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Bayer CropScience in India (A, B)
Authors: Dhanaraj, Charles; Branzei, Oana; Subramanian, Satyajeet
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The case explores value-driven strategy formulation and implementation by bringing to the fore issues of ethics, responsible leadership, social intitiatives in emerging markets and the global-local tensions in corporate social responsibility. It examines how Bayer CropScience addressed the issue of child labour in its cotton seed supply chain in rural India between 2002 and 2008.
Thought Leadership: Access
Authors: FedEx; Stanford Research Institute International
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: FedEx Corp.
Publication Year: 2009
This site provides links to publications related to FedEx's Access project.
Wendy Lucas-Bull: Making a Difference
Authors: Duffy, N.; Beswick, C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Wits Business School - University of the Witwatersrand
Publication Year: 2005
Wendy Lucas-Bull's career was taking an entirely new direction.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Organization Issues
Author: Radcliffe, Dana
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Cornell University
Publication Year: 2006
Friedman and other critics claim that CSR initiatives necessarily conflict with the economic purposes of business and, in any case, are generally ineffective in serving the common good. Through recent articles, case studies, and talks by guest speakers, this course examines why and how high-profile companies pursue CSR.
Water4Life
Authors: Oyevaar, Martin; Lommerse, Gerard
Product Type: Cases
Source: Global Minded
Publication Year: 2006
The Water4Life case looks at Sustainable Development and International Development in combination with Entrepeneurship.
Video: Corporation 20/20
Author: Corporation 2020
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: Corporation 20/20
Publication Year: 2008
A one hour video summary of the Summit on the Future of the Corporation.
DVD: The Unforseen
Author:
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: PBS Programming
Publication Year: 2007
In the 1970's and 80's, Land Developer Gary Bradley worked to transform Austin, Texas' pristine hill country into lucrative residential subdivisions, making both headlines and lots of money...
Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms
Authors: Stavins, Robert N.; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Hay, Bruce L.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Resources for the Future
Publication Year: 2005
Everyone agrees that firms should obey the law. But beyond the law -- beyond compliance with regulations -- do firms have additional social responsibilities to commit resources voluntarily to environmental protection? How should we think about firms sacrificing profits in the social interest? May they do so within the scope of their fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders? Is the practice sustainable, or will the competitive marketplace render such efforts and their impacts transient at best? Furthermore, is the practice, however well intended, an efficient use of social and economic resources? And do some firms already behave this way?
Is G.E. Too Big for Its Own Good?
Author: Schwartz, Nelson
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2007
EVEN by the standards of a company that builds everything from light bulbs to power plants and straddles markets as varied as prime-time TV and commercial finance, General Electric's mammoth project along the Hudson River north of Albany is staggering. The company plans to lay down more than 28,000 feet of rail and 267,000 square yards of plastic beside the river's edge — all to haul nearly 400,000 tons of sediment from the bottom of the Hudson beginning in 2009, seven years and $500 million after G.E. agreed to undertake the job...
Sustainability and Environmental Standards: Seeking Competitive Distinction at Damaí Lovina Villas
Authors: Darnall, Nicole; Milstein, Mark B.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Arizona State University; Cornell University
Publication Year: 2011
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General manager Glenn Knape is considering branding Damaí as a “green” hotel. Since the hotel already had numerous environmental initiatives in place, Knape questioned whether Damaí should participate in a voluntary environmental program and use its participation as a marketing tool to attract additional hotel business. Were these programs really worth the investment?
CEMEX's Foundations for Sustainability
Authors: Yatsko, Pamela; Raffaelli, Ryan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2007
Discusses CEMEX's sustainability efforts. Covers acquisitions, agility, competitive strategy, emerging markets, organizational transformations.
Miners Went by Book, but Time and Air Ran Out
Authors: Dao, James; Barringer, Felicity
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2006
Did 12 miners die deep inside the Sago Mine because, instead of trying to walk to safety after an explosion, they waited for help that took too long to arrive?
