HSBC, Cisco, Deloitte, Google, Accenture, Nortel. Why do we like them? Because they support IWD, international women's day, which is today. Also of note: Aurora, a company that maintains the IWD site. For more, and an interesting history of women and IWD, click here. It shows just how much of a role we can and do play in writing our own rules… http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop, died yesterday. She was not only a tremendously successful woman in business, but also one of the pioneers of corporate social responsibility. Mike Hoffman of Inc. Magazine writes: “The tension between scale and success versus authenticity and ethical conduct was a recurring theme in Roddick’s business career. She was, along with Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s and Paul Hawken… Read More »Social Responsibility’s First Generation: Retired