Tag Archives: stakeholders
Engaged to be…?
Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Khadeeja Balkhi.
With all this talk about stakeholder ‘management’, subconsciously, our brains tend to process stakeholders as yet another nuisance to be ‘managed’. Managing humans, to me, has somewhat of a negative connotation. Of course, when displeased, stakeholders could present a risk to be mitigated. However, when meaningfully engaged and consulted, there is much latent energy to [...]
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6point8 Billion: The Citizen Stakeholders
Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Ramla Akhtar.
Is it possible to engage each and every human on the planet as a stakeholder? Is it possible to make every single voice count? Is it possible to get all citizens on board to arrive at decisions that are relevant to the entire population? The answer is: YES. A resounding, no dream, all hard fact [...]
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The Trellis of Sustainability: Engaged Stakeholders
Posted on 25. Jun, 2010 by Afia Mansoor.
Engaging the stakeholders of an organization is crucial for ensuring its sustainability. Engaged customers, employees and even industry rivals make up a cohesive trellis on which an organization can grow securely. At the very beginning however, it is important to analyse how an organization views its stakeholders. Are stakeholders the means to achieve the end [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Corporate Social Responsibility: A Reputation At Risk
Posted on 12. Oct, 2008 by Arif Zaman.
why it matters, what it means and where it is going As the economic world turns upside down, the issue of trust – in business, governments, media and pressure groups in particular – has returned as perhaps one of the most urgent challenges of our time and one that has no borders. This can also [...]
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VC Analysis: Rooting Out Detractors
Posted on 30. Jul, 2008 by Khadeeja Balkhi.
The rather significant ass-u-m-ption in using the term value chain (VC) as opposed to supply chain is that only processes or people that add value to a product or service are considered to be a part of the value chain. In reality, this is often not the case, especially where middlemen often are observed to [...]
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