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Author:
Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year:
The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a nonprofit organization (founded in 1994 by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter) with an emphasis on "spark[ing] new thinking about the business potential of inner cities, thereby creating jobs and wealth for inner-city residents."
General Dynamics in the Navajo Nation
Author: Winfield, F.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 1994
This case focuses on Mike Enfield, General Manager of the General Dynamics operation on the Navajo Nation at Fort Defiance, Arizona, as he tries to extend the lease for another 20 years.
AIDS Is Your Business
Authors: Rosen, Sydney; Simon, Jonathon; Vincent, Jeffrey R.; MacLeod, William; Fox, Matthew; Thea, Donald M.
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Harvard Business Review
Publication Year: 2003
If your company operates in a developing country, AIDS is your business. Why should executives be concerned about AIDS? Because it is destroying the twin rationales of globalization strategy--cheap labor and fast-growing markets--in countries where people are heavily affected by the epidemic.
The Supply Chain Implications of Recycling
Authors: Pagell, Mark; Murthy, Nagesh N.; Wu, Zhoahui
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons, Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2007
As product cast-off becomes increasingly important to the environment, more and more firms will be confronted with end-of-life product management, making it of the utmost importance to managers and firms alike.
Salud Digna: Dignified Health for Everyone
Author: Garcia-Cuellar, Regina
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
The CEO of Salud Digna was considering his growth options: would becoming a for-profit with access to greater capital be the best strategy or would this cause the organization to lose its social mission?
Part of the Solution: Leveraging Business and Markets for Low-Income People
Author: Weiser, John
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Ford Foundation, 2005
Publication Year: 2005
This report presents lessons learned from the Corporate Involvement (CI) Initiative of the Ford Foundation, an effort that sought to demonstrate that businesses could use core operating resources and competencies in ways that contribute to large-scale improvement in income and assets for low-income people, while benefiting business.
How Wal-Mart Became the New FDA
Author: Gunther, Marc
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: GreenBiz.com
Publication Year: 2008
The plastics industry is dealing with a nightmare these days when it comes to potentially toxic chemicals.
Cascade Engineering: Building Frontline Employee Programs for Triple Bottom Line Impact
Authors: Hu, Jennifer; Lowenberg, Melanie; Chojnacki, Rohini
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2012
Faculty Rating: [1 Faculty Rating] 721 views
Fred Keller stepped down from the podium at a local park in Grand Rapids, Michigan and stared at the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation in his hands. Under his watch as Founder and CEO of Cascade Engineering, the manufacturing company had blossomed into a successful and diversified enterprise. Keller considered Cascade’s future strategy: How could his company continue enabling success while maintaining the proper balance across its Triple Bottom Line mission?
Corruption Fight 'Matter of Life and Death,' UN Business Summit Told
Author:
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Agence France-Presse
Publication Year: 2007
An anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday warned business leaders at a United Nations summit that they must urgently tackle corruption costing the global economy some 2.5 trillion dollars (1.8 trillion euros) to help lift millions out of poverty...
Employee Ownership Measures Up: A Discussion Guide for Corporate Citizenship, Sustainability and Social Accounting
Author: Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Kent State University
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Ohio Employee Ownership Center, Kent State University
Publication Year: 2006
Every employee owner worries about the bottom line. But, successful employee owners look beyond the here and now.
Pepsi Canada: The Pepsi Refresh Project
Authors: Thomson, Matthew; Mark, Ken
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
Pepsi Canada has developed and launched the Refresh Project, a campaign to fund socially beneficial ideas developed by individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations. While Pepsi Canada management has been very supportive of the initial cycle, an analyst is wondering how this corporate social responsibility initiative will have an effect on the bottom line.
The Debate Over Doing Good
Authors: Grow, Brian; Lee, Louise; Ham, Steve
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Business Week Online
Publication Year: 2005
Some companies are taking a more strategic tack on social responsibility. Should they?
MBA Polymers, Inc.
