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Embed the ethos of community and citizenship

“Stakeholder relationships must be seen as interdependent and positive-sum.”

In our increasingly interdependent world, highly collaborative systems will outperform organizations that are characterized by adversarial win-lose relationships. Yet today, corporate governance structures often exacerbate conflict by promoting the interests of some groups(such as senior executives and the providers of capital)at the expense of others (usually employees,local communities, and the planet). Management systems must more fully reflect the ethos of community and citizenship—and the inescapable interdependence of all stakeholder groups must be designed into organizational operations at every level.

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Embed the ethos of community and citizenship

“Stakeholder relationships must be seen as interdependent and positive-sum.”

In our increasingly interdependent world, highly collaborative systems will outperform organizations that are characterized by adversarial win-lose relationships. Yet today, corporate governance structures often exacerbate conflict by promoting the interests of some groups(such as senior executives and the providers of capital)at the expense of others (usually employees,local communities, and the planet). Management systems must more fully reflect the ethos of community and citizenship—and the inescapable interdependence of all stakeholder groups must be designed into organizational operations at every level.

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You may think this company is nuts! They have people who make it work but they aren't employees and they don't make salaries. They have presence in five cities but they don't have a single office.
Story by Matt Shlosberg on July 29, 2010
Migros is the largest retailer in Switzerland. The company has been always intimately involved in the country's social, communal and economic affairs.
Leaders need to embody the values of the generations they serve and through implementing the 7Cs model of social change and service learning this can become a reality!
Hack by Elwood F Holton on November 22, 2011
Business professors think I am out of my mind, but I think business professors are out of their mind if they think that models they teach in business school really work.
Hack by Matt Shlosberg on September 6, 2010
AAU4M stands for Agony Aunts & Uncles for Managers.
Hack by Madhusudan Rao on August 2, 2010
Can capitalism be hacked to create homes for children who  live either in institutions or on the streets and in sewers?On Valentines Day, February 14th 2006, Terry Hallman met with EveryChild in
Hack by Jeff Mowatt on July 26, 2012
Create a positive vision of your business by banking employees’ volunteer hours in their community with a Time Bank.  Hours are exchanged with local service/product providers for participati
Hack by Michael Roth on January 20, 2011
Whatever the size of your organization it is your people who determine your organizational value added.
Hack by Bay Jordan on May 9, 2012
Most of the resources for businesses were possessed by corporations. Employees had to give up their freedom in exchange for salaries and resources.
Hack by Tsukasa Makino on July 18, 2011
Educate social entrepreneurship into Stakeholders, Investors and Executive mangers. They must believe and buy in with corporate Social responsibility commitment, not just use as an instrument.
Hack by zhi yuan chen on April 27, 2012

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