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CSR Starts with HR: Connecting the Dots

HR Digest

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility (CSR), which refers to the ethical and social responsibilities of companies towards society and the environment through building community engagement.

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The Office Christmas Party and Legal Liability

HR Digest

Gender equality, workplace behavior and ethics, and stringent human resource policies and cases of sexual harassment have rendered the infamous ‘50s and 60s gatherings largely obsolete. The company sent a questionnaire to 150 human resource executives across the United States in 2017 about their annual holiday party plans.

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

Jersey City , NJ New Jersey is putting its money on the state’s public infrastructure, leading the nation in per-capita funding for transportation. Internet Marketig tools such as pay-per-click (PPC), social media marekting can help you represent artists from Cheyenne to China.

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3 Ways to Motivate Employees During Times of Change :: Women on.

Women on Business

We had our own boom and bust cycle of people seeking rooms for the event, along with constant speculation about the number of people involved, and how the city’s transportation and services would hold up. Washingtonians are not the only ones in transition; companies are reorganizing, restructuring, and adjusting their plans for 2009.

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Building Behavioral Science Capability in Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Transdev, a large global transport operator, has set up a behavioral science capability called CHANGE by Transdev aspart of the Performance and Development department. Alternatively, human resources might be the right place. Whatever these may be, we strongly recommended two things: Have an ethics committee.

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Seven Lessons American Manufacturing’s Decline Can Teach Any Company

Strategy Driven

Two of Wells Fargo’s key values are “ethics” and “what’s right for their customers”. How can a company with those supposed ethics commit such an act? Don’t make this a human resource exercise. Don’t let this become a “check the box to keep human resources happy” exercise. About the Author.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

” Jennifer Waldo , Head of Global Human Resources, GE Software Center, was at the epicenter of GE’s recruiting challenge. The Silicon Valley software ethic of running experiments to fail fast and learn has been a cultural challenge for GE, where failure has been frowned upon. We grew faster than we thought we would.