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Social Responsibility
Social Responsibility in Business
International business enterprises--Social aspects


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DIRECTORIES

National Directory of Corporate Giving
HV89.N26 (Directories Table)
Detailed portraits of close to 2,300 corporate foundations and some 1,300 direct giving programs feature essential information: application guidelines; key personnel; types of support awarded; giving limitations; and financial data including assets, annual giving, and the average size of grants. Plus, many of the large corporate entries include in-depth program analyses to indicate further grant maker giving interests.

Corporate Giving Directory
HV97.A3 T29 (Directories Table)
This directory provides detailed descriptive profiles of 1,000 of the top corporate charitable giving programs in the United States.


 

JOURNALS

Business Ethics: Corporate Social Responsibility Report
http://www.business-ethics.com/

Business Ethics: A European Review
http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?AVQ4141

Business Ethics Quarterly: The Journal of the Society for Business Ethics
Slot B-945 (Current Serials); Older issues: HF5387.B8756 (Stacks)

Journal of Corporate Citizenship
http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio4813772.001

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio3431068
Print: HV1.J63 (Lehman Library)

Stanford Social Innovation Review
http://www.ssireview.org/
Print: Slot S-692 (Current Serials); Older issues: HD62.6 S73 (Stacks)


 

ORGANIZATIONS

United States

The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College
http://www.bc.edu/centers/ccc/index.html
A membership-based research organization, The Center works with global corporations to help them define, plan and put into action their corporate citizenship. The Knowledge Center provides case studies, articles and other resources on corporate citizenship.

United Kingdom

International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ICCSR/index.html
Part of the Nottingham University Business School in the United Kingdom, the ICCSR engages in mainstream teaching and research in the broad area of corporate social responsibility.

UK Government Gateway to Corporate Social Responsibility
http://www.societyandbusiness.gov.uk/
United Kingdom's website on corporate social responsibility. 

Global

Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's online library covers over 1000 companies, over 160 countries, over 150 topics. The site is composed of links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organizations, journalists, academics, etc. It includes reports of corporate misconduct, as well as positive examples of "best practice" by companies.

Business for Social Responsibility
http://www.bsr.org/
A global organization that helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment. BSR provides information, tools, training and advisory services to make corporate social responsibility an integral part of business operations and strategies. A nonprofit organization, BSR promotes cross sector collaboration and contributes to global efforts to advance the field of corporate social responsibility.

CSR Europe
http://www.csreurope.org/default.aspx
CSR Europe is a non-profit organization that promotes corporate social responsibility. CSR provides news and publications on various topics concerning social responsibility. Ethical Corporation http://www.ethicalcorp.com/ Ethical Corporation magazine tracks news, case studies and other publications on the issues of corporate social, financial and environmental responsibility. Resources are free but users must register.


 

DATABASES

Business Source Premier
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/4784657.html
Covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, finance, international business, econometrics and economics. Contains full text of the Harvard Business Review, California Management Review and other important journals. BSP also includes country reports from EIU and Global Insight as well as company reports from Datamonitor.

Factiva
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3272677.html
Factiva is an excellent resource for finding company and industry information. Factiva contains a database of nearly 8,000 publications, including: academic and trade publications, industry newsletters, international and regional newspapers, business magazines, and business newswires.

iRatings [Innovest]
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/5855300.html
Investment research analyzing a companies' performance on factors such as environmental, social, and strategic governance management.

LexisNexis Academic
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/2100385.html
An interdisciplinary, full-text, Web-accessible database of over 18,000 sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works.

Proquest Direct
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/2134941.html
This resource contains subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.


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