Philanthropy & Citizenship Publications

2013

1. Who's Winning the Hunger Games? Q&A with Michael Moss
   

   April 2013 | The Conference Board Review

   In a Q&A based on his book "Salt Sugar Fat," Michael Moss explains how Nabisco, Kraft, and General Mills got us to crave all the wrong things.

2. Corporate Philanthropy with a Global Footprint
   

   March 2013 | Research Report

   A snapshot of the current state of global corporate philanthropy, specifically benchmarking, structure, strategy, measurement, and cultural and political landscapes for corporate philanthropy from Western Europe to Latin America.

3. Bar Is Rising on Sustainability Leadership
   

   January 2013 | Director Notes

   Companies are putting more effort and investment into demonstrating good corporate citizenship on environmental, social and related governance factors. However, research shows that it may be getting harder for them to gain recognition for doing so.

2012

1. 2012 Corporate Community Involvement Conference KeyNotes Report
   

   November 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

   The Future Is Today: Strategies for Accelerating Business and Social Impact

2. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 1 of 4: China’s nonprofit sector – growing rapidly, but still highly constrained
   

   October 2012 | China Center Publications

   Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part one of four.

3. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 2 of 4: Public perception is an important driver shaping China’s nonprofit sector
   

   October 2012 | China Center Publications

   Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part two of four.

4. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 3 of 4: Corporations playing key role in advancing civil society engagement in China
   

   October 2012 | China Center Publications

   Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part three of four.

5. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 4 of 4: How much do companies in China spend on philanthropy?
   

   October 2012 | China Center Publications

   Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part four of four.

6. 2012 Citizenship and Sustainability Conference KeyNotes Report
   

   October 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

   The Management Challenge of Ethics, Citizenship, and Sustainability: A New Business Model

7. Review of Shareholder Proposals on Environmental Issues
   

   October 2012 | Director Notes

   This report looks at shareholder proposals on environmental issues that were voted during the 2012 proxy season to determine which issues were most often brought to boards and which received the greatest support from shareholders.

8. Board Asia Newsletter
   

   September 2012 | Periodical

   Quarter Three 2012

9. Education and Corporate Philanthropy: Focus Funding for Maximum Impact
   

   August 2012 | Council Perspectives

   Developing a lens through which to evaluate each potential corporate philanthropy program is critical to success and maximizing impact.

10. Sustainability Practices: 2012 Edition
    

    July 2012 | Research Report

    This report analyzes the most recent disclosure of environmental and social practices by the 3,000 U.S. and non-U.S. public companies that compose the Bloomberg ESG 3000 index.

11. Board Asia Newsletter
    

    July 2012 | Periodical

    Quarter Two 2012

12. No Company Is an Island: Building Resilient Communities
    

    June 2012 | Executive Action Report

    A business is only as resilient as the communities in which it operates.

13. Water Worries: How Incorporating Long-Term Risk into Strategic Planning Pays Off
    

    June 2012 | Council Perspectives

    How companies manage risk, opportunity, and scarcity today will determine the long-term value they create for stakeholders and society, and the world’s dwindling water resources are a pivotal case in point.

14. Multiculturalism in a Post-9/11, Media-charged World
    

    June 2012 | Council Perspectives

    The multicultural future of the United States is here, but, given the post-9/11 atmosphere of distrust and fear, businesses must work to foster the relationships that promote inclusiveness.

15. Giving in Numbers: 2012 Edition
    

    June 2012 | Research Report

    Produced by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) in association with The Conference Board, this report analyzes giving trends from 2011 data shared by 214 corporations, including 62 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500.

16. Communication Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility within and across Industries
    

    April 2012 | Director Notes

    This report examines how American corporations collectively describe their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities based on an analysis of data collected from 103 Fortune 500 websites.

2011

1. Business and Sustainability in China: Company Responses to a National Priority
   

   December 2011 | Research Report

   What actions are companies taking in China to support the country's sustainable development imperatives?

2. CEO Challenge Reflections: How Socio-Economic Change Is Shaping Business Sustainability in China
   

   November 2011 | Executive Action Report

   For CEOs in China, the challenge of sustainability was ranked higher than anywhere else in the world. But how will business meet this challenge?

