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Europe. Business Resources. JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failure. Why a Happy Brain Performs Better - HBR IdeaCast. Featured Guest: Shawn Achor, CEO of Aspirant and author of The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work.

Why a Happy Brain Performs Better - HBR IdeaCast

Download this podcast SARAH GREEN: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Sarah Green.

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Hbr-build-risk-business-model.pdf (application/pdf Object) ISO26000. Business DD / CSR / BOP. ISO 26000: A New Standard for Human Rights? - Guest Commentary. March 23rd 2010 | by Adrian Henriques ISO 26000 will be a standard for social responsibility produced by the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

ISO 26000: A New Standard for Human Rights? - Guest Commentary

In the last few weeks a vote was taken by the national standards bodies that compose ISO’s membership. It was closely fought - but despite controversies and pressures, the outcome was that the draft standard should proceed to the last stage before becoming an official ISO standard probably later in 2010. Julian Assange. Better World... ISO 26000 sur la Responsabilité Sociétale : projet approuvé !

Le défi de diriger des leaders ou « comment mener un troupeau de chats » (74478) TheImpactOfHRMonOrgnaizationalPerformance.pdf - Powered by Google Docs. Vidéos Pearltrees. INNOVATION. Food business incubator. Geisha-Inspired Fashions - Armani Privé Couture 2011 Collection Inspired by Japanese Culture. CSI Home. By Social Entrepreneurs, For Social Entrepreneurs® Welcome to SkollWorldForum.org former Social Edge users!

By Social Entrepreneurs, For Social Entrepreneurs®

Social Edge was an online community created by the Skoll Foundation from 2003 - 2013. The site has since closed as we have focused efforts on the new Skoll World Forum platform. However, if you were a Social Edge user, you will be pleased to know that all of your articles and comments have been saved and can be browsed below. In addition, if there is a specific piece of content or a particular author you are looking for, please use the search bar at the top of the screen. Democracy Now! Mobile. AMY GOODMAN: Today, a Democracy Now!

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Exclusive, as we turn to the resolution of one of the most significant U.S. government whistleblower cases to result from the Iraq war. The former chief oversight official of contracts at the Army Corps of Engineers has reached a settlement six years after she was demoted for publicly criticizing a multi-billion-dollar, no-bid contract to Halliburton. That’s the company that was formerly headed by, well, then-Vice President Dick Cheney. The official, Bunnatine Greenhouse, known as Bunny Greenhouse, had accused the Pentagon of unfairly awarding the contract to Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root, KBR. Testifying before Congress in June 2005, Bunny Greenhouse called the contract the worst case of government abuse she had ever witnessed in her 20-year career. The Reinvention of Philanthropy: An Interview With The Aspen Institutes' Jonathan Greenblatt. Jonathan Greenblatt currently serves as the Director of The Impact Economy Initiative at the Aspen Institute and is the founder and former president of All for Good (Our Good Works [OGW]), the open source, web-based initiative to engage more Americans in service.

The Reinvention of Philanthropy: An Interview With The Aspen Institutes' Jonathan Greenblatt

It is the largest database of volunteer listings ever compiled and provides content to a wide range of government, nonprofit, and personal websites. Jonathan is the former CEO of GOOD Worldwide and the co-founder of Ethos Brands, the business that launched Ethos Water, the premium bottled water that helps children around the world get clean water. Jonathan served as vice president of global consumer products at Starbucks Coffee Company following its acquisition of Ethos in 2005 as well as joined the board of directors of the Starbucks Foundation.

Jonathan also has worked at the highest levels of public service. The Innovative Business Models Leading the Next Wave of Sustainability. When is enough enough?

The Innovative Business Models Leading the Next Wave of Sustainability

A group of leading companies that we work with at Forum for the Future tell us that even their substantial progress on sustainability is not enough. And we think they're right. The next wave of corporate sustainability will be about innovating the fundamental logic of how a company creates value, in short creating "sustainable business models.

" In this emerging field, what examples and best practice can you suggest that help us all understand what to do next? We think of a sustainable business model as one that achieves commercial success by delivering social value within environmental limits.

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