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Corporate Responsibility Standards
Prof. Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business SchoolThis paper discusses so-called corporate responsibility standards (e.g., the Global Reporting Initiative and Social Accountability 8000) from the perspective of post-structuralist philosophy, in particular Derridian thinking. I introduce these different initiatives and contrast them against each other. Next, I offer a discussion of their limits in general, and their paradoxical nature in particular. I conclude with a variety of practical recommendation suggesting that, while corporate responsibility standards can potentially offer good managerial guidance they are also flawed in a variety of ways. more[...]
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Improving Labor Standards Performance in the Middle East
Craig Moss, Social Accountability International (SAI)Labor standards and working conditions in the Middle East exhibit many of the same basic problems that occur globally. If we look at workers’ demands from the recent strikes in Egypt and Jordan, we will see issues that clearly violate the International Labour Organization’s core labor conventions – unfortunately, that will surprise no one. more[...]
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Wasta: How the Use of “Connections” Impacts on Private Sector Development in Arab Countries and Why
Dr. Markus Loewe, German Development InstituteThe literal translation of the Arabic word wasta is “connection,” but it is often employed for favoritism, that is, the use of personal relations for preferential treatment. Favoritism is a form of corruption when someone uses her/his position to distribute the resources of someone else (e.g., the employer or the state) to a friend or relative. more[...]
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Freedom, entitlement, and the path to development
Jean-Pierre Chauffour, World BankTwenty years after the revolutions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Arab Spring is again raising some fundamental questions about the place of freedom and entitlement in development. Depending on the balance between free choices and more coerced decisions , individual opportunities to learn, own, work, save, invest, trade, protect, and so forth could vary greatly across countries and over time. more[...]
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Wayne Visser's Blog
Prof. Wayne Visser, Kaleidoscope FuturesDr. Wayne Visser is Founder and Director of the research company Kaleidoscope Futures and the think-tank CSR International and the agency Sustainability Market. In addition, Wayne is Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and Visiting Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Warwick Business School in the UK. more[...]
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Lisbet Bræmer-Jensen's Blog
Lisbet Bræmer-Jensen, Grundfos & ‘Act NOW‘Lisbet Bræmer-Jensen is Corporate Affairs Director at Grundfos and Founder of 'Act NOW'. Her goal is to make both CSR responsibles, NGOs, government officials and politicians work closer together to further strengthen the focus and commitment to meeting the energy challenge that we face now and in the future. Her overall aim is to minimises the distance between thought and action when it comes to global energy efficiency and ensure awareness on what we can do to act now. more[...]
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Elaine Cohen's Blog
Elaine Cohen, Beyond Business LtdElaine Cohen is a founding partner of Beyond Business Ltd (www.b-yond.biz/en ), a social and environmental business consulting firm, specialising in CSR strategy and roadmap developent, implementation of CSR processes, reporting and assurance. Beyond Business works globally with large corporate clients, SME's and non profits, offering a full range of CSR and sustainability expertise. Elaine Cohen is the author of "CSR for HR : A necessary partnership for advancing responsible business practices", (Greenleaf Publishing, 2010) a comprehensive guide for CSR and Human Resources Managers on the interface between CSR and HR, and what HR managers should be doing to ensure a CSR-enabled culture and practice in any company. more[...]
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Andrew Crane's and Dirk Matten's Blog
Prof. Andrew Crane, Schulich School of Business
Prof. Dirk Matten, Hewlett-PackardAndrew Crane and Dirk Matten are two business school professors from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto, Canada, best known for our books and research articles on business ethics and corporate citizenship. They've been writing the Crane and Matten blog since 2008, offering unique insight on a range of issues from across the globe. more[...]
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Carol Sanford's Blog
Carol Sanford, InterOctave GlobalCarol, as the founder and CEO of InterOctave Global, has been leading major consulting change efforts in both Fortune 500 and new-economy businesses for more than 35 years. Her client list includes long-term relationships with Colgate Europe and Africa and DuPont Canada, US, Asia and Europe. She also works with new-economy companies like Intel, Agilent and leaders of corporate responsibility such as Seventh Generation. Her expertise in growing entrepreneurial ventures to successful businesses has had her named to many boards and panels. Carol is a judge and mentor for University of Washington Global Business Center Social Entrepreneur Competition, Seattle. She also lectures at MIT Sloan, University of Michigan Ross & ERB Institute among others. more[...]
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Amy K. Lehr's Blog
Amy K. Lehr, Foley HoagAmy Lehr is part of Foley Hoag’s unique corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice. In this role, she provides advice to major multinational corporations on best practices with regard to human rights, labor rights, and indigenous rights issues, as well as on stakeholder relations with local communities, host governments, security providers, and non-governmental organizations. Working with clients in a broad range of industry sectors, she provides advice on managing both the challenges and the opportunities of globalization, as well as on risk management issues, particularly those deriving from the Alien Tort Statute in the US. She also carries out human rights impact assessments and other forms of due diligence for clients. more[...]
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Amol Mehra's Blog
Esq. Amol Mehra, International Corporate Accountability RoundtableAmol Mehra is an international human rights lawyer focusing on corporate accountability for human rights violations and corporate social responsibility. He has developed an extensive background on business and human rights issues, including at the United Nations where he has worked to build accountability over private security companies and offered submissions to the mandate of the Special Representative on Transnational Corporations. Amol received his Juris Doctorate Degree with an Honors Certificate in International and Comparative Law from the University of San Francisco School of Law, and also holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a concentration in Global Strategic Management and the Social Context of Business from McGill University. In addition to his work at ICAR, Amol is a Board Member of Human Rights Advocates, a Coordinating Member and Thematic Specialist for Amnesty International USA, and writes for Forbes.com CSR site. Amol also serves as an Advisory Board Member of Lawyers for Better Business (L4BB) and an Advisory Member for SumOfUs. more[...]
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Water, oil and demographics: The Arab world’s triple crisis
Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Institute for Policy Research & DevelopmentUnless Arab governments invest much more in health, education and citizens' rights, warns Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, the pressures of water scarcity, oil depletion and population growth will spell their downfalls. One in five people around the world lack access to safe drinking water, so it is undeniable that we already face a global water crisis. But water scarcity is not just about its physical availability, it is also about power, poverty and inequality. more[...]
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