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09/03/2010
New issue of Business & Society Review (volume 115/3)

The resent issue of the Business & Society Review (volume 115, 3) contains: Toward a Framework for Achieving a Sustainable Globalization, by Preble, J.F., in: Business & Society Review (00453609), volume 115, number 3, pages 329-366, 2010. Shifting Paradigms in Corporate Environmentalism: From Poachers to Gamekeepers, by Sandhu, S. , in: Business & Society Review (00453609), volume 115, number 3, pages 285-310, 2010. Health-Care Reform and ESI: Reconsidering the Relationship Between Employment and Health Insurance, by Flynn, P.


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08/26/2010
Global Standards: Between Regulation, Normativity, and Rhetoric (Call for Papers)


The Journal for Business, Economics & Ethics / Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik (zfwu) is a scholarly journal. Through its interdisciplinary theoretical and practical orientation at the crossroads of economics and (practical) philosophy, it primarily provides the discipline as well as interested representatives of business,



08/25/2010
Corporate Social Responsibility – Manager, Community Engagement


About the Hyatt Corporation At the Hyatt Corporation we believe our customers select us because of our caring and attentive associates who work hard to provide efficient service and meaningful experiences. We care about our associates and our customers. This is the Hyatt Touch. Our commitment



08/19/2010
New issues of Business Ethics Quarterly (volume 20, 2+3)


The resent issues of Business Ethics Quarterly (volume 20, 2+3) contain: Transnational Corporations and the Duty to Respect Basic Human Rights, by Arnold, D.G., in: Business Ethics Quarterly, volume 20, number 3, pages 371-399, 2010. The Role of Corporations in Shaping the Global Rules of the Game:



08/19/2010
New issues of Journal of Business Ethics (volume 95)


The resent issues of Journal of Business and Ethics (volume 95) contain: The Effect of Confucian Work Ethics on Learning About Science and Technology Knowledge and Morality, by Yeh, Q. -J. and Xu, X. , in: Journal of Business Ethics, volume 95, number 1, pages 111-128,



08/19/2010
Environmental Performance Analyst – CSR department in Stockholm


H&M aims to be at the forefront of sustainability. Sustainability is about reaching our high goals within People, Planet and Profit. The CSR Support Department’s vision is to enable a better choice to more people by working for resource smartness and a better life for those



08/19/2010
Senior Sustainability Manager – UK/London


Our well-known client, a high profile global FMCG, is looking to recruit a Senior Sustainability Manager, to be based in their London office. This role has huge scope to play a part in driving the delivery of the environmental offering for their sustainability strategy. Reporting directly



08/17/2010
Governments Renew Support for the Global Compact


(New York) – The UN Global Compact Office released today the report of the Ministerial Session held in conjunction with the Global Compact Leaders Summit 2010, held on 23-25 June in New York. Ministers and other high-level government officials attending the Ministerial Session encouraged the UN



08/11/2010
Global Compact Encourages Business Contribution to Humanitarian Efforts in Pakistan


(New York) – The worst floods to hit Pakistan since 1929 have left an estimated 13.8 million people affected as of 9 August, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Over 1,600 people have died and at least 290,000 dwellings are



08/06/2010
UN Secretary-General Underscores Business Role in Advancing Peace and Development


(Tokyo) – Today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the Global Compact Japan Network. Reflecting on the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Secretary-General emphasized the important role that business can play in supporting governments to resolve conflict and build peace. He



08/03/2010
Global Compact China-Japan-Korea Roundtable Convenes Second Conference


(Shanghai) – The second Global Compact China-Japan-Korea Roundtable conference was held today at the World Expo 2010 in the UN Pavilion. Mrs. Ying Chen, Director of Local Network China, Mr. Akio Nomura, Board Member of Local Network Japan, and Mr. Chul-ki Ju, Secretary General of Local



08/02/2010
Global Compact Exhibition Opens at World Expo 2010 Amid High Level Forum


(Shanghai) – Today the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai opened an exhibit on the Global Compact. To mark the occasion a Global Compact high level forum was held. Convened at the UN pavilion, the event gathered over 200 leaders from Chinese businesses, civil society, the



08/02/2010
Formation of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC)


