Archive | January, 2008

The Renaissance Brand & Its CSR Implications

For any company entertaining the idea of implementing a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme in their business, the main barriers to adoption have always been the high startup costs and inadequate return on investment; but perhaps we should reframe the question and consider the cost of not doing so. With the rise of consumer expectations […]

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Reshaping Lives

Khaliq shares his personal and professional passions Passionately responded Zouhair A. Khaliq, CEO Mobilink, when TBL asked him how he feels about CSR. It is part of where we come from and a part of our religion to look after our environment and our people, he continued. If you look at it from the corporate […]

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Global Briefs Jan-Feb 2008

First ever systematic set of global human rights risk indices launched Maplecroft has launched an innovative set of 25 human rights risk indices for 20 different sets of human rights violations, to bring greater understanding and policy focus to the field of business and human rights. Maplecroft, founded in 2001, is a specialist research and […]

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Do You Speak My Language?

There was a time when some corporate executives in any organisation would manage to get by in their jobs year after year and get promotions too, all with very little effort or real work being done. They had perfected an art called LBDN: Look Busy Do Nothing. Cluttered desks, sleeves rolled up and tie loosened, […]

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