We won't presume to tell you how to think and behave. However, there are ethically-enhanced choices to shop, partner, invest, and job search. Through our Canadian Clearing-house For Consumer and Corporate Ethics, EthicScan offers you a cornucopia of books, reprints, investor kits, and other resources. Organizations and individuals can learn how to research or access high quality, independent corporate behaviour research in order to enhance and apply their values in many day to day operations and opportunities.
Resources
- 650 Corporate Profiles
- customized Partnership Screening Reports
- 54 Industry Sector Comparative Profiles
- reprints from The Corporate Ethics Monitor
- a collection of investment and portfolio screens from Canada, the U.S, the U.K. and other jurisdictions
- ethical consuming and investing books at a discount, as a fundraising initiative for not-for-profits
- research files on the characteristics of socially-responsible organizational behaviour
Services
- assist in developing investment screen metrics for mutual funds, foundations, pension funds, labour unions, and investment portfolio professionals
- apply corporate values to procurement, investment, fundraising and training
- identify ethically-tuned and ethically-suitable partners, sponsors and donors
- develop a socially-responsible partnership, fundraising or sponsorship strategy
- identify innovative community economic development and investment initiatives
- avoid companies with unsavory business practices
- identify reputable partners and suppliers for schools, churches, universities, municipalities and other institutions
- an Ethical Investing Kit
- develop shareholder resolution, community economic development, community responsive, and related advocacy strategies
Results
- a state-of-the-art ethical investment and screening process
- encourage more responsible practices from suppliers, donors and partners
- an ethical investment strategy for universities, foundations and labour unions
- a menu of ethical partnership initiatives for not-for-profit organizations