whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. After Enron: the Corporate Governance of Corporate Social Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...work that the company claims is being performed." Whythawk has long held that companies outsource their reputational risk when they choose to associate themselves with development organisations....

2. The future of Newspapers, journalistic integrity and the battle for Google's soul
(Analysis/Analysis)

...otest and consumer-action. Polaroid divested. Did it help to end apartheid? Probably not. Did it salvage the reputations and moral probity of a few? Definitely. The modern web 2.0 companies permanen...

3. Unlearning helplessness: how donors reinforce poverty and dependency
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rly happens with everything from sugar, to soap. Companies that allow this surely don't care about their reputations with the poor or about the integrity of their products. And the end result wi...

4. What market is worth R 100 billion a year and is growing at 10.9%?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ll costs were limited to 29 cents per minute.  Vodacom expected it to be a marketing give-away; to build reputation while selling contracts as their main revenue stream.  Instead it became a...

5. Leveraging your good name; the power of a positive credit rating
(Analysis/Analysis)

...all over again and gain the trust of that new community. Even worse, though, is that those who sabotage their reputations entirely in one spot simply create a new persona for themselves at the same si...

6. Mama Jackie - the "Angel of Soweto" - assaults a journalist
(Analysis/Analysis)

In December, when introducing our conference on Responsibility, Reputation and Risk, we mentioned Jacqueline Maarohanye - the principal of Ithuteng Trust in Soweto – as an example of the embarr

7. World Cup 2010 asks for big sacrifices from the poor
(Analysis/Analysis)

The South African government has staked its reputation on a successful World Cup in 2010.  “Success” equates with expensive stadiums the likes of which the world has never seen. The

8. Reputation Risk Conference
(Events/News)

“Responsibility, Reputation, and Risk” is a one-day conference to assist companies to develop a system of aligning their social responsibility budgets to causes that can serve their core b

9. Responsibility Reputation Risk - a conference on corporate social investment
(Events/Events)

...ion is embarrassed by association with corruption and incompetence at a large charity. “Responsibility, Reputation, and Risk” is a one-day conference to assist companies to develop a syste...

10. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
(Static Content)

...e new products aimed at the bottom of the pyramid Partner with the most effective organisations manage your reputation and risk within the informal sector by only working with organisations and comp...