November 29th, 2011
Posted by Senior Director, Juliette Terzieff:
When Renesas Electronics’ semiconductor plant in Naka, Japan completely shut down due to the major damage caused by the 9.0 earthquake that struck on March 11, 2011, the company leapt into action on a recovery process that would result not only in the adoption of new business practices but also a renewed sense of community for the company and its employees.
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Tags: corporate social responsbility, csr, disaster recovery, earthquake, Fukushima, japan, Naka, Naka factory, NEC, Renesas, semiconductors, Supply Chain, tsunami
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April 19th, 2010
From Erik Wohlgemuth, our VP of Strategic Operations:
A recent opinion piece in Ethical Corp. magazine by Brendan Mays, takes a “sideways” look at NGO types with the intent of helping guide companies on “how to pick a NGO partner.” Mays provides some insightful advice, such as companies are “best off not ignoring” activist groups. But his characterizations of NGOs are too simplistic, almost sarcastic, and reinforce stereotypes such as “Angry Activist”, “Smiling Salesman”, or “Overfed Giant” that hinder corporate engagement of NGOs.
NGOs and corporations are simply organizations comprised of individuals; by negatively typecasting NGOs, Mays homogenizes the individuals who work there, essentially stripping them of their unique identities. Rather than promote understanding, such labels erect barriers to understanding. Corporate/NGO engagement only succeeds when each side recognizes the unique individual(s) sitting across from him or her and is open to the opinions of the other.
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Tags: activist groups, corporate partnership, csr, ethical corporation, NGO partner, Stakeholder Engagement
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