CSR is creating internal tensions in some Middle Eastern Businesses Many traditional, family owned businesses in the Middle East are taking on external investors and… continue reading »

CSR and Business Innovation Strategy and Training Society is demanding more of business.  So are shareholders.  And often governments too. These expectations will keep growing… continue reading »

CSR in the Middle East & North Africa is dynamic and exciting.  It is built on centuries of Islamic tradition and principles and evolving rapidly to… continue reading »

Social Value Brand (SVB) Businesses today are increasingly expected to deliver some sort of social value in addition to shareholder value, or, at the very… continue reading »

I recently did a short interview on What makes a CSR Strategy strong and thought the transcript below might be interesting.   It has a… continue reading »

  Clumsy government support of Canadian Oil Sands industry is hindering the industry’s development and risking its social license Originally published in Triple Pundit – http://bit.ly/1NgKIkJ   The… continue reading »

I regularly get queries from individuals wanting to begin a career in Corporate Social Responsibility or a related field. I wish I had good information… continue reading »

We need more strategic, value-creating focus and less focus on defensive, risk-mitigating compliance Companies the world over are recognizing that there are growing societal expectations… continue reading »

How much water does a strawberry cost? Do you care?  Should you care?  Maybe it is kind of important to think about how much water,… continue reading »

Shared Value requires Shared Responsibility:  Whose Responsibility is Corporate Social Responsibility? Watching some of the discussion on corporate social responsibility it sometimes seems like governments,… continue reading »

 A collection of Tweets and Posts from the past weeks.  Some interesting (I hope!).  Some not so much.  Excuse the formatting.  Blogger doesn’t seem to… continue reading »

Dirty, ugly mining has lessons for Hi Tech! And Hi Tech should pay attention or it could feel the pain that mining felt when it… continue reading »