Drucker on the ‘bounded goodness’ of corporate social responsibility

by Craig Smith, INSEAD Chaired Professor in Ethics and Social Responsibility Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge Peter Drucker’s immense contribution to the thinking and practice of management extends to social responsibility in business. This work goes back over 60 years but remains relevant today — notwithstanding the impacts of globalisation... [Read more...]

IEMA Workshop: An Accredited CSR Practitioners Workshop held by CSE in Dubai

The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE) hosted the 2nd annual IEMA Approved CSR Practitioner Workshop in Dubai, UAE. The workshop took place on 20 and 21 January 2010 at the Novotel World Trade Center venue.  CSR active practitioners, managers, and coordinators from leading organizations in the MENA region participated in the two-day workshop,... [Read more...]

The Haiti crisis: INSEAD faculty tracks humanitarian response

Courtesy of INSEAD Knowledge INSEAD Professor Luk Van Wassenhove, head of INSEAD’s Social Innovation Centre, and Programme Director Rolando Tomasini, have been monitoring the crisis in Haiti since the 7.1 earthquake struck, including being in touch with relevant NGOs, companies and governments, who are providing aid and support to the victims... [Read more...]

Lanxess Supports Haiti Relief Efforts

Lanxess is supporting relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake tragedy in Haiti. The specialty chemicals company has donated USD200,000 to supply more than four million chemical water treatment tablets. The tablets are used in water purification systems and can provide about 76 million liters of clean water for at least 20,000 Haitian families.... [Read more...]

Urban Businesses Called To Help Community

Businesses in the city are urged to organise ‘gotong-royong‘ programmes in residential areas as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). ‘Gotong-roying‘ is a term used to describe a group of volunteers who clean and spruce up a particular neighbourhood. [Read more...]  Read More →

Malaysian-Norwegian Businesses Help Native Malaysians

The Malaysian-Norwegian Business Council (MNBC) has made a RM45,000 contribution to the charity organisation, Living Hope, in aid of building an education resource centre for Native Malaysian (Orang Asli) children in the state of Pahang. [Read more...]  Read More →

New Foundation To Manage Malaysia’s RM100 mill CSR Fund

Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, announced recently the establishment of Yayasan 1MDB, which stands for 1 Malaysia Development Bhd, to manage a RM100 million Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fund. The foundation is set to launch key initiatives in bridging socio-economic gaps in a bid to fulfilling the 1Malaysia values, Najib... [Read more...]

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