The Myth of CSR The problem with assuming that companies can do well while also doing good is that markets don’t really work that way By Deborah Doane Stanford Social Innovation Review Fall 2005 Copyright © 2005 by Leland Stanford Jr. University All Rights Reserved DO NOT COPY Stanford Social Innovation Review 518 Memorial Way‚ Stanford‚ CA 94305-5015 Ph: 650-725-5399. Fax: 650-723-0516 Email: info@ssireview.com‚ www.ssireview.com ~ DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ~ FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY ~
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NGO is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations (UN)‚ and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are not conventional for-profit business. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments‚ the NGO maintains its nongovernmental status by excluding government representatives from membership in the organization
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Global Citizenship Final Exam Review Chapter 5 Social Inequality: Any difference in the treatment of people based on age‚ race‚ gender‚ etc. Social Stratification: Refers to the large hierarchical arrangements of large social groups on the basis of their control over basic resources (main forms include: class‚ gender and race/ethnicity) a) Dominant group: Characterized by a disproportionate share of power‚ wealth‚ social status and health care b) Subordinate group: Has limited access to
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It is very rare that you here about two democracies going to war with each other. Major wars in the past Century have not been fought between two democratic nations‚ for example the wars in both Vietnam and Korea were fought against two communist dictatorships. In 1999 (Rudolph J Rummel)‚ while writing for the magazine Peace argued that a “Democracy is a general cure for political or collective violence of any kind.” He went on further to argue that a key to a Democracy is having regular elections
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was happy. After the death of my husband I don’t remember being happy anymore. After he died I took on such a lot of responsibility‚ trying to make sure the family is happy. Now we have to adapt to what we have‚” says Samira‚ a refugee from Syria (Oxfam). The incessant struggles that a refugee faces becomes custom-- a never ending loop of dismay which causes sadness to be their most prominent emotion. Racism‚ loss of familiarity‚ and trauma are all different things that induce depression alarmingly
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How Similar But Yet So Different After reading Walden‚ by Henry D. Thoreau and watching the movie titled‚ Into The Wild‚ written by Sean Penn‚ I realized how similar and different both main characters were. Christopher McCandless‚ the main actor in the movie and‚ Henry D. Thoreau‚ the author and main character in Walden‚ share many things in common however‚ their views on the world and motives for going on their journeys are very different from one another. These two men
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Millions of people in US work long‚ hard hours for extremely low wages. Instead of spending time with their families‚ they serve others food‚ clean their offices and sometimes their house. They are described as unskilled laborers who never worked hard to free themselves from the poverty line. Different people have different opinions on low-wage work and why it even exists. Many companies benefit from low-wage work because they can spend less on employees which makes it easier for their companies
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Onderdelen minorbeschrijving Tekst minorbeschrijving Titel v.d. minor Title The Many Faces of Globalization Aanbiedende academie / opleiding / lectoraat Organising faculty Lectoraat Internationale Samenwerking/ International Cooperation Contactpersoon Contactperson Godelieve Kodde 070-4458760 Algemene doelstelling General objectives The goal of this minor is to provide an introduction to the many aspects and dimensions of globalization. The daily challenges faced today by a wide array of professionals
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Theoretical Framework on- Non Governmental Organisations and International Non Governmental Organisations (Support base‚ Funding pattern and Relation with State) Introduction It would serve well to remember at the outset what is now a well-known and widely accepted fact of social reality that‚ the rise of the phenomenon of development including sustainable development has brought about integration‚ synthesis and unity of all social sciences into a single Social Science (Seymour Martin Lipset‚ 1972
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InfluencIng consumer BehavIour a guIde for sustaInaBle marketIng 500019_6000215_Biz_Comm_Book_227x227_FP.indd 1 02/03/2011 17:14 THIS IS A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR MARKETERS CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE This guide is the result of collaboration between six major UK and global companies who have shared their consumer insight and market experience: B&Q‚ Kraft Foods‚ EDF Energy‚ Marks & Spencer‚ Unilever and Waitrose. It draws on insights from an extensive literature review
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