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The Good and the Bad News for Charities

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald highlighted the results from an ABS survey, revealing some interesting stats.
The good news is:

More than 1/3 of people partook in unpaid work for community organisations in 2006 compared to less than 1/4 in 1995
Volunteer hours have risen from 512 million hours to 713 million hours — a [...]

So You Want to Work for a Socially Responsible Company?

I recently came across some interesting research from the US, conducted by Cone Inc in 2006, which reinforces by thoughts that the younger generation has high expectations of their employers. 79% of Millennials, those born between 1979-2001, want to work for a company that cares about how it impacts and contributes to society. 64% say [...]

Make Poverty History — A Few Questions

In reading the Make Poverty History booklet I purchased recently at the Oxfam Shop, I came across a few questions from the quiz in the preface which really made me stop and think………which by the way I expect it is meant to:

Do you think it’s wrong that 50,000 people die of poverty every day?
Do you [...]

5th Corporate Responsibility Index

The Corporate Responsibility Index is a strategic management tool to enhance the capacity of businesses to develop, measure and communicate best practice in the field of corporate social responsibility. It does this through benchmarking corporate social responsibility strategy and the implementation process. St James Ethics Centre, working in partnership with The Sydney Morning Herald and [...]

Earth from Above – Disturbing Facts!

I recently visited the Earth from Above exhibition to help nourish my passion for photography. The photos by Yann Arthus-Bertrand are fabulous! However, at the same time, some are very disturbing. But what was even more disturbing were the facts listed under each photo of which I thought to highlight some of them:

In Australia, for [...]