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Corporate cooperation: The compromise challenge

Mallen Baker, (Jun 2, 2010)

Mallen Baker says that compromise is an essential art in business

How India is trying to engage in CSR, banks regaining our trust, the coalition government delivering responsible business and the Responsible Business Awards 2010

EC Newsdesk, (May 21, 2010)

These are just some of the things that subscribers to the Ethical Corporation magazine will be reading about in the June edition.

The elephant in the corner for sustainability - the 'G' word

EC Newsdesk, (May 14, 2010)

Big companies and their executives will have to soon turn their attention to considering just how much their business can grow whilst still qualifying as sustainable, argues Howard Sharman

Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Summit 2010 Award Winners and Commended Companies

EC Newsdesk, (May 11, 2010)

After much deliberation and discussions the winners and highly commended companies in ten categories were announced on 4 May 2010 at the Responsible Business Summit in London. Here's who won, and why.

Responsible Business comes first

EC Newsdesk, (May 11, 2010)

On Tuesday 4 May Ethical Corporation’s held its inaugural ‘Responsible Business’ awards in London. The awards celebrated the excellent responsible business practices by leading companies during 2009 and 2010.

Letter from America: Put exploitation down to experience

Peter Knight, (May 4, 2010)

Peter Knight ponders whether interns should be paid

CRWatch, a round up of recent business sustainability news - May 2010

Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (May 4, 2010)

Starbucks wants some ideas, Greenpeace keeps on at Nestlé, why Easter eggs don’t need so much packaging, the EPA's small business awards, and Cambodia’s artisans bag

Analysis: Apple’s supply chain – iResponsibility

Ben Schiller, (Apr 30, 2010)

Apple has been criticised for labour abuses in its supply chain, but is it under closer scrutiny than its competitors?

Guidelines Briefing Part 1: Overview - Guides through the corporate credibility maze

Rajesh Chhabara, (Apr 30, 2010)

There is a wide variety of standards and guidelines that help develop, implement and measure corporate responsibility programmes. The secret is to establish which are most relevant for your organisation

How the Global Compact can better address human rights

EC Newsdesk, (Apr 26, 2010)

The Institute for Human Rights and Business will soon release a human rights review of the Global Compact. Mary Robinson asks for stakeholder ideas as to how the Compact may become better attuned to human rights concerns

Investors, heavy industry and human rights in 2010: Has the responsibility agenda made a difference?

EC Newsdesk, (Apr 25, 2010)

Bennett Freeman of Calvert answers questions from Rob Foulkes on investor engagement with big companies, and discusses progress made on business and human rights in general, and specifically John Ruggie’s work, Equatorial Guinea, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

Integrating human rights into investment practice: A Sisyphean task?

EC Newsdesk, (Apr 20, 2010)

Rory Sullivan considers the barriers and solutions to getting investors engaged in business human rights risk

China's labour role reversal: Now factories follow workers, what are the implications?

EC Newsdesk, (Apr 12, 2010)

Doug Cahn considers a major shift in labour and factory movements in China, and considers how responsibly-minded brands should respond

Ethical Branding Briefing Part 1: Overview - Look beyond the label

Oliver Balch, (Apr 1, 2010)

The classic image of an ethical brand is that of a small, mission-minded, upstart enterprise. As ethical awareness increases and responsible business practices spread, that image is in need of a rethink

Ethical Branding Briefing Part 2: Buying ethical brands - Can big be as beautiful?

Oliver Balch, (Mar 31, 2010)

Several well-known niche ethical brands have become part of larger companies in recent years but such acquisitions need not mean a dilution of ethics. In fact, the result is sometimes the opposite

Ethical Branding Briefing Part 3: Consumers - Ethics goes bananas

Oliver Balch, (Mar 31, 2010)

Marketing guru Wally Olins once said ethics would be the last great differentiator in marketing. That could be true – it just depends on whether consumers get it

Analysis: banking data - Swift action

Stephen Gardner, (Mar 31, 2010)

EU-US financial information sharing has been blocked amid concerns about personal data safety

Academic news: Business school bulletin

Oliver Balch, (Mar 31, 2010)

How to be a whistleblower, management self-analysis and how to cope with religion

Analysis: water disclosure - Treading water on risks

Ben Cooper, (Mar 30, 2010)

A recent report confirms that disclosure on water risks lags far behind information available to investors on greenhouse gas emissions

NGOs and activists - Zealot, hypocrite or genuine article?

Brendan May, (Mar 30, 2010)

Brendan May takes a sideways look at the wonderful world of NGOs

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