Links

Business In The Community
A business led coalition that inspires companies to embrace corporate responsibility.

Business Fights Poverty
Business Fights Poverty is a forum where business professionals can connect with one another and share ideas to fight world poverty.

Corporate Responsibility Group
The Corporate Responsibility Group is a learning and development network run by CR professionals.

Corporate Responsibility Coalition
The Corporate Responsibility Coalition is an alliance of voluntary organisations, trade unions and companies, whose aim is to promote and develop a social responsibility culture in the UK through partnerships between companies and civil society groups.

Books

Corporate Responsibility: A Critical Introduction
Michael Blowfield and Alan Murray

‘This much needed textbook examines the multiple dimensions to corporate responsibility. It creates a framework that presents a historical and interdisciplinary overview of the field; a summary of different management approaches; and a review of the key actors and trends worldwide.’

Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing The Most Good For Your Company And Your Cause
Philip Kotler and Nancy Lee

‘In Corporate Social Responsibility, Philip Kotler and Nancy Lee explain why charity is both good P.R and good for business. They show business leaders how to choose social causes, design charity initiatives, gain employee support and evaluate their efforts. With personal stories from twenty-five business leaders from socially responsible companies, this is the bible for today’s good corporate citizen.’

Responsible Business: How To Manage A CSR Strategy Successfully
Manfred Pohl and Nick Tolhurst

‘Responsible Business is a vital how to guide, providing information on all aspects of the CSR process. This highly accessible book is full of insights from those responsible for implementing CSR strategy inside companies - whether as CSR managers or at top management level - with coverage of all the important aspects of CSR - from what a sustainability manager’s job involves, how to handle stakeholder dialogue, supply chain management to auditing, CSR and the law, and communicating CSR.’

Reports

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Necessity Not A Choice
This report looks at the reasons why businesses are adopting CSR as part of their business strategy and what initiatives are being undertaken. It also examines which countries are adopting this practice formally.

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Government Update
This report sets out the Government’s vision for a business sector that is socially conscious and sustainable and outlines the various ways that the state can support the promotion of corporate social responsibility.

Blogs

Jessica Stannard-Friel
Jessica Stannard-Friel is an expert on corporate philanthropy and strategic social engagement. In her blog she writes about innovation and trends in corporate social responsibility.

Fabian Pattberg
Fabian Pattberg is a CSR and social media professional. His blog focuses on corporate social responsibility and sustainability, as well as the use of social networking by businesses and individuals.