A Necessary Partnership for Advancing Responsible Business Practices
CSR FOR HR or HR FOR CSR a Win Win For Everybody Reading "CSR for HR" by Elaine Cohen has successfully answered some key questions that have I been chewing over in my head ... this book was an eye opener for me... ... And while "the intended audience is anyone practising, teaching, learning, aspiring to be in the HR function", I see value in expanded the audience to include anyone practicing, or aspiring to be in the CSR function as well. ... Yes, Elaine Cohen's book is a must read for anyone in HR function of any sized organization, and let's not forget for CSR practitioners too. Full review -- Lalia Helmer, Business that Cares blog ... a must-read for everybody who either works in the HR function and wants to develop a view on how to support CSR in their daily life, or for everybody outside the HR function looking for arguments why the HR function has an important role to play and needs to overcome some genuine mental stereotypes. ... The nice thing about telling the story in a plot like this is that more or less all arguments that one could run against in this challenging metamorphosis come back in the book, and in that sense it delivers refreshing yet convincing arguments any reader can use from the next day onwards. Another important point to make about Elaine's book is that she has interwoven the plot with a lot of ready-made materials (slides, checklists, book summaries and articles) that can be used as blueprints for readers to start their own pilgrimage. In essence, reading Elaine's book saves the reader a lot of time reading other articles and books. ... Elaine Cohen's book is the right book at the right moment, written in a very useful way that makes it "ready to use" from day 1 onwards. -- Ralph Thurm, Director, Deloitte Sustainability & Innovation
ELAINE COHEN is co-founder and managing consultant of Beyond Business, a leading CSR consulting and sustainability reporting firm, serving a long list of international companies and non-profit clients. Elaine lectures widely on CSR.
Part I: HR: A critical partner for CSR1. HR meets CSR2. The CSHR manager and the responsible workplace3. Employee dialogue and engagement4. Employee rights5. Employee reward and recognition6. Employee well-being, health and safety7. Recruitment, diversity and inclusion8. Employee training and development9. Employee communications10. Employee involvement in the community11. Employees and the environment Part II: Embedding CSHR12. The employee life-cycle13. Employee impacts14. Ethics15. Leadership Part III: The CSHR infrastructure16. HR stakeholders17. The CSHR job description18. The HR CSR roadmap19. CSHR: A critical business partner Appendix: companies referencedIndex