Archive | April, 2009

Breaking News

That’s it; I have had all I can stomach with television channels and their insane predilection with airing every other piece of news as ‘breaking news’. There ought to be a law on what can and what cannot be classified as breaking news. I mean these channels break news faster than a patisserie chef can […]

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Social Responsibility of Leaders: Queen Noor’s Autobiography

The Hashimite rulers of Jordan, descendants of the famous Grand Sharif of Makkah, have played a pivotal role in recent history. Jordan, with its ancient ruins and rich cultural heritage, is situated in one of the most politically volatile areas of the world. Ever since the Balfour Declaration, it has faced a number of crises: […]

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Going Beyond: Leveraging Corporate Social Responsibility

TNS Kumari leaves her shift at the Bodyline plant in rural Horana in the afternoons to get home to her daughter and infant son. Her husband takes care of the children in the morning and he works the afternoon shift at the same plant. They have a new house, a car, some land and even […]

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CSR and Collaboration: The Key to Identifying

Terms like Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be quite misleading in their current ‘trend’ of up and coming business practices. Everyone was buzzing about whose CSR reports were more detailed and in-depth than others. Others invested in more bleeding heart initiatives, like building wells in Africa (they rarely mention how that community came to be […]

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