Tag: corporate social responsibility
The role of values in social innovation transfer
What role do values play in knowledge transfer between social enterprises, and what are the factors which facilitate or inhibit the exchange of innovative practice? Those are the questions behind new research by Imran Chowdhury of Wheaton College in Massachusetts, USA. Looking at social entrepreneurship through the lens of a partnership to transfer a model of affordable eye-care services from […]
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Integrating social media and CSR into strategic planning for a competitive advantage
The current theory for strategic planning involves assessing the business environment and identifying key assets within an organisation. Social media and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are currently considered unnecessary in strategy formulation. However, research conducted by Dr Gordon Bowen, associate lecturer at Northumbria University amongst other institutions, indicates that incorporating social media and CSR into an organisation’s strategy can allow […]
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Principles and practices of humanistic management
Some leading figures in business and business education have argued that the primary objective of corporate governance is to maximise “shareholder value.” However, such corporate governance practices have resulted in corruption and scandal. In his work, Professor Benito Teehankee of De La Salle University in the Philippines, argues for implanting the practice of ‘humanistic management’ in business school curricula and […]
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