3. 2011 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   November 2011 | Research Report

   This report is based on the 2011 edition of The Conference Board Corporate Contributions Survey, which gathered data on charitable contributions made by U.S.-based companies in FY2010.

4. Sustainability Matters: Why and How Corporate Boards Should Become Involved
   

   October 2011 | Research Report

   This report highlights issues to consider when approaching the task of overseeing a sustainability strategy.

5. Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability Governance: What a Difference a Few Years Can Make
   

   September 2011 | Council Perspectives

   The Chief Environment, Health, and Safety Officers’ Council survey results and analysis underscore a corporate shift of attention to sustainability as a source of business value.

6. Since the Levees Broke: A Snapshot of New Orleans
   

   August 2011 | Council Perspectives

   Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, and in the years since, corporate contributions have tackled much more than rebuilding—they have also fostered innovation in the underlying issues of health care, education, poverty, and the environment.

7. Change of Heart
   

   July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   Why is Wal-Mart going green? To save money—and because it’s afraid of teenage girls.

8. Building Sustainable Integrity into Organizational Strategy and Operations
   

   April 2011 | Executive Action Report

   To protect a company's integrity, there must be a strong ethics, compliance, and integrity program in place—one that is fully integrated into the organization’s mission, strategy, and operations.

9. Measuring the Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility
   

   April 2011 | Director Notes

   This report discusses a model for measuring the efficient and effective use of corporate resources allocated to CSR activities.

10. Investing in CSR to Enhance Customer Value
    

    February 2011 | Director Notes

    This report, which is based on the analysis of 163 articles from the most relevant empirical literature on the subject, offers a number of practical recommendations to business leaders embarking in CSR programs for their companies.

11. Giving the Working Poor a Working Chance
    

    February 2011 | Council Perspectives

    How can business and the world’s corporations help efforts to alleviate global poverty? And what is the rationale for getting involved?

2010

1. Between Utopia and Exploitationville
   

   October 2010 | The Conference Board Review

   Author Hardy Green explores America's experiment with company towns.

2. Problem With Giving Back
   

   April 2010 | The Conference Board Review

   The implication of "giving back to society" is that it’s fine to take whatever you want, for as long as you want, provided that at some stage you get around to handing a bit of it back. How about not taking so much in the first place?

3. Is the Pressure Easing? The 2010 Philanthropy Agenda
   

   March 2010 | Executive Action Report

   The economic downturn took its toll in the U.S. corporate philanthropy arena but the negative impact seen in 2009 may have reached its peak.

2009

1. 2009 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   December 2009 | Research Report

   Responses to this year's edition of The Conference Board Annual Survey on Corporate Contributions indicate that for companies for which we have multi-year data, U.S. charitable giving declined in FY 2008, while international giving increased.

2. 2009 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   December 2009 | Key Findings

   Responses to this year's edition of The Conference Board Annual Survey on Corporate Contributions indicate that for companies for which we have multi-year data, U.S. charitable giving declined in FY 2008, while international giving increased.

3. Frameworks for Integrating Citizenship and Sustainability into Business Strategies and Operations
   

   June 2009 | Research Report

   This report explores the approaches of 11 North American companies with well-established citizenship and sustainability practices.

4. Frameworks for Integrating Citizenship and Sustainability into Business Strategies and Operations
   

   June 2009 | Key Findings

   This report explores the approaches of 11 North American companies with well-established citizenship and sustainability practices.

5. Key Questions in Pandemic Planning
   

   May 2009 | Executive Action Report

   This report addresses questions of concern to business managers across sectors, industries, and regions in light of the current resurgence of a global pandemic health threat.

6. Action Plans for Dealing With a Global Pandemic
   

   May 2009 | Executive Action Report

   This report summarizes the business and health lessons from previous epidemics and provides important insights to managers about dealing with today's pandemic-related issues.

7. Right, Now
   

   March 2009 | The Conference Board Review

   What does it mean to be a good global citizen?

2008

1. 2008 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   December 2008 | Research Report

   This annual survey indicates that charitable giving by companies and corporate foundations grew at a moderate rate in FY 2007 and outpaced corporate profits.

2. Huddled Masses? Why Helping Immigrants Helps Companies
   

   September 2008 | Executive Action Report

   Immigration is a hot-button issue. When it comes to corporate philanthropy, the target should be immigrant integration. The payoff to both business and society can be handsome.

