CSR

CSR stands for corporate social responsibility. Proper CSR is a conscious attempt by corporations to act ethically. CSR has also become a marketing advantage. Businesses can promote their ethical approach to employees, the environment, human rights, fair trade, honest marketing, ethical selling, community involvement, and policy transparency.

CSR might also be abused by enacting ethical policies without actual intention for the sake of liability, marketing, or to appear within compliance. A notable example of this is Enron’s seventy-five page code of ethics.

Evidence indicates that consumers are willing to pay more for items and services believed to be ethically produced. One study even indicates that consumers punish unethical business. There are many blogs that discuss various aspects of CSR.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “CSR”

• Qualfon Philippines CSR Initiative: Buagsong, Cordova Mangrove Planting

  
  LAGAHIT.COM — Authority: 430
  I would just like to highlight Qualfon Philippines CSR initiative last Saturday wherein thirty(30) of their supportive employees (agents, support staff and supervisors) went to Buagsong, Cordova, Cebu to join the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) Mangrove Planting activity.Once again, in ...
  9 hours ago

• Postal Service Releases First Sustainability Report

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 664
  The US Postal Service is in financial dire straits. It lost $3.8 billion in its most recent fiscal year, ending September 30th, and its available coffers are dangerously low. And then there’s the agency’s business model, which many argue is antiquated and unsustainable. But, according to its recently-released (and ...
  10 hours ago

• Looking Back/Looking Ahead: The Start of a Conversation

  
  Innovation + Responsibility — Authority:
  Today we are going to start a new experiment. My colleague - Suns Corporate Sustainability Program Manager, Lori Duvall - and I are going to engage in a cross-blog dialog. A "diablog" if you will.  The idea behind this diablog is to help us during these uncertain times to keep looking forward, even as our ...
  20 hours ago

• CH2M Hill Cuts Paper Use by 21% from 2006 to 2008

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
  CH2M HILL, a global consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has decreased per employee paper usage 21 percent between 2006 and 2008 and increased electronic waste recycling by almost 4 percent in 2008, according to the company’s 2009 Sustainability Report (PDF).Here are some highlights of the ...
  1 day ago

• Sustainability Requires Continuing Dialogue

  
  Max Gladwell — Authority: 92
  It is our first guest post here at Max Gladwell and we are excited to be contributing to the thought leadership here. So why we chose this topic is that a surprisingly small percentage of the general public knows that a corporate conversation around sustainability even exists, let alone that they can participate in ...
  1 day ago

• A Marketing Challenge for the Electric Utility Industry

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 664
  “95.6% of households are willing to change their energy consumption behavior to save money on their energy costs.” This finding comes from the 2009 Nielsen Energy Audit. “This survey strongly suggests the timing is right for utilities to engage their customers with green marketing initiatives,” explains ...
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• Hidden Shoal Free Label Sampler Volume 5

  
  Hidden Shoal Recordings — Authority: 129
  Hidden Shoal Recordings is pleased to announce the official release of compilation album Crushed and Reminded , the fifth installment in its free sampler album series. Whilst the keen eyed amongst you may have already noted that this has has been available for a few weeks now, we thought we’d allow some breathing ...
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• Justice -- Indonesian Style?

  
  The RAB Experience — Authority: 129
  Sometimes there are certain events that just leave you shaking your head and saying, "what were they thinking?" This is one of those moments. In the grand scheme of all things Indonesian the theft of three pods of cacao beans would seemingly rank fairly lowly on the justice meter. This is especially so considering ...
  1 day ago

• What to Report on? How Two CSR Leaders Decide

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 664
  We’ve all seen them.  Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports weighing it at nearly 100 pages, crammed with charts and graphs, and gray with type.  There’s valuable information in there, but unearthing commentary on issues of strategic importance can be daunting.  That’s why I was especially curious to ...
  3 days ago

• Sustainability and Employee Engagement: Anything Goes

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 664
  Engaging employees through sustainability is not a one size fits all approach.  From Walmart’s Personal Sustainability Project to  Sodexo’s Corporate Citizenship Program to Intel’s intranet to FMYI’s online collaboration, the variety is endless.  Each of the four members of the Net Impact Conference 2009 ...
  3 days ago

