Articles P7020
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
Review
Government
Review: Beyond the White House
Jimmy Carter details his ongoing efforts to make a difference as John Q. Citizen.
Review: Fugitive Denim
From field to factory, Snyder reveals the real lives behind the making of a pair of jeans.
Podcast
Stuart Smolkin - Disaster Managment Lessons from Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Stuart Smolkin's conveyor belt manufacturing company, Intralox, had no disaster plan in place. The company had to deal with the disruption of electricity, phones, and computer systems in order to organize evacuated employees into recovery teams. How did Intralox get running again in a mere 30 days? In this Stanford podcast, Smolkin offers lessons on preparedness for businesses faced with disruption.
Global Issues
Anti-Poverty Engineers
Reducing poverty for people at the lower end of the scale would be more powerful than any other form of intervention.