3. Bridging the Logistical Divide: Integration of Poor Countries in Global Supply Chains
   

   August 2008 | Executive Action Report

   This report analyzes the reasons behind the lagging development of the world's poorest countries and offers some solutions for conquering the divide to help those nations achieve sustainable growth.

4. Company Approaches to Green Products and Services: What's Working and What's Not
   

   May 2008 | Executive Action Report

   How can companies use the growing customer demand for so-called green products to their business advantage while minimizing financial and reputational risk?

5. Corporate Responses to Humanitarian Disasters: The Mutual Benefits of Private-Humanitarian Cooperation
   

   May 2008 | Research Report

   This report provides a detailed overview of the new model of corporate-humanitarian cooperation.

6. Coordinating Business Preparedness: Managing Public and Private Efforts
   

   April 2008 | Executive Action Report

   An effective partnership between the public and private sectors is essential to ensure the resilience of America's critical infrastructure.

7. Managing Great Expectations: Reshaping Engagement Strategies to Address Stakeholders' Citizenship and Sustainability Concerns
   

   March 2008 | Executive Action Report

   It is critical that a company understand the Citizenship and Sustainability issues relevant to its products, services, and operations, and know how stakeholders perceive its responsiveness to those issues.

8. Going Green: Corporate Commitment to Citizenship and Sustainability Issues Takes on a Greater Role
   

   March 2008 | Executive Action Report

   North American companies have placed increased emphasis on corporate citizenship and sustainability issues over the past three years, leading to numerous changes within their organizations.

9. 2007 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   January 2008 | Research Report

   This report is an annual overview of corporate giving based on information supplied by the largest U.S. corporations.

2007

1. Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost?
   

   November 2007 | Research Report

   This report is based on detailed analysis of 250 opportunities for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases thought to contribute to global warming.

2. Corporate Giving Priorities and Challenges in 2007
   

   June 2007 | Executive Action Report

   What are some of the key drivers behind corporate giving programs? A Conference Board survey reveals the priorities and challenges that are affecting corporate philanthropy in 2007.

3. Managing for a Carbon-Concerned Future
   A Decision-Making Framework
   

   May 2007 | Research Report

   This report addresses a subject on which much less has been written — the decision-making process for companies wishing to develop new carbon management approaches and opportunities.

4. Risk and Opportunity in the Gathering Climate Change Storm
   

   February 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Converging trends and forces are raising the profile of climate change and the need for carbon emissions reduction. Business must prepare to minimize risks and realize the opportunities that are rapidly emerging.

5. Citizenship and Sustainability: Doing Good Can Be Good for Business
   

   January 2007 | Executive Action Report

   While they may not be in the public eye as much as their larger counterparts, small and mid-size companies have a lot to gain by expanding their corporate citizenship and sustainability programs.

6. 2006 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   January 2007 | Research Report

   This report is an annual overview of corporate giving based on information supplied by the largest U.S. corporations.

7. How Public-Private Partnerships in Education Can Enhance International Business Competitiveness
   

   January 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Roughly three billion new participants are entering the global economic system from countries like Russia, China, India, and Vietnam — increasing risk and competition, as well as opportunity, in this expanded economic universe.

2006

1. Toward a Framework for Supply Chain Leadership
   

   December 2006 | Executive Action Report

   With no management framework to effectively guide the implementation of Supply Chain Leadership programs, it has largely been a learn-as-you-go endeavor, with many companies learning the same lessons, over and over again.

2. Reward Trumps Risk: How Business Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Are Changing
   

   November 2006 | Executive Action Report

   While companies see more potential reward than risk when it comes to corporate citizenship and sustainability (CC&S) issues, they are clearly struggling to find concrete ways to capitalize on their programs in the marketplace.

3. Role of Business in Society
   An Agenda for Action
   

   November 2006 | Research Report

   This report explores why the role of business in society is on the agenda of the Chief Executive and Board of leading international companies and what they can do about it.

4. Carbon Footprint a Growing Management Concern
   

   October 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Companies are increasingly focusing on greenhouse gases and their implications for business. Based on 2006 survey results from the research project "Managing for a Carbon-Concerned Future: Obligation or Opportunity?"