(London) – The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced today the formation of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). The world has never faced greater challenges: over-consumption of finite natural resources, climate change, and the need to provide clean



07/27/2010
Global Compact Launched in Uganda


(Kampala) – Today the Global Compact Network Uganda was officially launched by Finance Minister Syda Bbumba, at gathering of more than 60 business, civil society and government representatives. The launch event was held in partnership with the German Development Service (DED) and the Confederation of



07/26/2010
Global Compact Marks 10th Anniversary, Reflects on Milestones


(New York) — Today marks ten years since the launch of the UN Global Compact at United Nations Headquarters in New York. On 26 July 2000, a small Global Compact initiative – comprised of just 40 companies, as well as influential civil society, labour and



07/25/2010
Declaration from African Private Sector Forum Presented to Heads of State at AU Summit


(Kampala) – Over 200 leaders from business, civil society and government convened at the African Private Sector Forum on 22-23 July on the theme “Creating New Business Opportunities in the Aftermath of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis”. Held on the margins of the 15th




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Businesses & Consultants

06/29/2010
Siemens Sustainability Report 2009

NGOs

08/17/2010
Governments Renew Support for the Global Compact
Siemens published its new Sustainability Report 2009 at www.siemens.com/sustainability-report. The report makes it clear: For Siemens, sustainability is the path to profitable growth and long-term value creation. To achieve these goals, the company is intensifying its efforts in various areas:

csr-reporting.net closing a gap on sustainability information >>
The future of green >>
CR expert and author, Deborah Leipziger, to lead Human Rights Solutions Forum research in the Americas >>
The Concept and Business Case of Sustainability >>
Siemens Sustainability Report 2008 published >>
(New York) – The UN Global Compact Office released today the report of the Ministerial Session held in conjunction with the Global Compact Leaders Summit 2010, held on 23-25 June in New York. Ministers and other high-level government officials attending the

Global Compact Encourages Business Contribution to Humanitarian Efforts in Pakistan >>
UN Secretary-General Underscores Business Role in Advancing Peace and Development >>
Global Compact China-Japan-Korea Roundtable Convenes Second Conference >>
Global Compact Exhibition Opens at World Expo 2010 Amid High Level Forum >>
Formation of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) >>


Research Institutes

08/29/2010
Conflict Kitchen: Business as Activism




Business Councils

09/22/2009
Report Urges New Approach to Valuing Businesses

“What do we want? Sandwiches! When do we want them? Now!” Businesses are not infrequently the targets of protests, boycotts, and other forms of activism. But what about business as a form of activism? I’m not just talking about using a market-based approach to achieve certain kinds of social goals, as in various kinds of [...]
Ethics, BP, & Decision-Making Under Pressure >>
Success at Selling Less >>
Tip the Farmer? >>
Corporations & the Right to Sue for Libel >>
Ethics in Venture Capital >>
Barcelona, 22 Sept – For many years there have been inconclusive attempts to prove that improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance positively affects overall business performance. Now a new report from a European research team proposes that companies

Hewitt Best Employers in Canada Study 2010 >>
How aware do you live your life? >>
CSR EMERGING AS A GOVERNANCE ISSUE FOR BOARDS >>
EABIS Annual Colloquium – CR and Sustainability: Leadership and Organisational Change >>
BSR 2006 Conference >>


Journals

09/03/2010
New issue of Business & Society Review (volume 115/3)



Events

06/18/2010
Congress on Experiential Learning

The resent issue of the Business & Society Review (volume 115, 3) contains: Toward a Framework for Achieving a Sustainable Globalization, by Preble, J.F., in: Business & Society Review (00453609), volume 115, number 3, pages 329-366, 2010. Shifting Paradigms in Corporate Environmentalism:

Global Standards: Between Regulation, Normativity, and Rhetoric (Call for Papers) >>
New issues of Business Ethics Quarterly (volume 20, 2+3) >>
New issues of Journal of Business Ethics (volume 95) >>
New issue of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship (volume 37) >>
New issue of Journal of Business Ethics (volume 94/1) >>
How does today’s management education use experiential learning to improve management development and executive education? This will be the most important though not only question addressed by the Congress on Experiential Learning organised by EABIS on 25/26 November 2010; supported

