Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Volunteering

Books and e-Volunteerism articles on this topic

Articles and book excerpts on this topic:

Building Nonprofit Capacity Through Workplace Volunteering by David Warshaw
Can Corporate Volunteering Support the Bottom Line? from Hands On Network
Companies Are From Mars; Nonprofits Are From Venus by David Warshaw
Corporate Citizenship: A Tax in Disguise? by Richard Teather, challenging the philosophy behind the practice.
Corporate Volunteering from Take Your Partner for the Corporate Tango
Employee Volunteering Guide A resource for employers, volunteers and not-for-profit organizations, from the NSW Premier's Department Employee Volunteering Working Group in Australia
How Employee Volunteers Multiply your Community Impact by Jessica Stannard-Friel, onPhilanthropy (2005)
Pro Bono / In-Kind / Donated Services for Mission-Based Organizations When, Why & How? by Jayne Cravens
Promoting Employee Engagement from the International Youth Foundation
Recognizing Employee Volunteers from Employee Volunteering: The Guide
The Social Case for Corporate Volunteering, by Kenn Allen
Tapping the Small Business Community from The NonProfit Times column "On Volunteers"

Valuing Volunteering – A Route to Professional Development, by Petra Cook and Nicky Jackson. Explores how volunteering can help to develop the critical professional management skills of working with people who have different timeframes, values and interests. It assesses the personal experiences of senior managers and also their views on volunteering in their capacity as employers. The study also examines the views and actual experiences of returned VSO (UK) volunteers. (24-page PDF, 2006)
Volunteers from the Workplace by Betty B. Stallings for USIA (1998)

Free electronic books on this topic:

The Role of Volunteers in Promoting Global Corporate Citizenship

Global Report from United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the New Academy of Business, 2004 (66 pg. PDF)

Volunteer Connections: The Benefits and Challenges of Employer-Supported Volunteerism, from Volunteer Canada (54 pg. PDF)

Volunteering for Impact: Best Practices in International Corporate Volunteering by Greg Hills and Adeeb Mahmud, FSG Social Impact Advisors, 2007(44 pg. PDF)

Websites with useful information on this topic:

Business in the Community (UK)
http://www.bitc.org.uk/index.html
Business in the Community is an organization of over 700 corporations in the UK "committed to improving their positive impact on society." This dense Web site has a great deal of information (case studies, reports, news items) about all aspects of community involvement, including volunteering.

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR)

http://www.cbsr.ca

Resources for Canadian companies interested in social corporate responsibility.

Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College

http://www.bc.edu/centers/ccc/index.html

Site to advance "strategic corporate citizenship," including reports on such things as "Corporate Social Responsibility Monitor" and other reports.

Corporate Month of Service – September
http://www.behandson.org/wiki/cmosresources
Showcases the collective power of corporate America to create significant change in communities at home and abroad through volunteer service. An initiative of the Hands On Network Corporate Service Council, the Web site provides how-to information and templates.

Corporate Philanthropy and Volunteerism
http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/research/rcp.html
Series of articles from Charity Village (Canada).

Corporate Social Responsibility News and Resources
http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/index.html
Resources for people determined to act as change agents within their business for corporate social responsibility/corporate citizenship, including employee volunteering.

CRS Wire

http://www.csrwire.com/

Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire Service posts all sorts of press releases and reports on business programs. Search under "volunteer" to find many items.

Developing Volunteer Projects Toolkit

http://www.behandson.org/wiki/developing-volunteer-projects-toolkit

The Developing Volunteer Projects Toolkit offers simple, practical advice for planning group volunteer projects, ready-to-use worksheets and forms, and strategies for engaging volunteers in service. Especially pertinent for corporate volunteers since the site was created for the employees of Home Depot to work with Hands On Network.

Engage

http://www.iblf.org/activities/engage.jsp

A 3-year international employee engagement campaign (to end in 2004) initiated by the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum in the UK. Site includes company-shared materials.

Good Company

http://www.goodcompany.com.au/

Connects skilled professionals with Australian charitable organizations in need of pro bono assistance.

Imagine

http://www.imaginecanada.ca/

Canada 's national program to promote public and corporate giving, volunteering and support for the community. Site has many resources and downloadable materials.

Investing in Volunteers Project (UK)

http://www.investinginvolunteers.org.uk

Investing in Volunteers is the UK quality standard for all organizations which involve volunteers in their work -- includes a complete section for employee volunteer programs. The Standard enables organizations to comprehensively review their volunteer management, and also publicly demonstrates their commitment to volunteering.

Mission & Market Program of the Independent Sector http://www.independentsector.org/mission_market/index.html

Information for forming corporate-nonprofit partnerships.

OneWorld Topic Guide to Volunteering: Corporate Volunteering

http://us.oneworld.net/guides/volunteering

Thoughtful presentation of the topic and examples of international corporate volunteer programs, with emphasis on issues affecting civil society and human rights.

Points of Light Foundation resource section

http://www.pointsoflight.org/resources/

Fact sheets and guides, most in PDF format, on various topics. Select browse by network" and then "business" to focus on corporate volunteerism titles.

Taproot Foundation - Knowledge Center
http://www.taprootfoundation.org/corporate/resources.php
Taproot is focused on encouraging pro bono donations of professional services. Here are articles and research reports about business and professional community engagement.

US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center

http://www.uschamber.com/bclc/default

The Business Civic Leadership Center exists to support the civic and humanitarian initiatives of businesses.

VolunteerResources.org - Workplace Employee Volunteering

http://www.jjhill.org/pol/index.cfm?action=main.category&lngCategoryID=22

Materials compiled for the Points of Light Foundation by the James J. Hill Reference Library.

Corporate Model Programs:

Cisco Systems

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/about/ac48/about_cisco_volunteer

_programs_list.html

Example of a multi-faceted corporate employee volunteer program.

Timberland

http://www.timberland.com/timberlandserve/timberlandserve_index.jsp

Includes tool kits for employees wanting to run their own projects.

The Wal-Mart Foundation

http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/203.aspx

National Web site explaining all the many community service projects that Wal-Mart sponsors through its employees and customers. Many project ideas.