Corporate Involvement and Accountability
| Even when a strategic fit is not
immediately obvious, common ground can often be discovered.
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| —James E. Austin |
"Collaborative relationships between nonprofits and corporations working
together to contribute to society is the wave of the future—and makes
excellent strategic sense." HBS Professor James E. Austin explains
why in The
Collaboration Challenge.
Learn about CW's "Common Ground" Program.
Shareholder
Value Versus Corporate Responsibility
April 22, 2002
It's a delicate
balance: Can companies provide good returns to shareholders while being
socially responsible? The "virtue matrix," developed by Rotman School of
Management's Dean Roger L. Martin, lays out some guidelines in this
excerpt from the Harvard Business Review.
Principles for
Partnership, by James E. Austin, Leader to Leader, No. 18 Fall 2000
"We may be
witnessing the emergence of a new social contract between business and the
rest of society through public-private partnerships. At a time when we know
that no one sector holds the answers -- that our future depends on working
together -- we really have no choice."
Read
More.
Connecting
With Nonprofits
October 1, 2001
Nonprofits and business have
a long history of collaboration, and the benefits run both ways. In this
excerpt from HBS professor James Austin's latest working paper, three
levels of collaboration are detailed. Plus: Austin Q&A.
Does Misery
Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
July 9, 2001
Is there a relationship
between a company's social performance and its financial performance? HBS
associate professor Joshua D. Margolis and University of Michigan
colleague James P. Walsh make the connection in their latest working
paper.
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