deborah Doane)
§ »The problem with assuming that companies can do well while also doing good is that markets don’t really work that way«
§ Articles > e.g.
· Browse by Categories >
o Corporate Social Responsibility >
§ The Responsibility Paradox (Winter 2008)
· Proviction - Responsible Leadership Blog (Provictus Consulting, Toronto) >> e.g.
o Why Not Leave "Social Responsibility" to Governments? (2 February 2010; By Nick C. Morris) - There are at least six major reasons why governments are not enough to manage the social and environmental challenges faced by businesses.
· Corporation 20/20 »Designing for Social Purpose« (Boston, USA)
o Corporation 20/20 is a new, multi-stakeholder initiative to develop and advocate for corporate designs that sustain social purpose.
o The initiative is rooted in the premise that societal expectations and needs in the 21st century demand a major elevation in corporate contributions to urgent global imperatives — economic, environmental, and social.
o In the face of both peril and promise for global futures, it is no longer enough to ask, “What is the business case for social responsibility?” The question, instead, must be, “What is the social purpose case for business?”
o > e.g.
§ Resources > e.g.
· Library
§ >>
· Corporate Design - The Missing Business and Public Policy Issue of Our Time (.pdf, November 2007, 12 pp.; By Marjorie Kelly and Allen White)
o This report challenges conventional views regarding the purpose and structure of corporations, and proposes “corporate design” as a new framework for shaping 21st century business.
· Summit on the Future of the Corporation (13-14 November 2007, Boston)
o Hosted by Corporation 20/20 in partnership with the Society for Organizational Learning
o See also, e.g.:
§ Sea Change - a nationally syndicated weekly radio show and podcast on corporate sustainability and accountability (by Bill Baue & Francesca Rheannon) >>
· ViewPoint: Corporate Reform — The Bigger Picture (3 March 2009)
· More Views from the Summit--on the Future of the Corporation (18 December 2007)
· Views from the Summit--on the Future of the Corporation (11 December 2007)
§ CSRwire >>
· The Latest Corporate Social Responsibility News - Board Sustainability (3 March 2009; By Bill Baue)
· SocialFunds >> e.g.
o Fortress World or Great Transition? (27 May 2010) - A report (.pdf has 21 pp.) by the Tellus Institute explores four scenarios in response to sustainability demands, and calls for a profound restructuring of global economic priorities.
· Society for Organizational Learning > e.g.
o Communities & Consortia >
§ SoL Sustainability Consortium
· C4CR Citizens for Corporate Redesign (Minnesota, USA)
o »Mission Statement: To transform the legal purpose of corporations to include responsibility to employees, communities and the environment.«
· The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs (New York, NY) is the world's leading voice promoting ethical leadership on issues of war, peace and global social justice. >> e.g.
o Policy Innovations »online magazine features ideas for a fairer globalization and a network of innovators.« > e.g.
§ Ideas > Commentary >
· Is Ethical Capitalism Possible? (21 January 2009; By Devin T. Stewart)
· openDemocracy »Free thinking for the world« >> e.g.
o Civil society and capitalism: a new landscape (14 April 2008) - Michael Edwards's critique of philanthocapitalism underplays how far a world of interdependency creates opportunity for civil society to force business into embracing social and legal progress, says Simon Zadek of AccountAbility.
· Parliament of Australia >>
o Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services >
§ Completed inquiries >
· Corporate responsibility: Managing risk and creating value (Date Completed: 21 June 2006) >
o Report > e.g.
§ View the report as separate downloadable parts > e.g.
· Chapter Two – Backgroud >
o The role of corporations in society
· Das Wittenberg-Zentrum für Globale Ethik e.V. = The Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics > e.g.
o Publications > e.g.
§ Academic Publications > e.g.
· DP 05-04: Andreas Suchanek: Is Profit Maximization the Social Responsibility of Business? Milton Friedman and Business Ethics
o (Discussion Paper 2005-4; .pdf has 26 pp.)
· Sustainability Reporting Central (GRI blog; updated ??) >> e.g.
o Back to basics (7): Recalibrating the "invisible hand of the market" (1 November 2007; By Ralph Thurm)
· CSEAR Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK; Director: Rob Gray) > e.g.
o Research Resources > e.g.
§ Discussion Papers (many critical views on »corporate sustainability« and current »corporate sustainability reporting« practices)
§ > e.g.
· Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Full Cost Accounting
o Corporate Sustainability: Accountability and the Pursuit of the Impossible Dream (April 2005; By: Rob Gray And Jan Bebbington)
§ The nature of the corporation – especially when it is owned by distant shareholders whose (legal and personal) interests in the entity typically amount to little more than increasing their risk-adjusted financial returns – is an avaricious one. As Bakan (2004) so eloquently and persuasively shows, it is not in the nature of the corporation to deliver compassion, consideration, care and restraint. It is in the nature of the corporation (as Friedman so eloquently argues) to maximise financial returns whilst playing within the rules of the game. The current rules of the game do not only not encourage those activities which we might think were essential for a more sustainable world but actually makes them impossible and often illegal.
· Volans - The Business of Social Innovation (Co-founder: John Elkington) > e.g.
o Pathways to Scale >
§ The Transparent Economy (May 2010; .pdf has 52 pp.) - Six tigers stalk the global recovery—and how to tame them
· What is the future for corporate transparency and sustainability reporting—sometimes called ‘non-‘ or ‘extra-financial’ reporting? This is the question we tackle in The Transparent Economy, a joint report by Volans and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
· OVFA Oesterreichische Vereinigung für Finanzanalyse und Asset Management (= Austrian Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management) >>
o Corporate Responsibility > e.g.
§ Corporate Responsibility_2.0_2010_englisch (.pdf, June 2010, 39 pp.; By Fritz Mostböck; Also German translation) = ÖVFA Publication Series: Corporate Responsibility 2.0: From Corporate Responsibility to “General Responsibility”
· Based on the 1st ÖVFA Publication on Corporate Responsibility of November 2004 (please refer to www.ovfa.at, www.dvfa.de, www.effas.com, or www.sustainablefinancialmarkets.net for a copy)
· See also press release (2 July 2010) at CSRwire
· Duke Law >
o Academics >
§ Journals >
· Law & Contemporary Problems >
o Volume 69, Summer 2006, No. 3: Sequestered Science: The Consequences of Undisclosed Knowledge >
§ Why We Need Global Standards for Corporate Disclosure (By: Allen L. White)
· »Amidst a rising tide of questions surrounding the role of corporations in a globalizing economy, disclosure standards are a key, cross-cutting dimension that intersects many emerging themes of the "corporate responsibility" agenda.«
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