The Corporate Citizen

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | ISSUE 45 - Forthcoming regulations and lawmakers with counterproductive agendas do not present barriers, but rather a call for strategic and out-of-the-box thinking. In this issue of The Corporate Citizen, you will find stories of organizations who are doing just that.

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | SPRING 2023: This issue focuses on career and learning opportunities in corporate social responsibility, including the Executive Education Course Catalog from Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship.

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | WINTER 2023: This issue focuses on recognizing and honoring resilience

THE CORPORATE CITIZEN | FALL 2022: Actionable insights to help you greet the next year ready to lead the charge toward change.

CAREER AND LEARNING - Throughout this issue, you will find examples of companies that are sharing their learnings with others, as well as an overview of BCCCC's Executive Education programs.

INNOVATION THAT EXPANDS YOUR MIND - Throughout this issue, you will find examples of corporate citizenship innovation borne from tackling systemic problems and addressing issues in new ways.

BETTER. BOLDER. BRIGHTER. - Corporate citizenship professionals act as both candle and mirror for companies—shedding light on risks AND new ideas for how they might be addressed.

MAPPING OUR WAY FORWARD - We cannot plan for everything, but we can use current information to prepare for likely risks that may come our way.

This issue helps you navigate what's to come, with stories of companies that remained resilient and held fast to strategy during times of disruption.

As the world has changed this past year, corporate citizenship professionals have followed in the steps of Picasso and taken the missive to “learn by doing” to heart.

INCLUSION = INNOVATION - Companies are realizing that diversity and inclusion leads to new solutions in a rapidly-evolving world.

FINDING YOUR CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP SUPERPOWERS - Corporate citizenship professionals leverage their superpowers in ways that are specific to both your skills and your company’s core capabilities.

ADAPTABILITY - Our recent challenges have provided ample opportunity to rethink how we want to rebuild our communities, our economies, and our world.

EXPLORE NEW PERSPECTIVES - Resilient companies have adapted their corporate citizenship programs to address complex issues such as economic inequality, natural disasters, and COVID-19.

DELIVER IMPACT GLOBALLY - We all participate in the global economy – even small, local companies now must consider their influence on our climate and our world.

MAJOR IMPACT: ASSEMBLY REQUIRED - Corporate citizenship professionals can connect and mobilize their stakeholders to accelerate business growth and social impact.

CAREER AND LEARNING ISSUE: In this special issue, you will find examples of CSR leaders sharing stories of growth and continuous improvement.

PURPOSE AND PROGRESS: The power of corporate citizenship leadership lies in the ability to align and empower diverse stakeholders to achieve a better business and a better world.

PEOPLE + PURPOSE = PROGRESS: Learn how the pioneering attitude of corporate citizenship drives innovation—especially when professionals work together in unlikely partnerships, united by purpose.

ACCELERATE SUCCESS TOGETHER: Learn how companies are joining forces—with nonprofit partners, within their companies, and even with other firms—to achieve sustainable change.

CAREER AND LEARNING ISSUE 2018: Hear leadership perspectives from CSR professionals who understand that that our future prosperity and sustainability depend on continuous learning.

SCAN, ANALYZE, EXPERIMENT, EVOLVE: Hear from companies who have scanned their horizons, analyzed their circumstances, experimented with their programs, and evolved into corporate citizenship leaders.

RESILIENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, RESULTS: In this issue of The Corporate Citizen, you’ll hear from companies that have cultivated resilience by taking a longer view in their corporate social responsibility strategies, by refusing to see impediments to progress as obstacles and viewing them rather as CSR challenges to be overcome, and by maintaining tenacious optimism about what is possible.

GOALS BEYOND "BETTER": As corporate citizenship professionals, when we're designing our vision for a more sustainable future—and developing the programs to achieve it—we need to move beyond "better," and really start to describe specific ESG goals that will deliver tangible, measurable progress toward that vision.

CAREER AND LEARNING ISSUE: Learn how leading companies are learning from their previous corporate citizenship efforts to drive their future work.

ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE: How leading companies are developing programs that respond to present needs and work toward creating the world in which we want to live.

Companies are drawing from their ecosystems to invest in the health, vibrancy, and potential of our people and our planet.

Companies that are collecting and using data to create innovative programs, address social and environmental issues, and measure and report on their progress.

Career and Learning Issue 2016 - find expertise and insights from leaders in the field—as well as a complete catalog of Center courses—to aid you in your educational journey.

Strong networks are the key to corporate citizenship success. In this issue of The Corporate Citizen, you'll find examples of the miraculous results that can be achieved when we connect and learn from each other.

Read how corporate citizenship programs not only advance communities and protect the environment, but deliver benefits to business as well.