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Mary Sue Schmaltz
Mary Sue is a staff writer for Justmeans. Professionally, she worked for several years in the trenches of New York based financial firms in the area of global institutional investments. Mary Sue also spent a stint working in Russia during the heat of its economic transition, which included a capital markets project and some community development work. Academically, she has an M.A. in international policy with postgraduate studies in global finance and banking. Stemming from her participation at the Global Forum in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, she caught the passion for issues surrounding sustainable development. Since then, she has been actively engaged in various organizations and events dealing with socially and environmentally sustainable business models. Her primary focus is on identifying systemic impediments to responsible business practices. Mary Sue is also a passionate jazz fan and helps organize local live jazz events.
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Ideological Stumbling Blocks to CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility: One of the greatest obstacles to a more expansive form of CSR has been an ideological predisposition towards a model of...
January 20 -
Ethical Economics Promotes CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Economics profession has entered into a debate well known in CSR circles, about whether a set of professional ethic...
January 20 • 1 -
CSR is an "Inside Job"
Corporate Social Responsibility: Charlie's Ferguson's documentary_ Inside Job_, effectively transverses events leading up to the financial crisis while...
January 20 • 2 -
"Shared Value" and CSR Part III
Corporate Social Responsibility: In presenting their framework of "Shared Value" Michael Porter and Mark Kramer are magnifying the point that positionin...
January 13 -
Differences between "Shared Value" and CSR - Part II
Corporate Social Responsibility: Michael Porter and Mark Kramer believe that CSR is "stuck in a 'social responsibility' mind-set, such that addressing...
January 13 -
"Shared Value"as a CSR Framework - Part I
Corporate Social Responsibility: In a 2006 _Harvard Business Review_ article, Michael Porter, Professor at Harvard Business School and Mark Kramer, a se...
January 13 -
Political Denial Stifles CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility: Policymakers in denial are never a good omen for CSR. It's bad enough that there is still a demand for more "scientifi...
December 17 -
G. E. Changing the National Tone for CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility: As the largest nonbank financial institution, G.E. Capital was deeply embroiled in the financial crisis and benefited f...
December 16 • 3 -
A National Action Plan for CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility: In June of this year, the German cabinet voted to officially adopt a National Strategy for Corporate Social Responsibil...
December 16 -
Aligning CSR with the National Well-Being - Part Two
Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR as it relates to the incentives which drove the U.S. economy more towards financialization is a tricky construct. T...
December 09 -
Should CSR be Aligned with National Well-Being? - Part One
Corporate Social Responsibility: Remember the old axiom "what's good for GM is good for America." Abraham Maslow once wrote the question should really b...
December 09 • 2 -
The Space Time Continuum of CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility: Simplistically stated, the theory of comparative advantage posits that nations should specialize in and trade that whic...
December 09 -
As the Wiki-Leaks - CSR and Transparency
Corporate Social Responsibility: When we talk about transparency in CSR terms, we are specifically referring to an honest accounting to relevant stakeho...
December 02 • 6 -
New "Learning Curves" for CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility: As many working with CSR are acutely aware, we do not have the luxury of time if we are to truly tackle large scale glo...
December 01 -
CSR and the "Seven Deadly Norms"
Corporate Social Responsibility: Although his characterization of both the evolution and the underlying tenets of CSR were a bit misconstrued (he deride...
December 01 -
CSR Needs a Populist Movement - Part II
Corporate Social Responsibility: In a bold move, a group of Socially Responsible Investors comprised of Walden Asset Management, Domini Social Investmen...
December 01 -
Why CSR Needs a Populist Movement - Part I
Corporate Social Responsibility: Would you characterize "sustainable development" as a socialist conspiracy which harbors the abolition of national sove...
December 01 -
When Models Go Awry
Corporate Social Responsibility: Social missions always come under siege when successful small scale social entrepreneurial models start moving into the...
November 26 -
Reconnecting CSR to Asset Values
Corporate Social Responsibility: Steven Lydenberg of Domini Social Investments participated in the SRI in the Rockies panel discussion on "Rethinking Mo...
November 25 -
CSR, MPT, and "Universal Ownership"
Corporate Social Responsibility: One of the presenters on the panel "Rethinking Modern Portfolio Theory" from last week's SRI in the Rockies Conference,...
November 25
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