Authors: Reilly, M; Girling, R; Gilinsky, A., Jr.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Case Research Journal
Publication Year: 2003
In the early morning hours of 26 October 2000, MBA Polymers experienced a major setback after an explosion and fire killed one worker and sent plumes of toxic smoke into the air, forcing Richmond, California area schools to shut down, businesses to evacuate and thousands of residents to stay indoors. The Co-founders, Mike Biddle and Trip Allen, wondered what to do to save their business.
Better World Books
Authors: Norton, Michael I.; Wilson, Fiona; Avery, Jill; Steenburgh, Thomas
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Better World Books, a young start-up, provides a socially-conscious alternative to Amazon, collecting and selling used books to keep them out of the wastestream, while providing a portion of their profits to support global literacy efforts.
APELL for Mining – Guidance for the Mining Industry in Raising Awareness & Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level
Author: United Nations Environment Programme
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: United Nations Environment Program
Publication Year: 2001
Provides a framework for the preparation of an Emergency Response Plan that can be used by mine management, emergency response agencies, government officials and local communities, specifically for the mining industry.
The Aspen Institute
Author:
Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year: 1950
The Aspen Institute is an international non-profit organization dedicated to informed dialogue and inquiry on issues of global concern. Founded in 1950, it has pursued its mission of fostering enlightened leadership through seminars, policy studies and fellowship programs.
The Business of Climate Change
Authors: Begg, Kathryn; Woerd, Frans Van Der; Levy, David L.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Greenleaf Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Corporate Responses to Climate Change provides valuable and insightful guidance concerning real-world experience in response to the emerging risks of climate change. It will undoubtedly prove to be a helpful companion for those attempting to chart a fiscally and environmentally responsible course through the unexplored territory of the evolving climate regime...
Research on Social Responsibility Business
Author: Levine, David
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: University of California Berkeley
Publication Year: 2006
This course helps students to understand theories of companies are and when they should be socially responsible (using a variety of definitions of “responsible”).
How Greater Access Is Changing the World: Opportunities for Nations
Authors: FedEx; Stanford Research Institute International
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: FedEx Corp.
Publication Year: 2008
Nations thrive or stagnate depending on their level of access to inputs (i.e., raw materials, machinery, and components, technology, finance, etc.) that supply their economies, as well as their level of access to markets for the goods and services they produce.
The Roots of Sustainability
Author: Ehrenfeld, John
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 23–25, Winter 2005.
Publication Year: 2005
Management literature today abounds with stories about the business case for sustainability. Yet, the author suggests, much of business's efforts in the name of sustainable development at best only temporarily slow society's continuing drift toward unsustainability. Indeed, he argues, that the term "sustainable development" has become an oxymoron. The problem really stems from management's failure to see unsustainability as a deep-seated systems failure and to appreciate the extent to which radical thinking and action are required to embark upon a sustainable trajectory.
Surveys Indicate Business Can Be a Leading Player for Development
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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Publication Year: 2007
In a recent WBCSD online public survey, almost 90% of respondents believed that business could be both profitable and serve the needs of low-income communities – the concept of inclusive business, as framed by the WBCSD's "Statement of Intent for Doing Business with the World" signed by 12 Council Members on the Development Focus Area Core Team...
Corporate Social Opportunity!
Authors: Grayson, David; Hodges, Adrian
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Greenleaf Publishing
Publication Year: 2004
Don't be misled by the word social in the title. This is a book about how to improve corporate performance and gain competitive advantage...
Crown Worldwide: Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility in Business
Authors: Farhoomand, Ali F.; Lai, Ricky; Woo, Claudia H.L.
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2010
Founded in 1965 by Jim Thompson, the Crown Worldwide Group began as a small moving company in Japan, shifting its headquarters to Hong Kong in the mid-1970s. Within 30 years, Crown had became the world's largest privately held relocation and logistics enterprise. With growing concern among customers about CSR, the company recognized that CSR must be integrated into its corporate strategy and day-to-day business operations to achieve sustainability for both the company and society.
Social Policy Frameworks
Author: Friedman, Barry L.
