Magazine Article Listing: Corporate Citizenship

Companies are vital to any community ecosystem. They support progress by offering stable employment and nonprofit partnerships, offer necessary products and services to stimulate the local economy, and support infrastructure.

Navigating the logistics and issues around providing access to clean water is overwhelmingly complex and challenging, but the basic facts are clear. There is a limited amount of this precious resource—and for many, what’s available is either unclean, or inaccessible.

Say the word philanthropy and people generally think of giving money. There are many other resources corporations have to give—volunteer time and products and services, for example—but here’s one you may never have thought about: giving data—either directly, or through analytics and expertise.

Companies are drawing from their ecosystems to invest in the health, vibrancy, and potential of our people and our planet.

While companies connect to young people in a variety of ways, many of the most successful initiatives leverage the resources and competencies specific to their business to develop meaningful programs and achieve long-term community impact.

Companies can achieve the greatest business and social value through strategic selection, integration, and duration. Lessons from BBVA Compass, Humana, and Aramark.

ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE: How leading companies are developing programs that respond to present needs and work toward creating the world in which we want to live.

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | Spring 2017: An exclusive excerpt from the comprehensive blueprint for corporate citizenship success, co-written by Dave Stangis and Katherine Valvoda Smith

CAREER AND LEARNING ISSUE: Learn how leading companies are learning from their previous corporate citizenship efforts to drive their future work.

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | Fall 2017: Great corporate citizenship professionals value the powers of networking and cross-collaboration, whether between the public and private sectors, internally across a company’s specific teams, or externally, between companies and the communities in which employees live and work.

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | Winter 2018: From the reputation and financial benefits reached through stakeholder engagement, to the efficiency, human rights, and sustainability opportunities found in value chain management, the value corporate citizenship offers to B2B companies is substantial.

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | Summer 2018: All courses are taught by CSR experts in community involvement, employee engagement, corporate giving, and more—informed by over 30 years of constantly updated research, trends, and insights. Here's a closer look at the certificate programs and upcoming educational offerings.