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- Debrief Panel Discussion “ Co-creating Business’s New Social Compact ”

- Debrief Panel Discussion “ Co-creating Business’s New Social Compact ” What’s the history of corporations & NGOs in a dynamic, globalizing world? Why has there been antagonism? What has brought corporations and NGOs together? How do corporations & NGOs complement each other?

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- Debrief Panel Discussion “ Co-creating Business’s New Social Compact ”

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  1. - Debrief Panel Discussion • “Co-creating Business’s New Social Compact” • What’s the history of corporations & • NGOs in a dynamic, globalizing world? • Why has there been antagonism? • What has brought corporations and NGOs together? • How do corporations & NGOs complement each other? • BP: Growing Sustainable Business in Emerging Markets • Pt. 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=EADMtfLZZcs (2 min. 30) • Pt. 2 http://youtube.com/watch?v=dgKnf3rWH1w (2 min. 30)

  2. International partnerships and alliances—corporations What is the UN Global Compact? What is the International Climate Action Partnership? What is the US Climate Action Partnership? What are the benefits & risks of these partnerships? Business Week Feb. 2008 article on US-CAP— ”Green Up to a Point”

  3. Starbucks and Conservation International (2002) What brought the partners together? How did the partners complement each other? Why was Starbucks the target of anti-global Protests? What do CI & Starbucks communicate to the public about their partnership? Why did the alliance succeed when others failed?

  4. Starbucks and Conservation International (2002) UK Guardian Article, “Trouble Brewing” about WTO protests in Dec. 1999: Starbucks & CI—carbon offsets—Money.cnn 3/20/08 “Starbucks Sows Carbon Farmers”

  5. McDonald’s and the Environmental Defense Fund: a case study of a green alliance (1999) How did green alliances change in their rhetoric? What did the McD’s & EDF alliance aim to do? What can we learn from Livesey’s rhetorical analysis of McDonald’s and EDF about for-profit nonprofit alliances?

  6. Social Alliance--SWOT ANALYSIS

  7. Social Alliance Role Play Scenario: The organization of choice for your poverty project seeks an alliance with a financial institution and a for-profit company. The objective is to secure funding and expertise to help fund a poverty alleviation project in the nonprofit’s area of operations. Task: Assume the roles below and begin to negotiate the partnership. What will each partner bring to the alliance? What risks will each take? What differences in goals does each party have? What first steps need to occur for the partnership to move ahead? Nonprofit —director, project manager Finance —CEO For-Profit Company —CEO, Issue Manager, Board Chair

  8. Big Questions: What role, if any, should businesses have in working with NGOs to ensure “sustainable well-being”? What role, if any, should NGOs have in working with for-profits to assist NGO work? What role, if any, do consumers have in supporting social alliances through their work, patronage, or donations?

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