Technology
Censorship censure
As Google faces criticism for its agreement to censor the results of its recently launched China-based search engine, Briefing asks whether any company doing business in China renders itself complicit with human rights abuses.
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Contributions from the
ICT sector
A few businesses in the communication technology sector have emerged and are making moves towards being good corporate citizens through investing in social enterprises and encouraging employee volunteering.
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Volunteering news
round-up
The UK government is gearing up for another call on companies to help promote volunteering. While the business case is clear, the public sector should be investing resources too.
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New technology news
round-up
Is there life-after-death for the dot.com revolution? Yes, if the continuing flow of initiatives from ICT companies is to be believed. Now, old economy companies should reexamine the role they can play.
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New technology: beyond
the dot.com backlash
Recent job cuts at Cable & Wireless, following the share price collapse, and the near disappearance of Marconi, provide just two more reminders that the bursting of the dot.com bubble has had a 'real economy' cost.
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Elena Bonfiglioli: the
full interview
The full Briefing interview with Elena Bonfiglioli, who six months ago swapped her advocacy hat and convenor cloak at CSR Europe, for the garb of the day-to-day CSR practitioner. Briefing asked Microsoft’s new CSR manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa how she feels in her new clothes.
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Q&A: Joe Franses,
Group Community Investment Manager, Cable & Wireless
Joe Franses from Cable & Wireless sets out why their new partnership with the Employers Forum on Disability makes good business sense.
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Inclusion: HP works to
spread the net
Briefing talks to Didier Philippe about how HP is using a community-based programme to improve its service offering to the four billion people living in emerging markets, while delivering clear social benefits in the process.
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Community involvement:
packed with potential
Corporate community involvement has long been under-rated as a tool for government relations. Not only can it stave off cumbersome intervention by regulators, but it can also help to deliver on current public policy objectives as well as provide potential policy solutions for the future.
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Contributions news round-
up (Oct/Nov)
Google has launched a philanthropic counterpart to invest in projects in the developing world and ebay is helping charities raise funds by selling their second hand goods online with no charge.
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The benefits of new
technology?
Within countries and between countries, a "digital divide" has become apparent between those who have access to ICT tools and those that do not. However, there are now increasing signs that the early efforts to close the divide are starting to bear fruit.
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