Emergence makes no moral presumption. It simply happens. Evidence the recent financial meltdown that has emerged after years of greed and plunder and is now taking down rich and poor alike. But as with any glacial pullback, the barren crust of existence that has become exposed, offers some new adjacent opportunities that had lain previously unexposed. This article proposes one that could provide a revitalization of the ideal of corporate social responsibility (CSR), but in a far more effective package. The opportunity is to create something greater than CSR, and that is called Community Social Performance. It is how the institutions are and will be compelled to form effective partnerships in order to survive the impact of the current economic meltdown and its consequences within the soc...
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SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle stumbled in its latest quarter as the business software maker struggled to close deals, a signal of possible trouble ahead for the technology sector. The performance announced Tuesday covered a period of economic turbulence which has raised concerns that major companies and government agencies may curtail technology spending.
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) was once again included on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and North America Index, following the reassessment of 2010 scores announced by Dow Jones Indexes and SAM. This is the sixth consecutive year that Abbott has been named to both Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), which recognize the leading companies in each industry sector for responsible economic, environmental and social performance. Abbott was named the industry leader in several categories, including a score of 100 percent in environmental management and climate strategy, key areas of focus in the company's comprehensive effort to safeguard the environment. Abbott also scored 100 percent in stakeholder engagement and risk and crisis manage...
LONDON (Reuters) - U.K.-basedhas trimmed its exposure to energy in its Commodity Fund due to doubts about the sector's performance given the worsening economic outlook, despite a strong contribution in October. , chief executive of Fulcrum, said the fund was fluctuating between being slightly long and slightly short at the moment. "We are not meaningfully short, but we have taken off some of the exposure we had in October," he said.
LUSAKA, Republic of Zambia, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally-recognised credit ratings agency Fitch has assigned Zambia a B+ sovereign rating in recognition of the huge economic strides the country has taken under His Excellency President Rupiah Banda. Zambia received the fourth-highest non-investment grade rating supported by a "stable" outlook from Fitch. The impressive rating reflects "the marked improvement in Zambia's economic performance since 2003, driven by improved macroeconomic stability, economic liberalisation, rising private investment and production in the mining sector, and more recently, a strong agricultural performance," said Veronica Kalema, a director in Fitch's sovereign group.
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There is a whole cohort of persons roughly between the ages of 18 and 30 who have ostensibly passed through the education system, but who are not equipped to be productive members of the labour force. That cohort has the potential to destroy any progress being made by the rest of the society and hence they cannot be ignored," Dr. [OMAR DAVIES] said. Mr. [Edward Seaga] later told the delegates that productivity was "not a prominent index in measuring economic performance." He cited a JAMPRO study of the apparel sector of 10 countries which marked Jamaica down for productivity given the inadequate amount of emphasis placed on, among other things, the education and training of persons within that sector. "Agriculture has a notoriously low productivity rate," Mr. Seaga said, stating that t...
GIVEN the strong economic performance in the first half of 2004, the office market sector has remained resilient, as evidenced by the increase
Fed Board Adds Director NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) - The Federal Reserve Board appointed D. Nathan Sheets as director of the Division of International Finance, effective Sept. 23. The division supports the Board and the Federal Open Market Committee by providing information and analysis pertaining to economic and financial developments in foreign countries and the performance of the U.S. external sector. In addition, the division's director represents the board at international meetings and in its contacts with foreign central banks.
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