Radar: The Language Issue
Are We Talking the Same Language?
The theme of this first issue of our revamped Radar newsletter is language, in the areas of CSR and sustainable development. Everywhere we go at the moment, the conversation turns to the question of which language we should be using. The menu options are many and growing. ‘Corporate citizenship’, ‘corporate responsibility’, ‘corporate social responsibility’, ‘human rights’, ‘sustainable development’. And that’s just for starters.
All of these have their own supporters and interpretations of what our priorities ought to be. None is uniquely right, indeed if we spend our time squabbling about language we risk losing political traction – and failing to develop the economic critical mass necessary to drive change.
That said, we believe that new language, well-crafted language, can help make new thinking possible. This issue explores how.
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IN THIS ISSUE
Is This a CSR Bubble?
CSR: From Conflict to Complacency
Markets Shifting for Extractive Industries
Fat Cats for Thin Results
How Far Does Accountability Stretch?
Getting CSR Reports ‘Through the Lawyers’
Persecuting Protestors
Jed Emerson: Silo-Buster
The Little-Known Candidate that Could
Future of WTO in Doubt
Beyond Words
Please Mind the Resilience Gap |
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