Workshop: Academy of Management Meeting in Montreal >>
Workshop on CSR Regulation and Global Governance >>
Symposium: “The Future of Economics and Management” >>
CSR – Japanese and German Approaches and Experiences >>
Ethics in Crisis: A Call for Alternatives (EBEN Conference) >>



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Newsflash

08/29/2010
Conflict Kitchen: Business as Activism
“What do we want? Sandwiches! When do we want them? Now!” Businesses are not infrequently the targets of protests, boycotts, and

08/27/2010
Ethics, BP, & Decision-Making Under Pressure
Over the last couple of months, criticism of BP has become an international pastime. It’s hard not to get the

08/24/2010
Measuring the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility – Does CSR matter?
Öko-Institut and EABIS, together with a consortium of fourteen leading European research institutions, launches the website for a unique

08/23/2010
Shooting straight at Target?
Target, the American discount retail giant that has for years been trying to claw market share from its mammoth rival

08/22/2010
Success at Selling Less
A few months ago, I posted about Pepsi promising to stop selling its sugary drinks to kids at school (see


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09/06/2010
Regierung plant offenbar unterschiedliche Laufzeiten für AKW
Berlin > Beim Koalitionsgipfel zur Zukunft der Atomkraft in Deutschland hat sich am Sonntag eine Annäherung in einigen Streitpunkten abgezeichnet. Aus Regierungskreisen hieß es am Abend, die Atomkraftwerke sollten in der Frage der Laufzeiten individuell unterschiedlich behandelt werden. Auch hinsichtlich eines finanziellen Beitrags der Akw-Betreiber gab es demnach Fortschritte. Bundeskanzlerin und

09/06/2010
CSR im Rückspiegel – die 35. Woche
Hückeswagen > Wer sagte was, handelte wie, engagierte sich wo, kritisierte warum und trat wann hervor in Sachen gesellschaftliche Unternehmensverantwortung? Die Woche im Rückspiegel: Airbus-Stiftung: Flugerlebnis für Kinder mit Handicap Mit der Airbus-Stiftung und dem Verein "Les Citoyens du Ciel" ("die Himmelsbürger") hoben am 5. September Kinder von Airbus-Mitarbeitern und aus sozialen

09/06/2010
Seminar »Megatrend: Nachhaltigkeit in der Wirtschaft« in Berlin
Am 27. Oktober 2010 geben namhafte Experten aus Politik, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft Praxistipps und Antworten auf Fragen rund um das Thema Nachhaltigkeit in Unternehmen. Nachhaltigkeit – die Verbindung von Ökonomie, Ökologie und sozialer Balance - ist längst mehr als nur ein Imagefaktor, sondern ein auf maximalen Erfolg ausgerichteter Business Case. Auf Grund

09/06/2010
Hunger wird zentrales Problem der Weltpolitik
Berlin > Die hohen Preise für Weizen und andere Agrargüter hält Harald von Witzke, Präsident des Berliner Humboldt Forums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, für Vorboten einer drohenden Welternährungskrise. "Wenn nicht entscheidend gegengesteuert wird, werden die Preise wichtiger Agrargüter in nur wenigen Jahren um 50 bis 100 % über denjenigen liegen,

09/05/2010
In tausenden japanischen Schulkantinen wird Walfleisch serviert
Tokio > In tausenden japanischen Schulkantinen steht wieder Walfleisch auf dem Speiseplan: Von den knapp 30.000 staatlichen Schulen mit Kantinen wurde in rund 5350 zwischen April 2009 und März 2010 mindestens einmal Walfleisch serviert, wie die japanische Nachrichtenagentur Kyodo am Sonntag berichtete. Während in den 60er und 70er Jahren Walfleisch

09/05/2010
Foodwatch-Chef wirft Ministerin Versagen bei Verbraucherschutz vor
Berlin > Der Chef der Verbraucherorganisation Foodwatch, Thilo Bode, hat Verbraucherschutzministerin Ilse Aigner (CSU) Versagen beim Schutz der Konsumenten vorgeworfen. Besonders im Bereich der Nahrungsmittelindustrie wolle die Politik "nichts mehr gegen die Industrie entscheiden", kritisierte Bode im Interview mit dem Magazin "Spiegel" laut einer am Sonntag vorab veröffentlichten Meldung. Ein


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