Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

There is much greater pushback against the “shareholder values revolution”—which elevated cost-cutting and the interests of shareholders at the expense of workers—than at any other time over the last four decades. It is crucial, however, that the renewed energy of organized labor is channeled in the right way.

Public and Social Policy 142

Public and Social Policy Technology Production Civil Society 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 15, 2024

They may still be able to create value by deploying AI for internal operations. It can give workers and leaders time back so they can focus more of their energy on mission-critical work. Nonprofits and civil society belong at the forefront of AI. Or if they don’t have a CTO or the tech talent to implement it?

Curriculum and Teaching 144

Curriculum and Teaching Health Education Education 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Even the transition to renewable energy is threatened by a shortage of some 7 million workers needed to do things like install solar panels on roofs. The migration opportunity requires a good recruitment industry to provide the value-added services that enable workers and employers to find each other across borders.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2022

There are many examples of leaders countering this myth, like the Fellows in the Civil Society Fellowship. The Aspen Institute has found our particular approach to this work through creating environments that foster deep introspection of one’s values and actions in the company and trust of others doing the same.

Leadership 116

Leadership Civil Society Collaborations Universities 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

In the simplest terms, a debtor nation will agree to stop making payments to the lender and to, instead, channel that money into local climate projects such as renewable energy or energy efficiency initiatives. Furthermore, debt-for-nature swaps may not free up enough revenues for the debtor country to finance environmental programs.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 98

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

JH: And I just want to say quickly, I don’t want to make a value judgment about that. I just think that we have to be ready not to say something is negative or positive, but definitely evaluate: Why is this unique in American society at this time? That’s like wanting to have your name on the Museum of Modern Art or something.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business. The framework consists of a three-by-seven axis.

Public and Social Policy 110

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Energy 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. The Garfield Foundation offers a different example of how networks with capacity achieve systems change that evades individual groups.

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

Initiated by NIH, in partnership with the Department of Energy, the Human Genome Project became a whole-of-government effort once it was codified through budgetary allocations and public policy, like the passage of HIPAA, which advanced the agreements of the initiative across a global stage.

Collaborations 108

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 108

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

New Brunswick is home to Canada’s largest oil refinery, which employs more than 4,000 full-time workers, produces over half the province’s export value—and emits 3 million tons of carbon annually. Will the province adapt by diversifying its energy sector and building a green economy? Critics of the report have not been hard to find.

Energy 109

Energy Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Were in a period of polycrisis, yet the business world, government, and civil society persist in their siloed approaches to solving it. Now more than ever, we need to borrow from the energy, optimism, courage, and interconnectedness that characterize the social innovation ecosystem. Our vision? trillion and growing.

Governance 96

Governance Philanthropy Collaborations Finance 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This involves opening spaces for participation at the highest levels of decision-making, offering training and resources, and above all, listening to and valuing young people’s perspectives. Young people must be seen not only as beneficiaries, but as key partners in the design of policies and programs.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Public Policy 132

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Thus, despite their energy and commitment, sooner or later their power is crippled by what feminist sociologist Jo Freeman called the “tyranny of structurelessness.” This in turn has enabled a “philanthropic” colonization of the civil society within which people-based politics and social movements had been rooted.

Public and Social Policy 103

Public and Social Policy Universities Civil Society Sociology 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

Civil society and humanitarian organizations are attuned to the reality that these streams of people generate massive amounts of data that can, for instance, help channel aid to the neediest, predict disease outbreaks, and much more. Today, the term social license is defined in multiple ways.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Ethics Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

These laws, purportedly designed as a check on foreign interference, limit civil society organizations and restrict democratic practice by cutting off funding from foundations to movement organizations. And where is the African value system of this constitution and the rule of law?…If

Philanthropy 95

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Poverty Civil Society 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Transform Finances recent SSIR article Investing in Enterprises That Work for Everyone and accompanying report threw a much-needed spotlight on how Alternative Ownership Enterprise (AOE) models can help redistribute economic value, looking at the landscape in the United States. million dairy farmers who own the business.

Governance 71

Governance Public and Social Policy Production Finance 71

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 23, 2023

That share ownership comes with two core bundles of rights for shareholders: economic rights, which provide monetary value, and governance rights, which grant control over the enterprise. providing renewable energy or healthy food). Conventional enterprises typically have a single class of ownership, delineated by shares.

Non-Profits 139

Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Finance Governance 139

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Vincent Bevins: The book takes as its starting point something for which I think there’s ample evidence: there is quite a lot of energy and desire around the world to change the global system that we inhabit. If the question is not of desire, energy, or will, then perhaps the question is about tactics.

Governance 128

Governance Homelessness Civil Society Energy 128

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

A 2021 study by McKinsey Global Institute found that, globally, “The business sector overall contributes 72 percent of GDP [gross domestic product]” and, further, that “corporations with more than $1 billion in revenue…increased their global value added by 60 percent relative to their home countries’ GDP since 1995.” Empowering workers.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

MG: There is an interdependence between our political structures and our civil society structures. Because if there is no story, then the value becomes just the strategy. The donors’ item of value is how many doors you have knocked on. That’s a powerful energy. If the energy is there, that’s a huge piece of it.

Culture 119

Culture Energy Governance Leadership 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 5, 2023

As such, we cannot take any of our rights—be it freedom, democracy, or survival—at face value. Using stark statistics and bold imperatives, he shows that the pursuit of happiness means nothing in an economy where just three people own more wealth than the 165 million people that make up the bottom half of US society.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Governance Civil Society Energy 116