How to Read a Corporate Social Responsibility Report: A user’s guide
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| Author(s): Steve Lydenberg and David Wood |
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Whatever name they go by, corporate social responsibility reports seek to serve one essential purpose: they portray the relationship between a corporation and society. They seek to improve communications between the corporate world and the broader society within which companies report. This guide is intended to help those approaching CSR reporting for the first time, as well as those looking to deepen their understanding of what makes for a thorough CSR report. It will help readers, whatever their interests or experience, to identify quickly and easily the most valuable parts of these reports. Its focus is on CSR reporting as practiced by North American companies, but it is applicable to CSR reporting more generally as well. While this publication is a great resource on how to read a CSR report, it may be just as valuable for those looking for advice on how to write a CSR report.
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| Published: January 26, 2010
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Leadership Competencies for Community Involvement: Getting to the roots of success
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| Author(s): Christopher Pinney, Sylvia Kinnicutt, Signe Spencer |
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In 2009 the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship worked with the Hay Group, one of the most respected firms in HR competency modeling, to launch an applied research initiative to help professionalize the corporate community involvement field with competency models for the leadership required to excel. Regardless of their title and degree of formal authority, community involvement professionals of all levels are required to be leaders. These community involvement leaders must have the competencies it takes to mobilize and engage a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to create innovative programs that leverage a business’ unique resources and capabilities to generate measurable value for both society and the company. This report looks at the role, responsibilities and leadership competencies required for developing, driving and implementing a 21st century corporate community involvement strategy.
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| Published: January 25, 2010
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Leadership Competencies for Corporate Citizenship: Getting to the roots of success
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| Author(s): Christopher Pinney, Sylvia Kinnicutt, Signe Spencer, Anthony Callahan |
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In 2009 the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship worked with the Hay Group, one of the most respected firms in HR competency modeling, to develop a framework for helping companies understand and manage corporate citizenship as well as structure and staff this function with the talent needed to successfully support integration of corporate citizenship principles and policies across the business. This report looks at the role and responsibilities of those leading the corporate citizenship function and the competencies needed to succeed in this position. While created specifically for the senior leadership role, this competency model can also serve as a useful guide for development of corporate citizenship professionals at all levels as they work to improve performance and advance their careers.
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| Published: January 25, 2010
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So many corporate-community partnerships, so little value. Until now.
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| Author(s): Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship |
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Corporate-nonprofit (or government) partnerships are essential to any company’s community involvement efforts. Yet partnerships present corporate citizenship professionals with formidable challenges - and many headaches. Sadly, few partnerships deliver to their full potential for either the company or the community. This leaves many corporate citizenship professionals involved in community partnerships scratching their heads in confusion or throwing their hands up in frustration. Bea Boccalandro, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship faculty member, and Henry Darnell, Genzyme Corporation Vice President of Community Affairs, demystified corporate-community partnerships by presenting strategies and tactics shown to work. This webinar showcased how companies are creating high impact partnerships and give you concrete next steps to immediately boost the value created by your partnerships. |
| Published: January 20, 2010
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2009 Community Involvement Index: Key Findings
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| Author(s): Allison Lee |
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Key findings from our 2009 Community Involvement Index, which is drawn from an online survey responded to by more than 300 companies. The full report offers a snapshot of the community involvement field. As with corporate citizenship more generally, community involvement appears to be weathering the economic crisis remarkably well. Key findings from this research show that the integration of community involvement into the broader corporate citizenship strategy of the company continues to deepen as does the engagement of other internal and external stakeholders in building and delivering the company’s community involvement strategy and programs. Our findings also show that businesses continue to struggle with the challenge of demonstrating measurable social impact from their initiatives in the communities where they operate. The report provides insight into the state of the field and how companies are approaching this evolving function in today’s challenging business environment.
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| Published: January 11, 2010
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2009 Community Involvement Index: Staying the Course
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| Author(s): Allison Lee |
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Our 2009 Community Involvement Index, which is drawn from an online survey responded to by more than 300 companies, offers a snapshot of the community involvement field. As with corporate citizenship more generally, community involvement appears to be weathering the economic crisis remarkably well. Key findings from this research show that the integration of community involvement into the broader corporate citizenship strategy of the company continues to deepen as does the engagement of other internal and external stakeholders in building and delivering the company’s community involvement strategy and programs. Our findings also show that businesses continue to struggle with the challenge of demonstrating measurable social impact from their initiatives in the communities where they operate. The report provides insight into the state of the field and how companies are approaching this evolving function in today’s challenging business environment.
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| Published: January 06, 2010
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Do you measure up? The Community Involvement Index
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| Author(s): Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship |
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How many companies offer skills-based volunteering opportunities? What percentage of corporations have a matching gifts program? How well is senior management engaged? The 2009 Community Involvement Index provides a snapshot of the current trends and statistics of companies’ community involvement activities. This webinar provided an overview of current values, percentages and averages within corporate philanthropy and volunteering activities, as well as a look at how companies are prioritizing their community involvement strategy.
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| Published: December 21, 2009
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The Power of Social Media: Sustainable Social Networking
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| Author(s): Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship |
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Online social media networks have become an increasingly important way to connect with stakeholders. This webinar, led by the CEO of JustMeans, one of the sustainable marketplace's most utilized social networks, explored the power of online communities targeting sustainability and how they can be tapped to drive value creation across the business. He was joined by Mike Dupee of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Beth Holzman of Timberland, and Suzanne Fallender of Intel, who talked about their companies' experiences in the social media world.
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| Published: December 03, 2009
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In Good Company: AMD
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| Author(s): Boston College Center for Coporate Citizenship |
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| The new educational venture, aptly named AMD Changing the Game, is the first initiative of the newly formed AMD Foundation. It was launched at the Fifth Annual Games for Change Festival held in early June at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. AMD also teamed up with the John G. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to offer a daylong workshop for nonprofit organizations focusing on how to create social issue games. The workshop covered fundamentals such as game design, fundraising, evaluation, youth participation, distribution and press strategies. |
| Published: December 02, 2009
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In Good Company: Dow-CI goal
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| Author(s): Boston College Center for Coporate Citizenship |
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| Dow has prioritized “Contributing to Community Success” as one of its 2015 Sustainability Goals, a set of seven ambitious goals established to address and solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Community relations has been an essential part of Dow’s corporate practices since the founding of the company in 1897. As a global corporate citizen, Dow believes it has a daily responsibility to operate its facilities safely, treat all people fairly and support the well-being of the communities in which it operates.
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| Published: December 02, 2009
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