As the wall between the nonprofit and corporate worlds crumbles, many social change organizations are asking themselves: Do we stick to our activist guns, or do we cross the divide and work with business? Research suggests that social movements need both kinds of organizations to make the changes they seek.
Business trumps government in creating social change.
The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility.
In this audio lecture, Michael Pollan and John Mackey take their year-long blog discussion live in front of an audience of Berkeley foodies. In response to Pollan's critiques of Whole Foods' practices, Mackey describes some of agriculture's less savory practices, lays out his vision for a more sustainable and humane food system, and unveils Whole Foods' new consumer-education initiatives.
The authors offer an inside view of corporate social responsibility at work.
The author has penned an engaging book that unravels the complicated issues surrounding business ethics.
Patagonia has found corporate social responsibility to be a profitable strategy. In this audio lecture, Yvon Chouinard, founder, offers a slew of counterintuitive business tips on how to save the environment while making money. This self-proclaimed "reluctant business man" reveals himself to be a business visionary.
How Lutherans are transforming their love of coffee into global good.
How Fair Trade coffee moved out of its niche and into the most mainstream market of all.
MacArthur “genius” prize winner creates drugs for the developing world.
