Socially Responsible Business
Best of Breed
When it comes to gaining a market edge while supporting a social cause, ‘corporate social marketing’ leads the pack.
Tag: Socially Responsible Business
Socially Responsible Business
Invention for the Common Good
Four reasons corporations should engage in social responsibility.
Socially Responsible Business
Coming Clean
Firms fare better when they acknowledge self-interest in cause marketing.
Social Entrepreneurship
Nothing Ventured, Something Gained
When Honest Tea said no to venture capitalists, it waded into uncharted territory.
Socially Responsible Business
One Scoop, Two Bottom Lines
Nonprofits are buying Ben & Jerry’s franchises to help train at-risk youth.
Corporate Philanthropy
Community Capitalists
The Oakland, Calif.-based office supply company, Give Something Back, donates all of its profits to charity. This practice has turned off some potential customers.
Socially Responsible Business
Cirque du Soleil Thinks Globally
Cirque du Soleil devotes 1 percent of ticket sale revenue -- or about $6.2 million -- to outreach programs for at-risk kids, many of whom struggle with poverty, drug addiction, or homelessness.
Economic Development
Bank on It
Individual development accounts, special savings accounts for the poor that provide matching dollars, are helping people escape from poverty.
Socially Responsible Business
Bridging the Cultures of Business and Poverty
More than 500 welfare recipients have participated in Cascade Engineering, Inc.'s welfare-to-career program that provides jobs and training.