Articles sur Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
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With governments seemingly giving up their responsibility to keep people safe, it is time for businesses to take the lead on health and safety.
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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?
Factories can be large sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
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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.
A closed Mango store in a shopping mall in St. Petersburg, Russia. The company temporarily suspended operations in Russia in March to protest the invasion of Ukraine, joining a global corporate boycott against the country.
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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.
Brands spend billions on the environment and the common good.
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Over 300 companies so far have closed stores, reassigned staff or halted sales in Russia in the two weeks since the invasion began.
Bribery of foreign public officials is of particular concern for Canada, considering the tendency for Canadian multinationals to engage in bribery and corruption in the Global South.
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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.
Limin Fu, University of Newcastle et Dirk Boehe, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
Investors play an important role in pushing firms toward becoming better corporate citizens. So, what do investors need to know about corporate social responsibility?
Global transportation and logistics forecasts suggest conflicts could increase by as much as 1,209 per cent by 2050.
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A recent survey of top executives at companies that operate at sea found environmental reporting practices were not a top priority and put the health of the marine environment at risk.
A protestor holds a banner at the Fridays for Future march in New Delhi on Sept. 24, 2021.
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The growing rift between Republicans and US businesses has widened in recent weeks over efforts to restrict voting across the country.
Bank buildings rise above the business district of Lagos. Banks must effectively communicate the impact of their engagement with women.
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Banks should consider and integrate women empowerment principles into their corporate social responsibility initiatives.
In this April 2013 photo, Bangladeshis gather as rescuers look for survivors and victims at the site of the Rana Plaza building that collapsed a day earlier, in Savar, Bangladesh.
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Until there are global standards for authentic corporate social responsibility efforts, we will continue to see local impoverishment, hazardous waste and tragic labour accidents in the Global South.
Ghanaian voters are among the most sophisticated in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Political social responsibility has benefits for parties and candidates across the political spectrum.
Marriage equality supporters in 2006 probably had no idea the law they advocated would spur innovation.
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Ford is assembling ventilators, LVMH is making hand sanitizer, and Chanel is making masks. Here’s why these and dozens of other companies are doing it.