The ‘ESG’ agenda has become a hot battlefield in the culture wars. Claims it’s a slippery slope to socialism show no understanding of how capitalism works.
Articles on Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
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Companies benefit from certain internal environmental and social checks and balances, particularly when it comes to preventing a tumble in their share price.
Plastic pollution can be checked in Nigeria if the government insists that companies integrate corporate social responsibility into their processes.
When done authentically, corporate activism looks and appears easy, but it’s actually easy to get wrong.
Female managers and board members have a positive effect on company performance and the environment.
Multi-stakeholder initiatives have the potential to help businesses tackle social and environmental issues, but they need to ensure that all members have their voices heard.
Yvon Chouinard, his wife and their two adult children have given the company he founded away. From now on, its profits will fund climate and conservation work.
Yvon Chouinard’s gift is unusual due to its structure but is also part of a trend. Many billionaires and large foundations are now funding these causes.
The pandemic showed us how firms could be encouraged to put people before profits.
We expect businesses to be more socially and environmentally responsible by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and eliminating harmful business practices — why don’t we do the same for COVID-19?
A review of S&P 500 companies finds carbon disclosure doesn’t necessarily mean emissions fall.
Corporate pressure campaigns usually work best in partnership with local institutions. While Russia’s civic organizations are generally weak, there are some signs of growing defiance.
Research shows there can be profound business benefits to hiring people living with intellectual disability.
We should demand greater social responsibility from businesses, but pressuring them to undertake responsibilities that only governments can address is the wrong way to get there.
Research regarding corporate social responsibility actions detected a pattern in terms of the benefits for brands.
Major companies are re-assessing their role in society.
Over 300 companies so far have closed stores, reassigned staff or halted sales in Russia in the two weeks since the invasion began.
While social responsibility can help establish a culture founded on transparency and accountability, AI tools can assist companies in implementing these values within the organization.
Investors play an important role in pushing firms toward becoming better corporate citizens. So, what do investors need to know about corporate social responsibility?
Can multinational corporations really be fully engaging in social responsibility if they turn a blind eye to state-sanctioned hostilities against LGBT people?
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Technology Sydney
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Associate Director of Research Operations at ECU Centre for People, Place and Planet (CPPP), Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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