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By Ethics &Compliance Matters ™, Navex Global ® | 3 Minutes Read July 17, 2019

Meeting society’s expectations for corporate social responsibility

Younger employees along with the public and media continue to apply pressure on organizations to address Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues including human rights and environmental sustainability.

Article by Ethics &Compliance Matters ™, Navex Global ® / Business, Not for Profit / community engagement, corporate social responsibility, environmental social governance, human rights, philanthropy, social audits, social responsibility

By Amery Boyer | 2 Minutes Read April 9, 2013

Can the right to unionize be balanced with social responsibility and affordability?

According to its website, the Just Us! Co-op set out in 1995 to become Canada’s first Fair Trade coffee roaster. It was a small, but bold experiment to show that the coffee business, and all businesses, could be done differently, putting People and the Planet before Profits™ locally and globally.

Article by Amery Boyer / Employee Relations, Union Relations / Canadian Labour Congress, Labour Board of Nova Scotia, Labour Law, organizing drive, People and the Planet before Profits, right to unionize, right to unionize be balanced with social responsibility and affordability, social responsibility, termination, terminations, unfair labour practice, union, unionization, unionization drive, wrongful dismissal

By Colin Braithwaite | 2 Minutes Read May 20, 2010

Environmental responsibility: Is extended product responsibility inevitable?

On Earth Day, Ontario's Environment Minister delivered a speech in which he stated his government's intention to shift the entire cost of the provincial household Blue Box recycling program onto the backs of the companies that produce the recyclables (they currently pay 50 percent).

Article by Colin Braithwaite / Business / Blue Box, Earth Day, environment, environmental matters, EPR, extended product responsibility, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, Green workplaces, OMPP, ontario, Operations and Marketing PolicyPro, recycling, social responsibility, Waste Diversion Act

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