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Category Archives: Interactive Technology
Mesh Networks, Leadership, and Democracy’s Promise
The TakeAway: This election season and Veterans Day provide a great time to reflect on the state of our democracy, which is ailing badly. It’s also time to think about ways of healing it, while achieving sustainable peace and … Continue reading
Posted in Civic Technology, Data Visualization, Ethics and Values, Interactive Technology, Net Neutrality, Networked Citizenship, Notable People, Open Government, Open Knowledge, Politics, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Peace and Prosperity, Uncategorized, Web 2.0
Tagged Baby Boomers, Bob Herbert, Civic Stewardship Brigade, civic technology, dark money, data visualization, data-smart governance, Donella (Dana) Meadows, Forum for Cities in Transition, Generation X, Generation Y, James Luther Adams, mesh networks, Michael Walzer, Millennials, Moakley Chair for Peace and Reconciliation, Open Government, open knowledge, Padraig O'Malley, predictive analytics, prophethood of all believers, Robert Bellah, Rockefeller Republicans, Stephen Goldsmith, Susan Crawford, The Responsive City, Thomas M. Menino, urban mechanics, Veterans Day, William Bradford
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Ready For Their Close-Up: Corporate Secretaries and “The Shape of Things to Come”
Part One of Three The TakeAway: The recent annual conference of the Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals focused on “The Shape of Things to Come”—that is, key issues and trends affecting corporate accountability and sustainable prosperity. In so … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Ethics and Values, Interactive Technology, Politics, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged Anthony Horan, Corporate Board Member, Doug Chia, ESG, Fay Feeney, Governance Minutes, Jim Brashear, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase, Ken Bertsch, materiality, Nasdaq, Sarah Teslik, Sarbane-Oxley, Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals, T.K. Kerstetter, Tim Smith, Walden Asset Management, ZixCorp
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A Valentine’s Bouquet: Twelve for 2012
The TakeAway: The blooms of sustainable prosperity and justice are fed by at least twelve currents that will get stronger throughout 2012. They involve the maturation of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance; rethinking the meaning of “fiduciary”; balancing internationalism … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Interactive Technology, Investor Governance, Natural Disasters, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing
Tagged Apple, B-Corporations, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), climate, conflict, Corporation 20/20, divided societies, ESG, fiduciary, G4, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), human rights, Middle East, MITSloan Management Review, Occupy Wall Street, post-conflict societies, social sustainability, stakeholder engagement, supply chains, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), U.N. International Year of Cooperatives, XBRL
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Proxy Resolutions, Shareholder Engagement, and Buggy Whips
Part Two of Two Parts The TakeAway: Shareholder engagement is on the rise, but can benefit from “transmedia mobilization”—that is, a greater understanding, adoption, and experimentation with a range of digital tools, including (but not restricted to) social media. As … Continue reading
Proxy Resolutions, Shareholder Engagement, and Buggy Whips
Part One of Two Parts The TakeAway: Proxy resolutions continue to influence corporate behavior on social policy and corporate governance, but proponents need to explore additional forms of engagement, including social media and other digital means. It’s the day after … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Corporate Political Activity, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights, Interactive Technology, Politics, Proxy Voting, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged @CorporateSecret, animal welfare, As You Sow, board diversity, Calvert Investments, climate change, Facebook, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Heidi Welsh, hydraulic fracturing, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), IRRC Institute, Michael Passoff, Movie Mom, Nell Minow, political contributions, proxy access, Proxy Impact, proxy plumbing, proxy resolution, Rule 14a-8, Say-on-Pay, shareholder engagement, social media, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Stu Dalheim, Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), Tripoli, Tunisia, Twitter, Women on Boards
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Controversial Compromise on Net Neutrality
The TakeAway: The FCC’s decision on “net neutrality” creates a double set of rules applying to fixed broadband and mobile broadband—with the public interest standard in question. The near decade-long struggle over “net neutrality” revolves around money, power, and access … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Political Activity, Interactive Technology, Media & Entertainment, Public Policy
Tagged Apple, At&T, broadband, Comcast, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Free Press, Google, Gore Commission, Michael Connor, net neutrality, Open Internet Order, OpenMIC, public interest standard, Public Knowledge, Steve Wozniak, Telecommunications Act of 1996, Verizon, wireless
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Moving Beyond Modern Portfolio Theory
The TakeAway: Harvard’s Initiative for Responsible Investment works to build a “master narrative” for responsible investing, along with educational tools for improving trustee performance. Massive changes in financial regulations and ramped up activism – aided in part by interactive technology – make … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Investor Governance, Sustainable Investing
