Michelle

I found this very interesting article written by Craig Moss. Craig Moss is Director of Corporate Programs and Training, at Social Accountability International (SAI). As Corporate Programs Director, Mr. Moss develops and manages programs to assist companies with continuous improvement in their supply chain.

" The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) field has been searching for simple ways to measure the social compliance of companies and their…

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Here is a list of 10 possible recommendations to help make the world more peaceful and encourage others to contribute their own lists. This is no particular order.

1) Examine how to create more peace in your personal life - If we do not have some degree of peace in our own internal lives, there is the question of how effective we can be in helping to build peace in our organizations, communities, societies and the world. There is no recipe for building peace,…

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As concerns of a global hunger crises mount, IBM and researchers at the University of Washington today launched a new program to develop stronger strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields. With the processing power of 167 teraflops, equivalent to the world's Top 3 supercomputer, IBM's World Community Grid will harness the unused and donated power from nearly one million individual PCs in a new initiative… Continue

The Open Society Institute launched a fellowship program to enable outstanding individuals from around the world to pursue projects that will inspire meaningful debate and shape public policy.

The Open Society Fellowship will award $2 million in 2008 to scholars, journalists, activists and others working on national security; citizenship, membership and marginalization; authoritarianism; and new strategie… Continue

This program is geared towards CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS OR RECENT GRADS who:

- Are Thinking About Creating Their Own Social Enterprise
- Need More Field Experience
- Are Looking For Additional On-The-Ground, Job Training
- Have A Gap In Their Summer Plans and Want to Give Back

For those whose answer is YES to any of the above and are a current MBA/MPP/PhD or Recent Grad, then GMA’s program may be EXAC… Continue