Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Center

Honoring Giving Tuesday: What Is Next Is Now By: Michael Bzdak, PhD, Global Director, Employee Engagement at Johnson & Johnson - As the “world’s biggest day of generosity,” Giving Tuesday—Nov. 30, 2021, this year—is always a reminder for me to take stock of the current year and look to the future. As we all know, [...]

Diversifying the Workforce Recently, Corporate Leadership Council members and guests discussed practical ways to increase diversity in the workforce, focusing on recruitment, retention and promotion; linking metrics to compensation and business plans; as well as creating pipeline programs and opportunity. Cleveland Cavaliers: Institutionalize diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work with metrics that are tied to [...]

How ESG Programs Can Combat the Great Resignation By: Susan Hunt Stevens, Founder and CEO of WeSpire This article is reprinted with permission. In her book "How to Change," author Katy Milkman cites the importance of reset dates or events that enable a mental fresh start. Hence the popularity of New Year's Day, birthdays [...]

Helping Nonprofits Fight the Pandemic in Global Communities By: Shane O'Connor, Communications Advisor at FedEx For decades, FedEx has supported a number of local and global nonprofit organizations that specialize in helping underserved communities. Especially in times of disaster, when communities are recovering from hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, volcanos, tsunamis and now, a global pandemic, [...]

What is Corporate Social Work? By: Michelle Rojas, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager at Imperfect Foods and Co-Founder of the Corporate Social Work Collective Corporate Social Work is a non-traditional path of macro social work where those with social work degrees take roles in traditional business settings. Job descriptions might not use the title [...]

How business can help Afghan girls and women By: Bea Boccalandro, Author of Do Good at Work: How Simple Acts of Social Purpose Drive Success and Wellbeing and purpose advisor to over a dozen Fortune 500 companies Like many of you, I’m heartsick for the people of Afghanistan–especially the girls and women left vulnerable [...]

CSR, ESG, Social Impact Resources Want to dig deeper? In addition to our CSR Center and Corporate Leadership Council, here are resources around CSR, ESG, sustainability, as well as individual experts and more: 21st Century Corporate Citizenship book by Dave Stangis com: 21st Century Corporate Citizenship: A Practical Guide to Delivering Value to Society and [...]

Driving Social Impact By Putting The 'S' In ESG By: Thomas G. Bognanno, President & CEO of CHC: Creating Healthier Communities Corporate citizenship has continued its evolution from corporate social responsibility (CSR) through philanthropy and check writing to creating shared value and win-win models. Today, CSR efforts have a more holistic focus on environmental, [...]

DEI Today: The Benefits Of True Inclusion And All Kinds Of Minds By: Patrick Bardsley, Co-founder and CEO of Spectrum Designs Foundation One great advancement that came out of 2020 was a heightened focus on how organizations (and their followers) are actively viewing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). According to the World Health Organization, over 1 [...]

How to Transition Your Giving Platform By: Dezarie Mayers, Director, Global Health & Social Impact, Pfizer Inc I recently completed my fourth major giving platform transition for Pfizer and understand how time-consuming and challenging these transitions can be, requiring careful strategy, planning and integration. That’s why I’m sharing my learnings, tips, and a general [...]