The Magazine of Corporate Responsibility

Archive for December, 2009

VIDEO: Accenture’s Mark Foster on Thinking About Tomorrow

Despite the crucial cost cutting that businesses are undertaking in this economic climate, it’s also important to be thinking about tomorrow, Accenture’s Mark Foster tells Big Think.

Warning: A “Credit Bubble” in Microfinance

Microfinance has emerged in the last half century as a powerful force for economic development. According to the World Bank, microfinance institutions serve about 160 million people in developing countries. But now there comes a warning: microfinance may be experiencing a credit bubble, with serious consequences for the very people it is intended to help.

New Website Aims to Increase Proxy Voting by Retail Investors

Hoping to reverse a decline in proxy voting by retail shareowners, Moxy Vote assembles a group of advocates with which shareowners can choose to align their votes.

Intel’s Annual Meeting: What Would Gordon Gekko Say?

In May 2010, Intel will become the first publicly-held U.S. company to hold a “virtual shareholder meeting” to the exclusion of an in-person gathering. While the plan may have advantages – including no cost to attend, and “increased transparency” with more shareholders able to attend – activist investors say Intel’s move would set a “negative precedent” for other companies.

VIDEO: New MBA Buzz – Corporate Social Responsibility

Garth Saloner, dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business, talks with The Wall Street Journal’s Diana Middleton about the growing focus on corporate social responsibility in its business school curriculum and why it’s important.