A vast majority of professional investors view investments in community action as an indicator of a corporate culture less likely to produce expensive missteps. A vast majority of professional investors view investments in community action and philanthropy not as a waste of money that could be returned to shareholders, but rather as an indicator of …
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Jack Ma’s Alibaba has been ranked in first place on a recent corporate social responsibility index measuring 110 well-known Chinese enterprises. The annual index, jointly developed by the Corporate Legal Research Center at Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Political Science Institute of East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL), noted that the gap …
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In high school, it was common and acceptable to seek out service opportunities for prestige, not necessarily for strong belief in advancing an organization’s goals. We did what we thought we needed to do in order to get into our college of choice, and in college we look for service experiences that at least …
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Without a coercive enforcement mechanism, it is unlikely that the law will yield effective results. The Companies Act 2013 requires large (above a specified threshold level) firms to spend 2% of their net profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects.
Overwhelmed consumers are looking to outsource their consciences to the companies they buy from. But it requires a deeper kind of trust. I’ve never really been a fan of Walmart. I lack the direct experience with the world’s largest retailer to fairly say I don’t like it, but still—a company that has both a taste …
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