Corporations today are under increasing pressure from capital markets to deliver superior profitability and shareholder returns, whilst acting in a transparent, sustainable and consistent way.

Making Corporate Responsibility an integral part of corporate strategy enables managers to identify and manage a wider range of stakeholder interests, whilst meeting the demands of capital markets.

Novel forms of corporate engagement with social issues, and the emergence of the social enterprise as a business model tell of the need for managers and policy makers to expect social change to come from new directions.

The centre for corporate responsibility seeks - through research and intervention - to promote innovative approaches to socio-economic development. Corporate Responsibility is not only good for society; it’s good for business.

The CR will be holding the 2010 International Conference on Corporate Responsibility. Read more