The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative seeks to study and enhance the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility. It is a
multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder effort dedicated to exploring the intersection between corporate responsibility, corporate governance, public policy and the media. It aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice, encourage innovation, build leadership skills and support better understanding and constructive action between different sectors.
The CSR Initiative achieves its mission through a combination of:
- research conducted by Harvard faculty, fellows and students, and in collaboration with external ‘practitioner’ experts and organizations
- dialogues and workshops that convene leaders from business, government, civil society, academia and the media around emerging trends and critical dilemmas in corporate social responsibility
- education activities to build relevant skills among the next generation of public and private sector leadersoutreach to share research findings and conclusions from dialogues with policy-makers, business leaders, academics, investors and the media.
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