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Corporate Social Responsibility
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11.03.2005 ET
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Business Ethics
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Intel Wins First-Ever 'CSR Management Award' from Business Ethics Magazine
(CSRwire) NEW YORK, NY - "We could see this issue of supply chain management
coming, given what happened with the sweatshop issue," said Dave Stangis,
Intel's director of corporate responsibility. "So we decided to band
together with other companies and take a leadership position on the
issue," helping to develop the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct. This
kind of leadership in corporate social responsibility (CSR) led
Business Ethics magazine to award its first ever CSR Management
Award today to Intel, as part of the 17th Annual Business Ethics
Awards.
Given out at a breakfast event in Washington, D.C., held in conjunction
with the Business for Social Responsibility conference, the awards are a
salute to four companies, large and small, leading the way in ethics and
corporate social responsibility excellence. In addition to Intel, other
winners announced today by New York-based Business Ethics magazine:
South Mountain Co., of West Tisbury, Mass., won the Workplace
Democracy Award. "When the employees are the owners," said founder John
Abrams, "essential business priorities change." South Mountain is a
30-year-old, $6 million architecture and construction firm on Martha's
Vineyard, which seeks to build buildings that are, in Abrams' terms,
artful, calm, comforting, airy, energy-efficient, healthy to live in, and
made of low-impact materials.
New Leaf Paper of San Francisco won the Environmental
Excellence Award. With $18 million in 2005 revenue, the company aims to
"inspire the paper industry to move toward sustainability," said founder
and CEO Jeff Mendelsohn. Since 1998, New Leaf has saved nearly 700,000
trees, since over half the fiber used in its papers comes from
post-consumer waste.
Weaver Street Cooperative of Carrboro, NC, won the Living
Economy Award. In its small town, the 17-year-old Weaver Street Market is
more than a food store - it's a community hub, featuring outdoor space
with sculpture, fountain, tables and benches.
The Business Ethics Awards were made possible by underwriter
Hewlett-Packard, benefactors Granite Construction and Wendy's, and other
supporters. Business Ethics is an 18-year-old publication focused on
ethics and corporate social responsibility, published by New York-based
New Mountain Media. For the complete awards story see www.business-ethics.com.
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