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Comment: Preventing Abuse, Saving Money
In recent years, some companies have broadened their community engagement activities from the traditional three Es of education, environment and economic development to encompass more difficult social issues like crime.
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Preventing abuse, saving
money
The effects of social breakdown are increasingly felt by companies, with the cost of crime an obvious example. But now alcohol abuse is a factor in a quarter of workplace accidents, while drug abuse affects a fifth of businesses. It is time for preventative action.
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Banking on communities
The UK Treasury is planning an expansion of credit unions. Parliament is debating regulations to force banks to lend more fairly. Yet again, the spotlight is on social responsibility in the financial services industry.
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Comment: Banking on
Communities
Community Affairs Briefing has been warning for several years now that access to financial services by disadvantaged communities was a growing issue of public debate.
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Comment: Regions come
centre stage
Slowly the geography of corporate community involvement is starting to shift.
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Regions come centre stage
Changes to the governance of Scotland, Wales and the English regions will affect the organisation of community involvement. Demands on companies to get involved are growing, but can the downsized community affairs departments cope?
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Going beyond cash: giving
in kind
Companies can make a low-cost, much appreciated contribution to the community by donating in-kind goods, equipment and facilities. Charities and some companies claim the full sales value for these gifts, but is that a fair measure of the contribution?
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Business: agent for peace
David Grayson is just back from the annual conference of Business for Social Responsibility in the USA. Here he identifies trends in the changing responsibilities of business, including a surprising role as peacemaker in the Middle East.
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Railtrack: part of the
community
British Rail has gone and that vital public service, the rail network, is now shared between Railtrack and the train operating companies. Here we examine how Railtrack as a new company is developing community partnerships and meeting its wider social responsibilities.
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Lessons from America
Recent research data from the United States confirm the trend on both sides of the Atlantic towards greater employee involvement. They also give community affairs manager new evidence to help shift attitudes among sceptical colleagues.
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Comment: Lessons from
America
If global recession is coming, greater employee involvement will be the only practical way to achieve real growth in corporate community involvement.
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