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In recent months, we here at CBERN have profiled numerous academic research centres trading in business ethics analysis, such as Ryerson’s Institute for the Study of Corporate Social Responsibility, Carleton’s Centre for Community Innovation, and York University’s Hennick Centre for Business and Law. I would like to expand that list further by giving a brief [...]

With its 40th anniversary quickly approaching, the North-South Institute (NSI) will soon be reflecting on the past four decades of its contributions that have made it one of Canada’s most important policy research institutions in the field of international development. Founded in 1976, the NSI has been ranked twice in previous years as the world’s [...]

In the past decade, Quebec has become a focal point of business ethics research and networking, reflected by the appearance of sectoral research centres and consultancies springing up around the province, and the Réseau d’Éthique Organisationnelle du Québec (RÉOQ, or Quebec Organizational Ethics Network) is illustrative of this trend. It should be noted that while [...]

There is a lot to be said about emerging trends in responsible investing, and fortunately for the socially responsible investing community, Dr. Tessa Hebb and her team at Carleton’s Community Centre for Innovation (3ci) are doing much of the talking these days. Dr. Hebb is a leading advocate of SRI and social finance projects, and [...]

A new and emerging category of industry centred on strong, non-profit organizations has been germinating across Canada for the past decade, predicated on the tenets of ethical business. This model is known as social enterprise – a system which combines aspects of traditional for-profit business practices with non-profit service skills in order to support the [...]

Originally established in 1995, the non-profit Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) has become a pillar of Canadian business ethics advocacy and the organization views itself as “the Canadian representative in a world-wide network committed to corporate social responsibility.” With offices in the Canadian business hubs of Vancouver, Toronto, and Calgary, the CBSR has a [...]