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Hannah Jones gets it. 

I recently came across an article on the Standard Social Innovation Review that described Panera Bread's relatively new responsibility venture, its line of 'Panera Cares' cafes.  These restaurants are intended to look and feel (and smell) like traditional Panera outlets, yet at Panera Cares cafes there are no prices.  There are only suggested donations.  The idea is to provide those in need, who might otherwise find themselves at a standard soup kitchen, with a venue where they can enjoy a meal in a warm, inviting, and comparatively dignified environment.  The company's experiment with this model seems to be a success so far.  The arti

A recent blogpost on Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses the unique role the private sector can play in advancing global health innovations.  Gabi Zedlmayer, a VP at Hewlett-Packard, leads a newly created business unit called the Office of Global Social Innovation.  The mere creation of a dedicated corporate branch to social innocation is indicative of HP's focus on leveraging its core business to advance social issues around the world.  While still not ubiquitous across most Fortune 500 companies, it is my hope that such business units become commonplace as the focus of social impact b

Walmart has just announced a five-year plan to make thousands of its store-brand packaged foods healthier as well as less costly.  The plan comes with the support of First Lady Michelle Obama, a champion for nutrition, healthy living and the reduction of child obesity.

By now, many people privy to the social sector have read the controversial op-ed recently published in the Wall Street Journal, “The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility,” by Professor Aneel Karnani.  This article caused an uproar of monster-truck force sparking discussions abound both in favor and against Karnani’s viewpoint  The purpose of this blog post is not to debate the merits of that article as my colleague Cheryl Davenport provides a succinct response to this article in a recent Th

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Today’s CSRwire News Alert featured a release from PepsiCo announcing the 2011 continuation of the Pepsi Refresh Project.  That’s good news for people, organizations and communities in the U.S. and Canada, where the program has been in place since February.

For the second time in as many months, I’m disappointed in the Wall Street Journal’s choice to publish tired opinions and outdated views of corporate social responsibility. 

The following excerpt is taken from an article by Jason Saul and Cheryl Davenport currently featured on CRO Magazine's website and to be published in the October print edition.