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kyall glennie
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posted 25 February 2005 11:28 AM

Today's G&M has the Report on Business magazine's second annual ranking of corporate social responsibility.

Among other high-placers are Dell, Wal-Mart (ahead of Rona, a highly unionised company), Talisman, Shell Canada, Imperial Oil, CanWest Global, Nike, Gap, and McDonald's.

However, Citizens Bank (Owned by VanCity Credit Union, it seems?) Mountain Equipment Co-op, Suncor (huge developers of renewable energy) and the CBC are also highly well regarded.

Is CSR a joke, merely a ploy to "green-wash" or "ethics-wash" bad corporate press?

Opinions?

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kuri
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posted 25 February 2005 11:33 AM

By what criteria does Wal-Mart and Talisman rank high?

I'm usually suspicious of CSR. That's not to say that there aren't any responsible companies but I feel we should regulate a minimum responsibility and not rely on their good graces. That's why I think emphasis on voluntary aspects are usually a way of pre-empting the demands for regulation.

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K Connor
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Babbler # 8236

posted 25 February 2005 12:55 PM

From Suncor website:

Near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, Suncor recovers bitumen from oil sand and upgrades it to refinery-ready feedstock and diesel fuel. Suncor pioneered the world’s first commercially successful oil sands operation in 1967 and today, with total production nearing the one billion barrel mark and enough reserves to sustain production for the next 50 years, the company remains a leader in oil sands development.

Sounds great.

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Hephaestion
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posted 25 February 2005 02:33 PM

I dunno about all the others, but try running Dell Computers' name through this website:

http://www.buyblue.org/

I would NEVER give those bastards a *nickle*!! GRRRRRRRRR!!!!

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Jumble
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posted 25 February 2005 11:34 PM

How on earth do they justify those rankings?

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radiorahim
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posted 26 February 2005 12:06 AM

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How on earth do they justify those rankings?

They write the names of big corporate conglomerates on little itty-bitty pieces of paper. Then they throw them up in the air and the ones that land "face-up" make the Globe & Mail's "CSR" list.

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Igor the Miserable
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posted 09 March 2005 12:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Jumble:
How on earth do they justify those rankings?

By advertising dollars spent in the G&M?

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