Nonprofits
Coming to Terms With the Future of Nonprofit Leadership
As Baby Boomers retire, we need to think about how the next generation of nonprofit leaders will be different.
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Podcast
Gary Smith - Doing Well and Doing Good in the Supply Chain
Timberland, the footwear and apparel company headquartered in New Hampshire, is putting good old New England values to work to integrate socially responsible management practices throughout the value chain. Speaking at Stanford during the 2007 Responsible Supply Chains Conference, Gary Smith demonstrates in this audio lecture how in the more than 35 countries where his firm has a business presence, doing good does not have to be at odds with doing well.
In Microfinance, Clients Must Come First
Few microfinance institutions articulate what, exactly, their ultimate goals are and how to achieve them. If the goal of microfinance is to alleviate poverty, the authors say, then MFIs should focus on helping their clients build successful enterprises, rather than on making more and bigger loans.
Podcast
Business
Tony Prophet - Social Good and Environmental Sustainability at HP
With energy costs on the rise and the U.S. government expected to push for reduced carbon emissions, environmental sustainability has become a market imperative for Hewlett-Packard. Speaking at Stanford for the 2007 Responsible Supply Chains Conference, HP's senior VP of personal systems, Tony Prophet, shares how his company is working to reduce its environmental footprint throughout the product life cycle.
Review
Nonprofits
You Identify the Problems, We Solve Them!
Nonprofits may suffer the most from unarticulated expectations.
Review