5. Philanthropy at Mid-Market Firms: It Pays to Be Creative
   

   September 2006 | Executive Action Report

   With a little creativity, midsize companies can make their philanthropic activities stand out, not only providing a wealth of assistance to those in need, but also strengthening their organizations at the same time.

6. Are Businesses Doing Enough To Prepare for a Pandemic?
   

   July 2006 | Executive Action Report

   As the effectiveness of a world response to any pandemic depends upon the quality of advance preparations, this research seeks to clarify the role business plays.

7. Philanthropy and Business: The Changing Agenda
   

   May 2006 | Research Report

   This survey based report reveals how corporate giving and philanthropic programs determine their issue and topic strategies and how these change or stay the same over time.

8. Overcoming the Barriers to a Successful Cross-Sector Partnership
   

   May 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Businesses and humanitarian organizations are utilizing partnerships to become more efficient in dealing with disaster responses and aid distribution. What barriers need to be overcome to make these partnerships work more easily?

9. Challenge of Meeting Public Expectations on Sustainable Development
   

   March 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Industries that are perceived to be a risk to health, safety, and the environment are adopting new approaches to relieve public concerns regarding their new developments and products.

2005

1. 2005 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   December 2005 | Research Report

   An analysis of the giving patterns of 189 major corporations in 2004.

2. Moving the World - A Case Study in CSR Partnership
   

   November 2005 | Executive Action Report

   Moving the World, a unique partnership between TNT and the U.N. shows how two organizations can combine their core strengths to make a life-saving difference - and increase a company's competitiveness and reputation.

3. Corporate Contributions in 2004
   

   November 2005 | Executive Action Report

   Corporate giving among the largest U.S. corporations is on the rise according to The Conference Board’s annual survey. Results from 133 matched-case companies and corporate foundations reveals their total U.S. giving jumped almost 22 percent in 2004.

4. Expanding the Investment Frontier: Factoring Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria into Investment Analysis
   

   October 2005 | Research Report

   Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria are becoming more recognized as an essential tool in investment analysis.

5. Measure of Success: Evaluating Corporate Citizenship Performance
   

   August 2005 | Research Report

   This report presents a discussion of the evolution of corporate citizenship and how the political debates surrounding the topic have influenced measurement practice.

6. Managing Corporate Citizenship Implications of Offshoring
   

   July 2005 | Executive Action Report

   How can companies handle operational downsizing/offshoring while treating its departing employees with respect and maintaining its reputation in the community?

7. Corporate Social Responsibility In China: Can Voluntary Codes Succeed?
   

   July 2005 | Executive Action Report

   Is there an alternative to laws that are unevenly administered and enforced? A question well worth asking about business practice in all developing economies -- including China.

8. Efficient Grantmaking: Using Technology to Enhance Due Diligence
   

   July 2005 | Executive Action Report

   How can grantmakers keep up with overwhelming demands, increasingly complex laws, and decreasing staff members? Is technology the answer?

9. Corporate Citizenship Reporting: Best Practices
   

   June 2005 | Research Report

   This report presents case studies of five companies that exemplify best practices in the public reporting to stakeholders of citizenship performance.

10. Can U.S. Corporations Change the Way People Think About America?
    

    June 2005 | Executive Action Report

    There has been a gradual global erosion of faith in the United States and its government, and in turn consumers worldwide are losing trust in American corporations. Is it time for U.S. corporations to help change the way the U.S. is viewed?

11. Committed Management Builds Sustainable Enterprises
    

    March 2005 | Executive Action Report

    This report considers how some Europe-based businesses are integrating environmental, social, and corporate governance reporting into their mainstream activities.

12. Navigating the Tsunami Relief Effort
    

    January 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Preventing outbreaks of diseases across tsunami-hit Asia and Africa is a race against time. The following information is meant to assist donors interested in participating in the tsunami relief efforts.

2004

1. Corporate Participation in Community Recovery
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

   This report discusses the six different recovery initiatives and how corporations can participate.

2. Developing And Implementing A Disaster Response Plan - Getting Started
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Getting started...basic steps on how to develop disaster strategy, guidelines and policies.

3. Key Lessons Learned from Putting a Disaster Plan into Action
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

   This report presents the key lessons learned from carrying out disaster plans and the seven keys to preparedness should a catastrophe strike.

