Responsible Business
the c.how publication on how to better corporate social responsibility
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the c.how publication on how to better corporate social responsibility
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An Opportunity to Change the World. Faster.
Some of us may not have the time to read or are just lazy (sometimes I am too, can’t lie). Scroll to the bottom for a super simple summary.Empowerment through Action is a name we live by. Our mission is to empower people to positively change the world using innovative, unique products and services. Our first endeavor is Empower Card. ¶ Empower Card’s goal is simple: make giving easy, effective and transparent. We asked ourselves how we want to make an impact and came to the conclusion that there’s an opportunity to support and amplify current great works.
Darrell HaleyFeb 3
Dear Fellow Program Officer, You are Not Alone
We might disentangle the web of conditions that make philanthropy both possible and necessary. ~ Darren Walker, Ford FoundationIf you work in philanthropy, surrounded by all of its inherent contradictions, it’s a matter of time until you have your Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime moment. “And you may ask yourself, well… How did I get here?” ¶ On paper it’s your dream job, but sometimes it doesn’t feel that way. You’re committed to reducing inequality, yet you fear you’re part of a system that perpetuates it. You want to empower others, but unequal power dynamics are inherent throughout your work.
David SasakiOct 8, 2015
A culture of generosity will transform business
Adam Pike, CEO and Co-founder of BeyondMeRecipe for a Business Revolution… ¶ By Adam Pike, CEO and Co-founder of BeyondMe ¶ Walter Isaacson’s latest book, The Innovators, is a serial biography of the geniuses that over the past 200 years contributed to a digital revolution — enabling Jobs, Wozniak, Gates and Ellison to create the micro-chip and personal computer. ¶ Far from hero worship, Isaacson is at pains to emphasise that the most important digital advances were made by teams collaborating, communicating and exchanging ideas…
BeyondMeJan 18, 2015
The Rise of the Changemaker Business
(This post first appeared on Ashoka.org on 22nd May 2015).The respected economist, John Kay, dedicated one of his regular columns in The Financial Times last week to the ideal of the good corporation. His main line of argument was about the relationship between politics and business but what caught my eye was Kay’s definition of the ‘good corporation’: ¶ “The good corporation … pays workers a living wage; it does not engage in aggressive tax avoidance. It develops the skills and capabilities of its employees and does not bewilder customers with…
Adam LentMay 25, 2015
Education, Education, Education
The more house you can afford, the better education you get in this country. It’s as simple as that. The connection between real estate and…education is the Gordian knot of American society. ¶ We tried, as reported by a recent episode of This American Life, to cut it with a bussing policy in the 1970s and 80s, but people, especially those living close to the good schools, didn’t like it. It was too uncomfortable. Kids rode busses for hours at a time. After-school activities were nearly impossible to arrange. It was hard for kids to socialize in a way that they could develop reciprocal relationships.
Kate StarrSep 1, 2015
All in: How the FB Heron Foundation uses its investments to drive its mission
An unusual foundation deploys its endowment as well as its grants to fight poverty in the US.The F.B. Heron Foundation is not your typical foundation. For starters, there is (or was) evidently no F.B. Heron. An anonymous benefactor, which is something of a rarity in the ego-driven world of philanthropy, started the foundation in 1992 with a $150 million donation. When I got Clara Miller, the foundation’s president, on the phone, I asked if she knows the identity of the founding donor. “I can’t say,” she said.
Marc GuntherSep 17, 2015