The findings of the 2009 State of Corporate Citizenship in the United States released today reveal that, despite the recession, corporate citizenship practices are ingrained in increasing numbers of American businesses. A majority (54 percent) of business leaders report that attention to corporate citizenship efforts is even more important in a recession. Read the rest of this entry »

The mass media love the power of lists to attract readers or viewers. Pick a topic from music to politics to sports to movies, put together a ranked list that starts with “Best…”, “Greatest…” or “Top…” and it becomes a must read or must watch if you don’t want to be left out of the water cooler debate.

There is now confirmation that the green movement in business has risen to the level of a hot topic, at least around corporate water coolers, as Newsweek magazine has come out this week with its ranking of the Top 500 Greenest Big Companies in America. Read the rest of this entry »

Is staying current with corporate citizenship and meeting new management challenges giving you a headache? We’ve got the remedy: take two Boston College Center webinars a month and you’ll feel better able to meet the ever-growing demands of your job.

The webinars are presented on the first and third Wednesdays (noon to 1 p.m. ET) and are designed to provide you with new information on topics that range from managing volunteer and giving programs to adding brand value through citizenship to creating more effective communications strategies to engage with key stakeholders. Read the rest of this entry »

Feeling nostalgic as you see all those kids headed off to school this fall? Maybe it’s time to think about your own education needs. We’ve announced the following fall courses, which can also be viewed in our fall catalog at right. Register for a course today! You may not get to ride the school bus, but we promise there won’t be much homework either. Read the rest of this entry »

Since 2001, the people of the Office Depot Foundation have worked hard to let kids know they’ve got their backs – or more precisely their backpacks. Read the rest of this entry »

This fall the Center is reviving its Community Involvement Index, which measures the current state of community involvement. More specifically, it looks at the strategy, financial investment, internal support, logistics and implementation of philanthropy and volunteerism programs. In short, the CI Index will give companies an overview of what their peers and competitors are doing in community involvement. Read the rest of this entry »

Just the other day I came across a report on work by another Boston College center on the other side of campus. The study by Boston College’s Sloan Center on Aging & Work, evaluated the effects of the recession on employee engagement and it hit home here at the Center for Corporate Citizenship – and specifically here at the desk of a baby boomer. Read the rest of this entry »