Measuring Corporate Social Responsibility Success Can you imagine your quarterly company meeting where you report on your social impact before you report on your financial results? What if you gave awards to employees who were standout corporate citizens, who managed to excel in their job while excelling at volunteerism or raising money for their cause…
Every day I am struck by how many articles I read on corporate citizens making a social impact. Starbucks is selling bracelets to raise money for local communities in this down economy. Disney provides school supplies in backpacks to children in impoverished neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Most grocery stores ask if you want to round…
Over 13,000 books are listed on Amazon associated with key words Corporate Social Responsibility. Two-hundred-and-twenty-eight of them were listed in 2012 alone! At the heart of the books I endorse are those that show you can actually make a difference and make money . . . at the same time. One book in particular called…
Academies for Social Entrepreneurship (ASE) defines a social enterprise as a venture that combines the best features of mission-oriented nonprofit organizations and sustainably-driven for-profit businesses to solve complex social problems. From the non-profit sector, these features include a clear and well-defined mission, programs that improve the quality of human life and the environment, an engaged…
I googled the “definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR)” and more than 3 million hits came back in .17 seconds. For the fun of it, I clicked on page 14 of the results and was struck by all the international links defining CSR. Clearly, this is a global phenomenon. And even the President and Fellows…