Stephen Colbert – Authentic Organizations

Authentic CSR: Should Dawn publicize its involvement in Oiled Bird Rescue?

Jun 10, 2010

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in Authentic or Not?, Brand(ing):Inside & Outside, Sustainability & Greening

Procter & Gamble and its Dawn Dishwashing Liquid are the targets of criticism and cynicism for their efforts to help the International Bird Rescue Research Center save birds who have been wounded by BP’s Oil Spill. While I’m quick to criticize any organization that promotes its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts when all they care…

Corporations as Persons: Steven Colbert explains this bad idea

Jan 22, 2010

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in Authentic or Not?, Business & Mgmt Education, Organizational Design, Organizational Theory, Politics

[Jan 21: In light of yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision, I’m re-posting this serious & pop-culture critique of the anti-democratic argument that Corporations Are People. Scott Klinger writing over at Alternet, sets out what it would/should mean for corporations really to be treated as “persons” and thus have the same responsibilities as people too. Me, I’d…

If Stephen Colbert were the CEO of Zappos: Explaining a layoff to your employees

Nov 13, 2008

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in Authentic or Not?, Claims vs. Behaviors, Hypocrisy, Leading for Authenticity

On The Colbert Report , it’s called "The Word".Â In Web 2.0, it’s called "transparency ". Historically, it’s called "telling the truth". As I was working on a more serious post about Zappos , I could not push aside my annoyance at the contradiction between the way the Zappos layoff has been discussed in the…

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Authentic CSR: Should Dawn publicize its involvement in Oiled Bird Rescue?

Corporations as Persons: Steven Colbert explains this bad idea

If Stephen Colbert were the CEO of Zappos: Explaining a layoff to your employees