HR can lead on corporate social responsibility
The Government’s new online corporate social responsibility academy presents HR with the opportunity to take centre stage on ethical strategy.
CSR help is at hand Personnel Today's Noel O'Reilly investigates what the CSR Academy could mean for employers, and how HR can contribute.
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CSR Academy is launched, Academy aims to entrench CSR as day-to-day concern and CSR minister calls on UK business to join academy Read Personnel Today's coverage of the launch of the CSR Academy.
Do ethics pay?
Writing in Personnel Today, Adele Kimber reports on the latest evidence
of the linkage between corporate ethics and profitability, and profiles
successful CSR initiatives at the Co-operative Bank and Safeway.
Blowing your own credibility
Writing in Personnel Today, Stephen Overell argues that UK companies'
commitment to business ethics and principles of corporate social responsibility
is often motivated not by altruism, but by self-interest.
Case study 1: Co-operative Bank profits from ethics The Co-operative Bank's belief in the link between social responsibility and business success is showing positive results, reports IRS journal Equal Opportunities Review.
Case study 2: Marks & Spencer puts its money where its mouth is on CSR The retail giant argues that employers following its example on investing in corporate social responsibility will benefit from increased investment, and find it easier to attract new employees and customers. Personnel Today's Ross Wigham reports.
Corporate accountability IRS investigates what constitutes a 'socially responsible' business.
CSR as an opportunity for HR innovation (from Personnel
Today)
EC rules against use of
mandatory CSR policies
Scheme to
train young offenders
HR must
innovate to ensure success of CSR
IRS Management Review
examines 'The ethical business'
The importance of business ethics
Investing in the community
Ethical employment policies
The environmentally-responsible
company
Supplier relations
Glossary of
terms