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Wal-Mart Puerto Rico: Promoting Development Through a Public-Private Partnership
Authors: Sagebien, Julia; Comas, Myrna
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
"Sowing the Development of the Country" (SDC) was a public-private partnership between Wal-Mart Puerto Rico (Wal-Mart PR), the island's Department of Agriculture as well as its Economic Development Bank (EDB), two NGOs "Caborrojeños Pro Salud y Ambiente" (Caborrojeños Pro Health and Environment) and ConectaRSE (a corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotion non-governmental organization(NGO)), and a group of local farmers. The objective of the project was to promote sustainable development on the island by encouraging farmers to become entrepreneurs by developing small agro-businesses. Wal-Mart acted as the primary buyer. The project faced many challenges, such as farmers' difficulties in meeting quality standards and delivery schedules, the lack of an existing vehicle through which to access funding from the EDB, and, most importantly, changes in the political party in power. Project partners had to develop a position from which to negotiate a new alliance with the incoming government administration.
TATA Power - Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Authors: Deshmukh, Rama; Adhikari, Atanu
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
The case describes the strategic dilemma involved in making a decision on the method of operation of the corporate social responsibility department for one of the leading Indian multinational corporations, Tata Power Company from Tata Group of Companies.
The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (A, B)
Authors: Marquis, Christopher; Shah, Pooja; Tolleson, Amanda; Thomason, Bobbi
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
At the end of 2009, The Dannon Company was considering pro actively communicating its CSR efforts to consumers. With the strong connection between Dannon's production of health foods and its commitment to health and nutrition-based CSR activities, communicating these activities to consumers could enhance the company's success, but risked tainting its deeply ingrained CSR as a marketing ploy.
The Responsibility Revolution
Author: Hollender, Jeffrey
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Jossey-Bass
Publication Year: 2010
With the public increasingly embracing ecological sustainability, many businesses have pledged to be good corporate citizens-but how committed are they? Hollender, chairman of clean household company Seventh Generation, shares his own company's process of redefining its mission and values...
Toby Johnson (A, B)
Authors: Groysberg, Boris; Danford, Leslie; Lodge, Amy; Sayles, Tereh
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
After completing her MBA in 2007, Toby Johnson, a former army pilot with the 18th Airborne Corps Rapid Deployment Force, joined PepsiCo's Leadership Development Program (LDP). For her first assignment with PepsiCo, Johnson accepted a position as a manufacturing-manager at a Frito-Lay plant in Williamsport, PA. The Williamsport plant had 200 employees and 54 million pounds of production per year. The case describes how Johnson took charge of the plant, and her action plan for implementing a new set of changes
Measuring Corporate Social Performance: A Review
Author: Wood, Donna J.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: International Journal of Management Reviews
Publication Year: 2010
This paper reviews the literature on corporate social performance (CSP) measurement and sets that literature into a theoretical context.
Stakeholder Engagement, Discourse Ethics and Strategic Management
Authors: Noland, James; Phillips, Robert
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: International Journal of Management Reviews
Publication Year: 2010
The aim of this paper is to identify, review and assess two prominent recent trends in the literature on stakeholder engagement.
Organizational Stages and Cultural Phases: A Critical Review and a Consolidative Model of Corporate Social Responsibility Development
Authors: Maon, François; Lindgreen, Adam; Swaen, Valérie
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: International Journal of Management Reviews
Publication Year: 2010
Based on a stakeholder-oriented conceptualization of corporate social responsibility (CSR), this paper offers a multi-dimensional, dynamic perspective which integrates moral, cultural and strategic aspects of the CSR development process, together with its organizational implications.
Maximizing Business Returns to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): The Role of CSR Communication
Authors: Du, Shuili; Bhattacharya, C.B.; Sen, Sankar
Product Type:
Source: International Journal of Management Reviews
Publication Year: 2010
Stakeholders' low awareness of and unfavorable attributions towards companies' CSR activities remain critical impediments in companies' attempts to maximize business benefits from their CSR activities, highlighting a need for companies to communicate CSR more effectively to stakeholders.
The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Concepts, Research and Practice
Authors: Carroll, Archie B.; Shabana, Kareem M.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: International Journal of Management Reviews
Publication Year: 2010
What do the business community and organizations get out of CSR? That is, how do they benefit tangibly from engaging in CSR policies, activities and practices? The goal is to describe and summarize the bottom-line financial and other reasons for businesses pursuing CSR strategies and policies.
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