What is Corporate Social Responsibility?

The key elements of CSR include business practices that are based on an established set of ethical values, compliance with legal and industry requirements, and respect for people, communities and the environment.

This is becoming an important subject for all types of businesses as there has been a dramatic increase in the number and type of stakeholders that expect their organizations to be more socially and environmentally responsible in their operations.

How Does an Organization Become Socially Responsible?

The actions of a socially responsible organization manifest through the ways in which they interact with employees, customers and the communities they do business in. True social responsibility cannot be achieved through a PR campaign or responsibility to one stakeholder group alone. Being truly socially responsible requires organizations to embed a set of shared ethics, values and beliefs that foster an organizational culture of socially responsible behavior and decision making across all aspects of the organization.

Drawing from a unique set of experiences and approaches, APB's speakers on CSR are passionate about helping organizations realize the importance of developing socially responsible business practices. Whether you need a speaker to jump-start the conversation or take you to the next level, we have someone who can provide you with the resources and tools to have an open and honest discussion about what steps your organization needs to take to be considered socially responsible.

Andrew Savitz

Andrew Savitz

Andrew Savitz

Andrew Savitz is a creative business leader, advisor, author and speaker, with over 20 years of hands-on experience assisting corporations to become leaders in sustainability and environmental performance and reporting. An internationally known expert on corporate social responsibility and sustainability, Savitz is the author of The Triple Bottom Line: How the Best Run Companies are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success - and How You Can Too.

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Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson

Ireland's first female President, Robinson advises businesses worldwide on ethical practices and management. In addition to her role as Executive Director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, she is one of five members of the MasterCard Foundation that focuses on microfinance, youth entrepreneurship, and education.

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Peter Thum

Peter Thum

Peter Thum

A former McKinsey consultant, Thum founded Ethos Water, which donates part of its bottled water profits to clean-water initiatives in third world countries. His vision has dramatically changed the role of social responsibility in corporate America.

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Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner

The Harvard University professor who originated the concept of "multiple intelligences," for the past decade Howard Gardner has embarked on a study of "good work." The GoodWork Project is a large scale research project to identify individuals and institutions that exemplify good work - work that is excellent in quality, socially responsible, and meaningful to its practitioners and to determine how best to increase the incidence of good work in our society.

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