News tagged with social response

News narratives can heighten compassion, increase willingness to act

How the news media tell a story can make those who consume the story more compassionate and willing to act and help others.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Social status promotes faster wound healing in wild baboons

Turns out it's not bad being top dog, or in this case, top baboon.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Historically black colleges and universities may be more supportive of students

An Indiana University study that analyzed differences in practices between faculty at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and predominantly white institutions (PWIs) found that faculty members ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can cold cash, social game relieve rush hour traffic?

Cash prizes for getting to campus late or leaving early? Even Stanford University's hard-working employees and students may be tempted to participate in a new study.

Technology / Other

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cultural inertia is slowing effective action to address climate-change

Resistance at individual and societal levels must be recognized and treated before real action can be taken to effectively address threats facing the planet from human-caused contributions to climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Apple, Google most admired firms: Fortune

Apple topped the list of most admired companies for the fifth year in a row, based on a Fortune magazine survey released Thursday showing Google as number two and Amazon number three.

Technology / Business

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Social responsibility of businesses questioned

When the Icelandic banking system was privatised in 2003, it inaugurated a period of furious expansion of both loans and risky investments. The bubble burst in 2008. At that time, the nominal assets of the three largest banks ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many companies fall short of social responsibility promises

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether eliminating child labor, creating environmentally friendly technology or working against all forms of corruption, many corporations fail to become socially responsible despite promises to change, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Law professor investigates rise of corporate social responsibility in China

(PhysOrg.com) -- It might come as a surprise to learn that corporate social responsibility is on the rise in China, a country where manufacturers pollute nearby communities, labor protests have made global headlines, and ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: family-controlled companies more socially responsible

Do family-controlled public companies behave differently than other publicly owned businesses? A new BYU Marriott School of Management study shows more socially responsible initiatives in public companies where the founder, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Corp. social responsibility programs have little impact on stocks: study

Stocks of companies that are committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies perform statistically similarly to those corporations that do not have these programs, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

China search giant Baidu blasted by state media

China's state media has launched stinging attacks on the nation's hugely popular search engine Baidu, in what analysts say may signal government unease about the firm's growing market power.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When will a message of social responsibility backfire?

Consumers don't react positively to all messages of corporate social responsibility, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. The message needs to line up with consumers' mindsets and understanding of the ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experimental philosophy opens new avenues into old questions

Philosophers have argued for centuries, millennia actually, about whether our lives are guided by our own free will or are predetermined as the result of a continuous chain of events over which we have no control.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 219 | with audio podcast

As armor against criticism, corp. social responsibility no substitute for product quality

More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies commit themselves to corporate social responsibility initiatives in order to protect themselves against negative information. But these moves don't serve as a strong insurance ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0