Social Responsbility, Sustainability-ESG - MGT 1100 - Introduction to Business

Corporate Responsibility Reports

What does the company say about its social responsbility and sustainability initiatives?

Global Reporting Database
The Global Reporting Initiative has helped to set standards for corporate reporting on sustainable issues and now maintains a database of corporate reports. A link to the full pdf report is at the bottom of the reports record.
CorporateRegister
Register for free access to corporate non-financial reports, including Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, environmental and social reports.
Sustainability Reports
Current corporate reports listed by country and sector.
BSR Insights - Business for Social Responsibility
Check out their Insights with Reports and Primers on topics including Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Women Empowerment and the State of Sustainable Business.

Corporate Responsibility Ratings Sites

How are organizations evaluating the social, environmental and governance responsibility of a company?

World's Most Ethical Companies
From Ethisphere.com
Corporate Knights
Canadian media and research company rating companies as corporate citizens for sustainability and social and economic benefits - "clean capitalism."
Glass Door
Reviews from current and past employees with current local job opening.
Reputation Institute
Ranks the top global and US companies by reputations. You may need to register for some reports.
Green America Responsible Shopper
Open Secrets
The Center for Responsive Politics looks analyzes corporate donations in politics among other related topics. Use the Search feature to find a company report.
CSR Hub
Free data includes ratings of a company's social responsibility, but the free data may be limited. The company's description may include a link to the company's own CSR reports.

ESG Investing

See James Mackintosh's Wall Street Journal article "Streetwise: Social, Environmental Investment Scores Diverge" (September 18, 2018), comparing 3 different ratings.

Articles

Search ABI/Inform or ProQuest Business or MACKsearch. Filter results by date.
Combine the company name with relevant terms, such as:

companyname AND (sustainability OR environment OR green)

companyname AND social responsibility

company name AND ethic?

Note: ethic? searches for: ethic, ethics, ethical

MACKsearch This link opens in a new window
Find books, ebooks, streaming videos, DVDs, articles, reports and more from a wide selection of McQuade's databases, the Library Catalog and beyond.
ProQuest Business This link opens in a new window
Try strategies above using the Advanced Search.
Business Source Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Try strategies above using the Advanced Search.

Legal Proceedings

A public company's annual SEC 10-K filing includes a section on Legal Proceedings, which you can get from the corporations web site, S&P Capital IQ NetAdvantage or from SEC EDGAR's free site.

Update the 10-K and get more detail from LexisNexis Company Dossier, and from MACKsearch and ProQuest.

Nexis Uni Company Dossier This link opens in a new window
Enter your company name or ticker symbol, choose your company, and then check the Legal tab for Recent Cases in the US, Canada, UK, and Commonwealth.
SEC EDGAR Search - free This link opens in a new window
A company's annual Form 10-K filing includes a section "Legal Proceedings" highlighting any major legal suits that could affect the company.
ProQuest Business This link opens in a new window
Possible search strategy:
Walmart and (civil actions or litigation or settlements or legal)
Business Source Premier - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Possible search strategy:
Walmart and (civil actions or litigation or settlements or legal)