The real reasons behind CSR practices by companies are many times questioned by critics. The specialized literature offers us three reasons for social responsibility. We can also add that the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and business ethics is dependent on the reasons that stimulate a company to engage in social activities: • The pragmatic reason appears in the specialized literature of business … Continue reading
A report by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) unveils that this year at least 43 journalists were killed around the world. Pakistan is this year’s deadliest nation, the same as in 2010. No less than seven journalists were killed here. Libya and Iraq were on the second place as the deadliest places for journalists, with five … Continue reading
The United Nations and its partners appealed for $7.7 billion for its 2012 humanitarian aid projects, at the agency’s annual appeal event in Geneva, Switzerland. The impact of climate change, economical and political crises, insecurity over food and water, urbanization, migration and rapid population growth have been the root of emergencies situations which affected millions … Continue reading
Lowe SSP3’ Christmas-themed campaign “Rivers of Light” targets guerilla fighters in a new effort to make some of the revolutionaries to return home. It’s not the first time Lowe agency launches a campaign in Colombia that targets guerilla fighters. Last December, the agency decorated nine enormous evergreens in the jungles next to a banner ad … Continue reading
Human Rights Day is marked annually on 10 December and it commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly in 1948. Watch the video below:
Students at the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, will organize tomorrow (Friday, 9 December) a new debate event aimed to find solutions for the problems that Romanian education system is facing. The event that will begin at 14:00h (local time), at the Faculty of Letters in Bucharest, Tudor Vianu Hall, is a follow-up of the debate organized by the … Continue reading
The launch of World Bank’s Open Data Initiative, in April this year, enabled the public to easily access an extensive set of bank’s information, data and reports on climate change, poverty and inequality and other issues. These materials can be accessed for free online through the Open Data Portal. The data catalog is a listing of … Continue reading
We read news almost every day about the high number of Romanian doctors that leave the country, unsatisfied with the lamentable way the Government treats them. Almost 2,000 doctors left Romania, this year. For the past four years more than 8,000 out of 40,000 licensed doctors decided to find work in other countries. These are numbers … Continue reading
Save the Children Romania (Salvati Copiii Romania) posted an online survey on the official website of the organization (Romanian language) that targets the allocation of least 6% of GDP for Education, according to the current Romanian legislation. This intercession aims to draw attention on the deficient funding for the education system in Romania, although it represents the foundation … Continue reading
Photo Source: Trends Updates Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility policies has proven to be a demanding task especially in developing countries. Interpretation of the Corporate Social Responsibility term differs among companies, countries and regions. Sometimes CSR is referred to as “sustainable development”. However, CSR is about admitting that corporations have to assume a responsibility for the effect … Continue reading