4. Navigating The Tsunami Relief Effort
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

5. Sample Disaster Relief Policies and Best Practices
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

   This report details Johnson & Johnson, Merck and General Mills Foundation's handling of disaster relief.

6. Corporate Contributions - A Look at the Numbers
   

   October 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Corporate giving among the largest U.S. corporations is on the rise according to The Conference Board’s annual survey. For additional information see Report 1355.

7. 2004 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   October 2004 | Research Report

   This report is an annual overview of corporate giving based on information supplied by the largest U.S. corporations.

8. Defining The Values-Based Enterprise
   

   June 2004 | Executive Action Report

   A renewed interested in the concept of a values-based enterprise has emerged. At the heart of the values based enterprise is the belief that companies need both “private” and “public” capital to survive and prosper.

9. Strategic Energy Management - The State of the Debate
   

   March 2004 | Research Report

   This report is based on a survey of senior executives to determine how businesses currently view and manage energy.

10. Rebuilding Trust in Business . . .Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century
    

    January 2004 | Executive Action Report

    The challenges faced by corporations when deciding between commercial opportunity and being socially responsible is discussed by Unilever Chairman Niall FitzGerald.

11. Corporate Communications Trends... Ruling in Nike Case May Lead to Increased Corporate Self-Censorship
    

    January 2004 | Executive Action Report

    The repercussions from the lawsuit against Nike concerning its international employment practices, may cause the loss of free speech protection for businesses and an increase in false advertisement suits.

2003

1. Corporate Contributions in 2002
   

   December 2003 | Research Report

   This report is an annual overview of corporate giving based on information supplied by the largest U.S. corporations.

2. Compassionate Downsizing: Making the Business Case for Education and Training Services
   

   November 2003 | Research Report

   This report analyzes the results of a survey of senior human resources executives regarding recent layoffs and the offering of education and training benefits to downsized employees.

3. Corporate Contributions in 2001
   

   January 2003 | Research Report

   This annual overview of corporate giving, based on information supplied by 187 of the largest U.S. corporations, finds that overall giving budgets generally increased from 2000 to 2001.

2002

1. Corporate Citizenship in the New Century: Accountability, Transparency, and Global Stakeholder Engagement
   

   July 2002 | Research Report

   This report, based on the views and experiences of corporate managers of citizenship programs, CEOs, and board members at over 700 companies, examines the state of global corporate citizenship practices, expectations, and trends.

2. Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Arrive: Are Capital Markets Addressing New Business and Investment Risk Factors?
   

   July 2002 | Executive Action Report

   Perhaps the only thing that is certain today in global capital markets is that traditional performance measures are not capturing important investment risk factors.

3. World Summit on Sustainable Development: Why Business Should Care
   

   March 2002 | Executive Action Report

   Explains why businesses need to care about the World Summit on Sustainable Development and what they can expect from it.

4. Role of Business in Zones of Crisis
   

   February 2002 | Executive Action Report

   Discusses what businesses can do in zones of conflict, the role of business in failing states, and how companies can contribute to a country's redevelopment.

5. Business Conduct Codes: Why Corporations Hesitate
   

   January 2002 | Executive Action Report

   A survey of companies looks at how sensitive the issue of code and guideline endorsement is for corporations and why.

6. CEOs on Citizenship
   

   January 2002 | Executive Action Report

   Summarizes the results of surveys of managers, board members, and chief executives on corporate citizenship.

7. Corporate Community Development: Meeting the Measurement Challenge
   

   January 2002 | Research Report

   This report presents four case studies of corporate community economic development projects: Renew Moline (undertaken by John Deere); Siyeza Foods (General Mills): Project Zero / Grand Rapids (Cascade Engineering); and Harlem USA (JPMorganChase).

2001

1. Rebuilding Lower Manhattan: The Need for Cross-Sector Collaboration
   

   December 2001 | Executive Action Report

   Characterizes the challenges rebuilding Lower Manhattan will pose to the private, government, and nonprofit sectors and the what the likely results will be.

2. Innovative Public-Private Partnerships: Conservation of Forests, Farmlands, and Wetlands
   

   October 2001 | Research Report

   This report outlines the current status of agreements between government, business, and non-governmental organizations for the preservation of open spaces.

3. Innovative Public-Private Partnerships: Promoting the Hiring of Workers with Disabilities
   

   June 2001 | Research Report

   This publication documents corporate participation in many federal, state, and local programs designed to promote meaningful employment for persons with disabilities.

