Review: The New Capitalists
THE NEW CAPITALISTS: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda by Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, and David Pitt-Watson
Business - Articles
Innovative ways to enhance corporate social responsibility (more)
A Tarnish on Green Goods
Why eco-friendly products may be bad for the environment.
Diversity Training Doesn’t Work
How can companies hire and promote more women and minorities?
Weaving Businesses Together
Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers.
Podcast
Social Entrepreneurs in For-Profit Education - Net Impact 2005
Can business add value to the education field? Pioneers and market leaders who have built successful businesses around the many unmet needs in education talk about the business opportunities in education today in this panel discussion from Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact conference organized by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Cultivating Cross-Sector Partnerships
An HIV organization in Botswana provides lessons in cooperation.
Podcast
Building and Integrating a CSR Agenda - Bridging the Gap Conference
Many companies now acknowledge the financial benefits of socially responsible behavior over the long term. Such commitments, however, are managed with levels of involvement spanning from a centralized CSR office to a fully integrated approach calling on all mainstream operating departments in the organization. This panel discussion explores strategies to advance corporate social responsibility in large companies.
Color Your World
The San Francisco Recycling Center gussies up the globe with recycled paint.
Podcast
Alice Tepper Marlin - Architect of Corporate Responsibility
Alice Tepper Marlin created some of the most innovative models for corporate social responsibility. Her energetic work over decades has helped provide concrete research and practical methods for bringing companies, investors, consumers, and workers together to address issues of environmental and economic justice worldwide. In this audio lecture, Tepper Marlin traces her own history from her early days on Wall Street to her ongoing work in the not-for-profit sector, providing blueprints for social entrepreneurs.
Podcast
Panel Discussion - Bridging the Gap Conference
From clean water to disease control and global climate change, a new breed of business people is designing sustainable solutions to promote international development and reduce global poverty. Hear from the leaders in this panel discussion about how they are applying business discipline to improve livelihood in many different nations.