CR frameworks
- Is corporate self-disclosure effective?
- J.L. Short; M.W. Toffel / Harvard Business School, 2007
- Programmes encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily disclose the violations they find are becoming increasingly important elements of regulatory strategy, and may be beginning to displace traditional...
- Does self-policing improve environmental performance?
- M.W. Toffel; J.L. Short / Harvard Business School, 2008
- This paper evaluates the self-regulatory practice known as self-policing among businesses, which involves encouraging regulated entities to monitor their own compliance with the law and report and correct violations they discover. The...
- Assessing the impact of certification standards and corporate codes of conduct
- M.J Hiscox; C. Schwartz; M.W. Toffel / Harvard Business School, 2008
- Social Accountability 8000 Standard (SA 8000) and similar corporate codes are promoted as a necessary tool to improve workplace conditions, especially in nations that lack robust enforcement of regulatory standards.These certification...
- A review of the emerging management literature on self-regulatory institutions
- A. King; M.W. Toffel / Harvard Business School, 2007
- This paper discusses how institutions can resolve environmental problems. The paper reviews the emerging management literature on self-regulatory institutions, suggesting that these institutions can provide practical solutions to envi...
- Addressing the challenges of developing and managing sustainable ventures
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2009
- Sustainable ventures are business initiatives and activities that improve human wellbeing and the environment on a profitable basis in ways that are scalable and replicable. They are initiatives on the micro-level, operated by busines...
- Why measuring impacts on society makes business sense
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2008
- Over the past few years, several companies have explored ways to measure the impact of their business activities on the societies in which they operate. These innovations have led to development a common approach to measuring business...
- Enhancing transparency in Hong Kong garment company supply chains
- CSR Asia, 2009
- This report examines transparency in Hong Kong garment sector supply chain operations to provide an update of their overall performance, and any key developments facing Hong Kong companies. The research covers five categori...
- Do MNCs in China honour their environmental information disclosure commitments?
- Greenpeace International, 2008
- Western countries have established a relatively complete legal system for environmental information disclosure by businesses, and many multinational companies (MNCs) have gained practical experience in how to make environmental inform...
- A guide to responsible business conduct in international operations.
- A. Bohman; G. Minter / International Business Leaders Forum, 2008
- The number of initiatives and standards relevant to corporate responsibility have increased rapidly over the last 15 years. Companies no longer wonder whether to use such tools; they wonder about which ones to use, and in what combina...
- Seven principles for enacting strategic CSR
- P.A. Heslin (ed); J. D. Ochoa (ed) / Social Science Research Network, 2008
- Business leaders are increasingly concerned with how their organisations can grow and thrive from addressing societal challenges. The authors of this paper argue that effective CSR initiatives are those derived from careful analysis o...
- Is corporate self-disclosure effective?
- J.L. Short; M.W. Toffel / Harvard Business School, 2007
- Programmes encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily disclose the violations they find are becoming increasingly important elements of regulatory strategy, and may be beginning to displace traditional...
- Does self-policing improve environmental performance?
- M.W. Toffel; J.L. Short / Harvard Business School, 2008
- This paper evaluates the self-regulatory practice known as self-policing among businesses, which involves encouraging regulated entities to monitor their own compliance with the law and report and correct violations they discover. The...
- Assessing the impact of certification standards and corporate codes of conduct
- M.J Hiscox; C. Schwartz; M.W. Toffel / Harvard Business School, 2008
- Social Accountability 8000 Standard (SA 8000) and similar corporate codes are promoted as a necessary tool to improve workplace conditions, especially in nations that lack robust enforcement of regulatory standards.These certification...
- A review of the emerging management literature on self-regulatory institutions
- A. King; M.W. Toffel / Harvard Business School, 2007
- This paper discusses how institutions can resolve environmental problems. The paper reviews the emerging management literature on self-regulatory institutions, suggesting that these institutions can provide practical solutions to envi...
- Addressing the challenges of developing and managing sustainable ventures
- United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative, 2009
- Sustainable ventures are business initiatives and activities that improve human wellbeing and the environment on a profitable basis in ways that are scalable and replicable. They are initiatives on the micro-level, operated by busines...
- Why measuring impacts on society makes business sense
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2008
- Over the past few years, several companies have explored ways to measure the impact of their business activities on the societies in which they operate. These innovations have led to development a common approach to measuring business...
- Enhancing transparency in Hong Kong garment company supply chains
- CSR Asia, 2009
- This report examines transparency in Hong Kong garment sector supply chain operations to provide an update of their overall performance, and any key developments facing Hong Kong companies. The research covers five categori...
- Do MNCs in China honour their environmental information disclosure commitments?
- Greenpeace International, 2008
- Western countries have established a relatively complete legal system for environmental information disclosure by businesses, and many multinational companies (MNCs) have gained practical experience in how to make environmental inform...
- A guide to responsible business conduct in international operations.
- A. Bohman; G. Minter / International Business Leaders Forum, 2008
- The number of initiatives and standards relevant to corporate responsibility have increased rapidly over the last 15 years. Companies no longer wonder whether to use such tools; they wonder about which ones to use, and in what combina...
- Seven principles for enacting strategic CSR
- P.A. Heslin (ed); J. D. Ochoa (ed) / Social Science Research Network, 2008
- Business leaders are increasingly concerned with how their organisations can grow and thrive from addressing societal challenges. The authors of this paper argue that effective CSR initiatives are those derived from careful analysis o...
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) (ECCJ)
- Coalition of European organisations working to promote corporate responsibility
