Tag Archives: Nike

The impact-to-scale ratio

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Every so often, I cannot help but comment from afar on corporate social responsibility (CSR).  I worked in this area for IBM and GE before coming to Acumen, and I greatly appreciate what it takes to get big companies to … Continue reading →

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The Corporate Social Responsibility 2-by-2

Posted on January 28, 2009 by

Nathanial Whittmore, who writes a great blog at Change.org, posted yesterday about Brad Googins’ response to Barack Obama’s inauguration speech (Brad runs the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College).  Nathanial was very enthusiastic about Brad’s call for corporations to … Continue reading →

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Nike’s Corporate Social Responsibility efforts falling short? (or, why I’m so skeptical about CSR)

Posted on November 24, 2008 by

Here’s what struck me in Fortune’s recent article on Nike titled, “Citizen Nike” that looks into labor conditions in Nike’s supply chain: despite real, serious efforts on Nike’s part, conditions in the factories that manufacture their shoes hasn’t improved significantly … Continue reading →

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