Business Ethics & Philanthropy

Following the “clean diesel” scandal, Volkswagen will be dropped from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), a leading sustainability index in the early October. Once...

The Maharashtra state government is keen on involving the corporate sector to share the responsibility of developing the state with their corporate social responsibility...

We read about corporate charity and social responsibility projects, but no such support comes our way. As if we are not just outcasts in society, we are pariahs in the world of philanthropy and social development

With a lack of certified professionals entering the field, and wp consultants mushrooming all around, how do you choose the right one?

Even as wp consultants themselves remain unclear how to incorporate wp into a business model, the corporate sector needs to change its mindset and adopt sustainable production in a holistic manner

Minister of State for CorporateAffairs Nirmala Sitharaman have said that the government will analyse the pattern of Corporate Spending under wp programmes after completion of one year.

Given that we are mandating corporations to spend money on us, we as a society would be better off if we had a way of measuring it

DEFENCE Minister Arun Jaitley today urged the corporate sector to utilise the services of ex-servicemen for meeting their requirement for a highly trained and disciplined...

With an extensive expertise ranging from infrastructure development to quality education, ex-servicemen could be just what the Corporate Houses need to effectively create, implement and monitor wp programs.

How do you connect social responsibility with the overall marketing strategy of a company? As social responsibility becomes the flavour of the season in Indian advertising, companies are looking to realign their messages to acquire consumer confidence

The very fact that in a country with more than 300 universities and 3000 business schools we do not have a single Chair Professor for wp speaks volumes about the so called social relevance of institutions offering wp Training. Professor CV Baxi presents a thought-provoking critique on Capacity building for wp & Sustainability in India.

“Innovation” has long been a buzzword in the philanthropic sector, applied to a wide variety of approaches and initiatives that sometimes fit one of the many definitions of innovation and sometimes do not. Our interviews demonstrated that funders do not always operate with a similar understanding of what characterizes an innovative social change approach.