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KPMG: a professional approach to community involvement
KPMG, one of the UK's largest accounting firms, has rapidly achieved a reputation for effective community investment, focused on employee involvement. Here we examine the programme and how the partnership's sense of social responsibility also helps the business.
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Littlewoods: from family
philanthropy to stakeholder company
The last two years have seen a revolution in the management of community affairs at Littlewoods, as one of the UK's largest privately owned companies moves on from family philanthropy.
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Centrica: new company,
old traditions
Barely a year old, Centrica is the customer focused arm of the demerged British Gas. This new beginning has allowed the company to construct a community affairs programme genuinely focused on the needs of the business.
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United Biscuits:
sustained support
As United Biscuits celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, the company's long tradition of community affairs is being seen as an increasingly important business asset.
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News International: The
power of print
Much criticised recently for media intrusion, newspaper publishing companies rarely get the chance to say what good they do in the community. Rupert Murdoch's News International is among those most maligned.
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SmithKline Beecham:
Caring for healthy communities
As global trading entities, international companies need consistent policies worldwide while also responding effectively to the needs of local communities where they operate. Many achieve the latter, but struggle with the former. SB is addressing this managerial challenge.
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Bristol & West:
banking on building society
Many building societies are now converting into banks. Some, like Bristol & West, have been taken over by a bank. Originally founded to build a stable society and prosperous communities, how will the contribute it future?
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BP: three challenges of
the third age
The triple challenge to achieve commercial success, environmental sustainabilty and positive social impact faces all major corporations. How is BP meeting them, as its enters what the chief executive describes as its third age of operations, working increasingly in socially unstable parts of the world?
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North West Water: rising
to meet high expectations
As part of an industry very much in the political spot-light, North West Water has recently reviewed its community involvement programme and made bold commitments about its social responsibilities. Here we examine how the company manages and meets the public's high expectations.
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IBM in the UK and Europe:
coping with the revolution
Computer giant IBM, a world leader in today's information and telecommunications revolution, has a long record of good corporate citizenship. But revolutions have casualties, so how is IBM responding?
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BT: the burdens of
greatness
In the five years since Community Affairs Briefing last profiled Britain's biggest corporate donor, BT has changed and its community involvement programme too. How is BT now facing up to the challenges of the leadership role which its size inevitably thrusts upon it?
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