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Volunteering news round-up (Oct/Nov)
Three US corporate donors have establised the IMPACT Fund to help charities manage volunteers more effectively. Meanwhile over half of employees who volunteer feel more productive at work.
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Pensions back in the news
Pensions are back in the news and attempts to delay the reitrement age of public sector workers - one of the few groups not having their final salary schemes challanged - get caught up in the long-running Number 10/Number 11 soap opera.
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Retaining Talent: can CCI
provide the missing corporate glue?
In the fifth in our series on mainstreaming CSR, Mike Tuffrey examines current issues in human resource management and asks whether the latest emphasis on volunteering withstands scrutiny from a business case perspective.
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Guest editorial: building
a common vision
As the productivity gap between the UK and its competitors widens, Will Hutton highlights the areas that business leaders should consider addressing in order to increase outputs.
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Disability: CSR’s
elephant in the bedroom?
2003 is the European Year of Disabled People, but who?s noticing? Susan Scott-Parker examines why so few companies seem to be truly engaging with this key CSR issue, despite the clear business case for doing so.
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Employment: profiting
from people, flexibly and ethically
As new rules compelling companies to offer flexible working come into force, some business leaders are calling for more action on socially responsible employment policies. Growing evidence about the business case seems to back them up.
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On demand: volunteering
on a global scale
IBM has combined its worldwide reach and technical know-how to deliver a genuinely global volunteering programme. In the first eight months, the programme has attracted 17,000 employees. Now it’s opening it up to retirees. Here Briefing finds out more about the hows and whys of global volunteering.
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Victim support: coping
with crime
Whether it's bullying on the factory floor or assaults against staff, violence in the workplace is increasing. Briefing talks to the new chief executive of a new business service that aims to put crime and its aftermath higher up the corporate citizenship agenda.
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Environmental management
Environmental management activities are multiplying across the private sector as climate change rises on the world's agenda. Toby Kent examines some innovative programmes.
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Disability and the
workplace
Zanna Rodrigues examines government policies and private sector initiatives aimed at promoting disability in the workplace as an opportunity.
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