Tag Archives: financial crisis
The Failure of Good Governance: How it led to the Financial Crisis
Posted on 31. Dec, 2008 by Jia En Teo.
The concept of good governance has typically been used in development economics as a way to describe the system of aid-recipient countries – developing economies. The recent economic crisis has brought this concept into light in developed economies where governance, both public and private, has been assumed to be sound. Euphemistically put, the unfolding of [...]
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Corporate Responsibility in the Age of Irresponsibility:
Posted on 31. Dec, 2008 by Flavia Thome.
a symbiotic relationship between csr and the financial crisis?
Trying to understand the future impact of the financial turmoil of the last few months on the many institutions and actors on the global stage, is a daunting yet fascinating process. The analysis forces us to take a step back and view whatever it is that we [...]
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Victims and Winners: CSR and the Financial Crisis
Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by Wayne Visser.
Is the crisis the result of irresponsible banking, financial markets, corporations, executives or capitalism itself? And how will the impact vary, depending on whether CSR is philanthropic, strategic, embedded or revolutionary? This article examines the scale of the financial crisis, the links to CSR and the likely impact on CSR.
The Scale of The Crisis
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CSR now needed more than ever before
Posted on 30. Dec, 2008 by Michael Hopkins.
Turbulent times: Financial storms in the US and UK will have implications for all of us. Main Street and Wall Street cannot be separated. If the captains of those financial companies, now in crisis or bankrupted, had acted more responsibly with a proper Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, then their vessels would not have sunk [...]
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