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Brandeis University, Heller School for Social and Management
Publication Year: 2007
This is a policy course, designed to introduce managers to the policy context in which they operate. Policy creates challenges for managers. Managers often need to make policy decisions or even design policy within the scope of their control. The course will highlight connections between policy and management.
Aspen Skiing Company (A, B, C, D)
Authors: Toffel, Michael W.; van Sice, Stephanie
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. But these initiatives risk a public relations backlash and charges of "greenwashing"...
The Dynamic Force of Access: An Update of the Access Index
Authors: FedEx; Stanford Research Institute International
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: FedEx Corp.
Publication Year: 2008
Access plays a powerful role in shaping the world — making it a subject that’s critical to life and business for everyone.
Good Practice Guidance on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Author:
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: International Council on Mining and Metals
Publication Year: 2009
ICMM is a CEO-led industry group dedicated to helping mining and metals companies operate in an environmentally and socially responsible fashion.
International Council on Mining and Metals Health and Safety Conference 2006
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: International Council on Mining and Metals
Publication Year: 2009
ICMM organized an international conference focusing on safety and health on 14-16 November 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
First Community Bank (A, B)
Authors: Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Galvin, Daniel
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2001
First Community Bank, a bank-within-a-bank at Bank of Boston, must manage relationships with the mainstream at Bank of Boston, serve as a change agent and role model, and face the challenge of reexamining its mission and structure.
On-Demand, Computer Power Grid Drives World Research Efforts
Author: Weatherhead School of Management
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: Case Western Reserve University
Publication Year: 2005
Millions of personal computers sit idly on desks and in homes worldwide, but what if they could be linked into a power grid to help address the world's most difficult health and societal problems?
Bad Business: Why Companies Shouldn't Trade with Abusive Regimes
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year: 2008
Is selling police equipment to a notoriously brutal government tantamount to assisting in torture?
Winds of Change: Corporate Social Responsibility in China
Authors: Sarkis, Joseph; Ni, Na; Zhu, Qinghua
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Ivey Business Journal
Publication Year: 2011
Chinese companies are not the standard setters when it comes to Corporate Social Responsibility. But, contrary to many published reports, they are implementing and following best practices...
The Power of Access: United Kingdom
Authors: FedEx; Stanford Research Institute International
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: FedEx Corp.
Publication Year: 2008
This report offers an in-depth examination of physical and information Access for the United Kingdom.
Maersk Line and the Future of Container Shipping
Authors: Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Reinhardt, Forest; Nellemann, Frederik
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Maersk Line was hoping that customers would increasingly make sustainability a purchasing criterion, thus differentiating Maersk Line from competing carriers. Could sustainability really provide Maersk Line with a competitive advantage in an industry that was considered to be commoditized?
A Clothing Clearance Where More Than Just the Prices Have Been Slashed
Author: Dwyer, Jim
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2010
In the bitter cold on a Monday night, a man and woman picked apart a pyramid of clear trash bags, the discards of the HM clothing store that reigns in blazing plate-glass glory on 34th Street, just east of Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
The High Impact of Collaborative Social Initiatives
Authors: Katzenbach, Jon R.; Santamaria, Jason A.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Corporate social responsibility has become a vital part of the business conversation. The issue for most companies is no longer whether to engage in socially responsible activities but how to achieve the maximum benefit from the resources available for social projects while still increasing shareholder value.
How Greater Access Is Changing the World: A Landmark Study on the Relevance of Access to People, Businesses and Nations
Authors: FedEx; Stanford Research Institute International
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: FedEx Corp.
Publication Year: 2006
Despite its centrality to many aspects of life, the concept of access has not been thoroughly studied. This report, the first of a series on access and its impacts, defines and explores various dimensions of the concept of access.
Real Estate Execs Land 'Responsible Property Investing' Strategy
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Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: GreenerBuildings.com
Publication Year: 2007
More than 80 percent of real estate executives said their organizations are committed to going beyond the minimum legal requirements to address social or environmental issues according to a recent survey, and 90 percent of respondents said pursuing responsible property investing (RPI) strategies are an increasingly important business strategy...
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