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How heavy is the burden of social responsibility?

Posted by jim pontarelli on January 23, 2008 at 12:38 pm
How far must an organization go to be socially responsible? Is it enough for a corporation to minimize the adverse impacts of its operations, or must it do more – and how much more - to be deemed socially responsible? What is the definition and standard of responsibility and who gets to decide?
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April 22, 2008 at 12:36am

Katy Dutt
I am going through the same questions in my organization right now. In the middle of drafting an email to the president in trying to figure out whta more we can do, as we know, there is always more...
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April 27, 2008 at 3:08pm

jim pontarelli
I believe it is helpful to think of this area in two ways: 1) there is the social "responsibility" mindset, which I argue is somewhat reactive (responsive) in nature, and, 2) there is the social "mission" mindset, where an organization goes above and beyond and actually makes doing good a part of its mission and intent. So, you may want to think about how you are coving your bases in terms of the impact of your operations, but also how you are proactivly acting on your beliefs as an organzation.
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