> On 19 November 2010 13:41, Abbas Mahmoud <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Does Wikimedia Foundation engage in Corporate Social Responsibility? > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility > > It appears to be something for for-profit corporations to do to appear > less rapacious. > > It's not clear what its applicability is to a 501(c)3 charity, given > that you only get 501(c)3 by being of social benefit in the first > place. > > > - d.
>From the article, "business would monitor and ensure its support to law, ethical standards, and international norms" Later down, there is a section: "Crises and their consequences Often it takes a crisis to precipitate attention to CSR." That is nicely illustrated by how the Siegenthaler libel resulted in our development of the Biographies of living persons policy. This is a recurrent pattern: a scandal or row of some sort results in us developing policies and practices which avoid or ameliorate the problem. But we don't need to wait for crises; we can proactively address social, environmental, and responsibility issues before they arise. Any suggestions? Fred Bauder _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