2000

1. Doing Good and Doing Well:Making the Business Case for Corporate Citizenship
   

   November 2000 | Research Report

   This report draws on the themes of the 2000 Leadership Conference on Global Corporate Citizenship.

2. Innovative Public-Private Partnerships: Welfare-to-Work Initiatives
   

   September 2000 | Research Report

   This report describes national businesses that have surpassed their expected capacity as employers of welfare-to-work hires by collaborating with local partners to resolve major challenges to sustained employment and economic development.

3. Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Corporate Citizenship
   

   June 2000 | Research Report

   The report addresses the impact of a merger or acquisition on the corporate citizenship of the companies involved, and emphasizes the perspectives of communities, employees, and corporate citizenship executives.

1999

1. Community Connections: Strategic Partnerships in the Digital Industries
   

   November 1999 | Research Report

   This report presents the business case for digital industry companies to partner with nonprofits and governments in strategic community investment activities.

2. Innovative Public-Private Partnerships: Public Safety Initiatives
   

   October 1999 | Research Report

   The report profiles four case studies of the partnering of law enforcement agencies and community activists.

3. Consumer Expectations on the Social Accountability of Business
   

   September 1999 | Research Report

   This report, based on a survey of 1,000 consumers, is designed to help companies better understand the factors and the perceptions that drive public opinion of the role of business.

4. Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership
   

   September 1999 | Research Report

   Based on the best practices of the winners of and exemplary candidates for the Ron Brown Award, 25 companies representing multiple approaches to employee support and corporate citizenship are presented.

5. Turning Skills Into Profit: Economic Benefits of Workplace Education Programs
   

   July 1999 | Research Report

   Employers report that at least one employee skill and one economic benefit is gained from the workplace education program.

6. Corporate Contributions: The View From Fifty Years
   

   June 1999 | Research Report

   This report examines the history of corporate contributions.

7. Expanding Parameters of Global Corporate Citizenship
   

   June 1999 | Research Report

   This report examines the increasingly complex world of global corporate citizenship, and describes the efforts of leading multinational practitioners to reconcile financial and societal goals

8. Global Corporate Ethics Practices: A Developing Consensus
   

   May 1999 | Research Report

   Learn the trends and procedures being used to formulate and implement global business ethics principles, and how the formulation of these codes has become a more dynamic inclusive process.

9. Link Between Corporate Citizenship and Financial Performance
   

   February 1999 | Research Report

   Does playing the good corporate citizen help your organization? This report finds: Sometimes.

1998

1. Innovative Public-Private Partnerships: Educational Initiatives
   

   November 1998 | Research Report

   The early results from these partnerships are far from definitive, but they sure look promising.

2. Using Technology to Strengthen Employee & Family Involvement in Education
   

   October 1998 | Research Report

   Today's students are tomorrow's workforce and consumers. What can corporations do to help their education be productive? Here's some practical experience.

3. Building the Corporate Community Economic Development Team
   

   July 1998 | Research Report

   There are benefits to be harvested by investing in community development, as this study of the experience of 119 companies shows.

4. A Business Guide to Support Employee and Family Involvement in Education
   

   January 1998 | Research Report

   Your employees care about their families' educations — so you need to care. This report covers the experiences of major corporations' education initiatives.

1997

1. Corporate Response to HIV/AIDS
   

   August 1997 | Research Report

   The Conference Board joined with the United Nations to create this report on the epidemic striking people and businesses around the world.

2. Corporate Contributions Plan: From Strategy to Budget
   

   August 1997 | Research Report

   Executives from 130 corporations describe how their companies "do good" well.

3. Corporate Volunteerism: How Families Make a Difference
   

   July 1997 | Research Report

   Involving families in volunteer programs improves results and morale, but it takes leadership, communication, and planning.

1996

1. Benchmarking Corporate International Contributions
   

   September 1996 | Research Report

   What works in global contributions programs, and what doesn't.

2. Strategic Opportunities in Community Activity
   

   April 1996 | Research Report

   Tie philanthropy to your corporate goals with the strategies presented in this report.

3. Evolving Role of Ethics in Business
   

   January 1996 | Research Report

   Leading executives discuss how ethical business practices can have a positive impact on profits.