• CSR achieves WAPI certification for CSR9000 with an innovative hardware accelerated architecture and wins EDN China Innovation Award

  
  indonesia type approval — Authority: 144
  CSR (LSE: CSR) today announced that its award-winning CSR9000 Bluetooth + Wi-Fi product has been certified under China’s Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) qualification. CSR’s CSR9000 solution was also awarded the EDN China Innovation Award for Leading Embedded System and IC Product. ...
  3 days ago

• Interview with Opportunity Green 2009 Speaker, Freya Williams, co-founder of Ogilvy Earth

  
  OppGreen Insights — Authority: 131
  OG: So you started The Greenery (now called Ogilvy Earth) while at Ogilvy.  How did you get into that?Freya: While I was on maternity leave, I spent some time thinking about what I really wanted to do.  I saw a business opportunity to help our clients in a more focused way around sustainability.  I also [...]
  3 days ago

• Whirlpool Cuts Water Use by Nearly 22% from 2004 to 2008

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
  Whirlpool Corp. is on track to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 6.6 percent by 2012, according to the company’s first global sustainability report. The company also cut water use by 21.5 percent and overall waste generated per unit decreased by nearly 4 percent from 2004 to 2008. The appliance maker also ...
  4 days ago

• Conscious Capitalism/CSR Creates True Fans

  
  The Buzz Bin — Authority: 122
  The really old school capitalists like to say that the only business of business is to provide a return to shareholders. Long before the concept of “stakeholders” came into being, business was conducted, customers and suppliers were treated fairly or not, and it all somehow moved along. Now, companies need to do ...
  4 days ago

• CSR Jobs : ExcelAsia Training and Development Inc.

  
  Philippine Call Center Jobs — Authority: 148
  CSR for *Dayshift Accounts* Apply now! No experience needed! (m1mro217) (National Capital Reg – Quezon City) RESPONSIBILITIES: * A CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE handles general customer inquiries like account status and product information. They generally take in account records requests, handle marketing ...
  4 days ago

• The 21st Ad Congress takes on corporate social responsibility

  
  PinoyBusiness.ORG - Home — Authority: 137
  Focusing on its themes for this year involving climate change corporate social responsibility (CSR), the 21th Philippine Advertising Congress was formally opened last Thursday in simple rites led by Olongapo City Mayor Jame “Bong” Gordon and Baguio City Mayor Reinaldo A. Bautista Jr., with Fernando Zobel de Ayala ...
  4 days ago

• The green race to the top

  
  Marc Gunther — Authority: 555
  If climate regulation will burden businesses or increase costs,  then why are so many companies strengthening their voluntary response to the climate crisis in the midst of an economic downturn? The reason is, there’s a race to the top when it comes to sustainability, particularly among consumer companies. No one ...
  4 days ago

• Legal Items: Asylum/EU, ECHR & Human Trafficking Victims, Gender & Refugee Convention, IDPs & Intl. Law

  
  Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog — Authority: 425
  Advancing a Gendered Interpretation of the Refugee Convention: Refugee Appeal No. 76044 (New Zealand Refugee Law, Sept. 2009) [text]The Common European Asylum System with particular reference to the Qualification Directive (2004/83/EC) (QD) and the Procedures Directive (2005/85/EC) (PD) (IARLJ, Oct. 2009) ...
  5 days ago

• The New World Of BOGO And B1G1

  
  Best Online Earning Ideas — Authority: 467
  Definitions of some English words can change quite rapidly these days. In the recent past the meaning of words was often very fixed. Today the meaning can change in the blink of an eye. With faster and newer ways to exchange ideas such as Twitter and with wider and more culturally, socially and educationally ...
  5 days ago

• HJC CS-R1 CSR1 PARADOX MC1 MOTORCYCLE Full-Face-Helmet

  
  Your Harley D Site — Authority: 166
  HJC CS-R1 PARADOX MC1HJC CS-R1 FULL-FACE HELMET Advanced Polycarbonate Composite Shell: Lightweight, superior fit and comfort using advanced CAD technology RapidFire Shield Replacement System: Quick, secure, tool-less shield removal and installation Optically Superior Face Shield: 95% UV protection Advanced ...
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