REGULATORY RADAR - Illinois has amended its Equal Pay Act to allow employees to discuss compensation and prohibit employer requests for previous salary information, as well as modify the criteria for assessing pay discrimination among roles.
The key to leadership is learning
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F. Kennedy
As a corporate citizenship professional, you are a leader. As corporate citizenship becomes better understood as a means by which companies can differentiate themselves and meet business goals, your leadership—even if you don’t sit at the top of the organization—is critical to your company’s success in achieving its purpose.
You may be tasked with developing an employee volunteer program that tracks measurable employee wellness and health care cost-reduction goals. You may be asked to set science-based targets to reduce your environmental impact, or partner with human resources to create programs that make all employees feel accepted and valued. Increasingly, you may be asked to help develop a corporate response to a broad social issue such as immigration reform, climate change, or gun control—on the fly and in the midst of public debate.
The evolution of social and environmental corporate investments from the periphery of company concerns to the center is important if we are to create not only the world in which we want to do business but also the world in which we want to live. Our future prosperity and sustainability depend on continuous learning.
At the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, we provide you with the tools and expert insights you need to lead your programs and your companies to success. Our four certificates are tailored to provide actionable resources for different career stages.
Over the years, we have been working to offer these programs in a variety of formats—from week-long intensives to single courses offered in-person and across the country, to online courses that allow you to complete your work in your pajamas and at your own pace. Now, we’re happy to offer our most popular certificate—The Certificate of Corporate Citizenship Practice—in an Accelerated Certificate Summit that combines the best aspects of our in-person courses with the flexibility of online options. This Summit offers plentiful opportunities to network with colleagues as well.
Those that join us in January for this week-long event will be able to earn their Certificate in half the time out of the office, and at less than half the cost of our traditional certificate path, with online coursework supplementing the shorter in-person program. The Summit is created to be as flexible as possible, enabling participants to select from multiple courses each day, and allowing for partial-week attendance to suit every schedule.
You can learn more about our courses for individuals and company-wide training programs here on our website, and in our most recent issue of The Corporate Citizen. Through these offerings and others, we at the Center will continue to help you navigate your own leadership path as you deliver the business and social value needed for a sustainable and prosperous future.
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REGULATORY RADAR - At the end of June, the New York State legislature passed an omnibus bill that amends several state laws to expand workplace harassment protections.
REGULATORY RADAR - California has amended its ban on employment discrimination based on race to include traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles.
REGULATORY RADAR - President Trump has signed a bipartisan IRS reform bill, the Taxpayer First Act, that requires that nonprofits file tax returns electronically and that forms must be made public and available in a searchable, machine-readable format.
REGULATORY RADAR - The United Kingdom has amended its Climate Change Act 2008 to set a new target of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, an increase from the country’s previous commitment to reduce emissions by 80 percent.
REGULATORY RADAR - The New York State legislature has passed new climate change legislation that aims to shift the state to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040 and net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.
THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | SUMMER 2019: Executives consistently express that they find corporate citizenship to be an important component of business and accept it as a crucial strategic practice.
THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | SUMMER 2019: The 11th annual International Corporate Citizenship Film Festival celebrated the impact of corporate citizenship, as well as how to communicate both failure and success.