Government
The Extreme Cost of Extreme Politics
The 2009 presidential election was a divisive affair.
The 2009 presidential election was a divisive affair.
Can we change the world by engaging in corporate citizenship one hour per week? Al Jisr, and its founder, Mohammed Abbad Andaloussi, are convinced that we can. In this audio interview, host Sheela Sethuraman interviews Analoussi about his efforts to improve education in Moroccan schools by involving businesses. So far, more than 100 corporations have "adopted" some 200 schools, providing volunteers, support, and a real world perspective to students.
It's important to treat volunteers as valuable assets.
The Posse Foundation sends diverse students to college together so that they can lean on each other and lead their schools.
When President Bush set limits on stem cell research in 2001, millions of families who were hopeful that such research could help alleviate the diseases of their loved ones were devastated. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation audio lecture, attorney Robert Klein discusses his efforts to author and push through legislation in California which, so far, has succeeded in advancing such research. Sharing personal and political struggles, Klein movingly underscores the urgency behind his quest.
Should social media communities be focused on the means or the ends?
Pivotal pieces that have influenced the "base of the pyramid" theory.
What does Wall Street make of the trends in cleantech, corporate environmental strategy, corporate social responsibility, and emerging carbon markets? In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, two Goldman Sachs managers discuss how their investment firm is making the financing of corporate deals contingent upon the incorporation of increasingly stringent environmental criteria.