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Economist special report on corporate responsibility [subscription required]
Since there is so much CSR [Corporate Social Responsibility] about, you might think big companies would by now be getting rather good at it. A few are, but most are struggling...This special report will look in detail at how companies are implementing CSR. It will conclude that, done badly, it is often just a figleaf and can be positively harmful. Done well, though, it is not some separate activity that companies do on the side, a corner of corporate life reserved for virtue: it is just good business.
Articles in the special report:
- CSR in the mainstream [refers to Marks & Spencer]
- The virtues of CSR [refers to T&T, Coca-Cola, IBM, KPMG, Goldman Sachs]
- CSR's effectiveness [refers to UN Special Representative John Ruggie, UN Global Compact, Unilever, Goldman Sachs]
- Risk, and managing it [refers to Wal-Mart, Yahoo!, Unocal, Talisman, Nike, Levi Strauss, Timberland, Anglo American, GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, Mattel]
- CSR's changing climate [refers to United Technologies Corporation, DuPont, Standard Chartered, Patagonia, REI, General Electric]
- The ethics of consumers [refers to ABC Home Furnishings, Timberland, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Wal-Mart
- CSR goes global [refers UN Special Representative John Ruggie, Natura, Aracruz, Tata, PetroChina, BP, ABN Amro]
- Getting CSR right