by Rod | Nov 8, 2019 | Technology and Society / Culture
[ 519 words ] How do you shift superficial social-responsibility into meaningful profit? You may need a fresh perspective, not more resources. Perhaps taking your client’s view will unearth elements of the problems you’re missing today. And by addressing the...
by Rod | Nov 8, 2019 | Technology and Society / Culture
[ 495 words ] How can social responsibility help prepare you for the threat of technology replacing your industry? Social responsibility is about taking actions meaningful to people– and it’s people with whom you must collaborate when radical change occurs....
by Rod | Nov 1, 2019 | Technology and Society / Culture
[ 740 words ] Recent articles suggest Starbucks lost almost 7% of their customers because they acted socially responsibly. Really??? That’s absurd. Starbucks did implement a new, ‘responsible’ bathroom policy that allows non-customers to use their restrooms. And...
by Rod | Oct 25, 2019 | Technology and Society / Culture
[ 460 words ] Do you really need a pure supply chain, free of all organizations that fail ethical standards? #SethGodin suggests you do. But he’s wrong. The business challenge is to deliver greatest value. That may mean eliminating suppliers that fail ethical...
by Rod | Oct 18, 2019 | Technology and Society / Culture
[ 483 words ] Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) a shortcut to retaining stellar employees? No! Individual, socially-responsibility themed activities are not a simple route to appease laborers. Employee respect and attraction results from meaningful actions...
by Rod | Oct 11, 2019 | Technology and Society / Culture
[ 410 words ] What mistakes do you make when trying to do social responsibility right? As a parent, I’m constantly reminded of a related Robin Williams monologue on fatherhood: Sometimes I gaze at my sleeping son, Reuben, and I see a future in which he stands tall at...