Tagged beneficial owners, communities of practice, Harvard, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Initiative for Responsible Investment, institutional investors, International Foundation, Lord Paul Myners, Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), real economy, responsible investment, Steve Lydenberg, sustainable prosperity, trustees
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Radical Transparency: The Challenge to Sustainability and Democracy
The TakeAway: Reams of information released by WikiLeaks and the Federal Reserve challenge us to rethink our duties to promote sustainable accountability and representative democracy. Debates on the recent WikiLeaks / Federal Reserve data dumps concentrate on the supply side … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Media & Entertainment, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Tagged cablegate, Dodd-Frank, Federal Reserve, GovernanceMetrics International (GMI), integrated reporting, Julian Assange, media, Nell Minow, proxy access, Senator Bernie Sanders, transparency, whistleblower, WikiLeaks
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The Role of Technology and Engagement in Integrated Reporting
Part Two of Two The TakeAway: Integrated reporting relies on new tools of technology and engagement in blending financial and sustainability disclosure – and practice. Harvard Business School Professor Bob Eccles designed last month’s consultation on integrated reporting, which gathered … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Stakeholder Engagement, Web 2.0
Tagged Bob Eccles, Brad Monterio, C.K. Prahalad, Chris Argyris, Denis Riney, Donald Schön, double loop learning, Global Reporting Initiative, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), IFRS Foundation, integrated reporting, Kate Parrot, Kathy Miller Perkins, Kyle Armbrester, Liv Watson, Maciej Piechocki, Olivier Servais, sensor technology, World Intellectual Capital Initiative (WICI), XBRL
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Sustainability News Roundup
The TakeAway: CalPERS to factor ESG issues in all its funds by mid-2011; GRI announces work on fourth generation reporting guidelines; and a BSR poll shows increased support for CSR/sustainability. Three developments this week demonstrate the rising acceptance of incorporating … Continue reading
The Human Side of Sustainability
The TakeAway: Corporate sustainability thrives on authentic, ethical relationship management and communication skills, especially in digital environments. Progress happens when abstract sets of rules and laws meet real world human behavior. Yet all too often, the former gets all the … Continue reading
Governance Galore
The TakeAway: New York Stock Exchange proposes ten corporate governance principles for management, boards, and shareholders—and suggests the need for regulating proxy advisory services. What comprises good corporate governance and investor stewardship? These questions continue to pop up as regulators, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Interactive Technology
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Turbo-Charged: How Web 2.0 Fuels the Power of Stakeholder Engagement
The TakeAway: CSR stakeholders want companies to use interactive tools for more real-time reporting, responsiveness, and relationship building. We live in a turbo-charged world of instant communication continually bombarding us, but we have yet to grasp the social and psychological … Continue reading
NOTABLE PEOPLE: Bob Monks and the Battle to Change Corporate America
The TakeAway: Bob Monks believes new corporate governance reforms fall short, but digital tools can help advance accountability goals. Robert A.G. Monks has a long history of pioneering work on corporate accountability. From his tenure as first Department of Labor … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Investor Governance, Notable People, Proxy Voting, Public Policy, Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Investing, Web 2.0
Tagged beneficial owners, Bob Monks, CalPERS, Corporate Governance, ERISA, institutional investors, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), interactive technology, LENS, Nell Minow, proxy access, Robert A.G. Monks, Roebuck, Sears, SEC, The Corporate Library, trustee
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Apple Opens the Way to X-Filing
The TakeAway: New iPhone XBRL application opens new windows into financial reporting; next up: sustainability reporting. Apple’s iTunes Store has joined the digital revolution in financial reporting. Yesterday, it rolled out a new offering – it wasn’t a song, movie, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Reporting, Interactive Technology, Public Policy, Web 2.0
Tagged Apple, Brix Project, Charlie Hoffman, crowd-sourcing, GRI, integrated reporting, iPhone, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Liv Watson, SEC, Semantic Web, smartphone, taxonomy, X-filing, X-tagging, XBRL, XBRL International, XBRL US Labs
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The Four E’s of Social Media & Sustainability
The TakeAway: Sustainability Leaders Need to Use Social Media to Exchange, Educate, Engage, and Enhance. Social media has exploded within the past few years to become a fixture in our culture. For example, Facebook’s network has mushroomed to 500 million … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Governance, Corporate Reporting, Corporate Sustainability, Interactive Technology, Proxy Voting
Tagged 2degrees, Creative Commons, Facebook, Harvard's CSR Initiative, McDonald's, McKinsey, Nestlé Waters, SAP, Shareowners.org, social media, Timberland, Twitter, user-generated content, Voices of Challenge, wikis
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