Nonprofits
You Identify the Problems, We Solve Them!
Nonprofits may suffer the most from unarticulated expectations.
Articles P7080
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.
Social Innovations
Flying Over Philanthropy
What is happening overall in philanthropic capital markets?
Podcast
Maria Eitel - Nike’s Efforts to Empower Young Girls
Nike has taken pains to clean up its act since the media brought public attention to human rights violations in its supplier factories in the 1990s. Through the Nike Foundation, the sports and fitness giant is taking a proactive approach to some of the world's most challenging social problems. In this audio lecture, Nike Foundation president Maria Eitel talks to a Stanford MBA audience about how the organization is focusing on creating economic opportunities for adolescent girls around the world as a means of alleviating poverty.
Getting Human Rights Right
Corporations that violate human rights not only inflict suffering, but also hurt their bottom line. The authors suggest five principles that corporations can follow to improve their human rights footprint.