By Yin Yang Ph.D. student, and Chris Skurka, assistant professor, Penn State
Period poverty refers to a lack of access to menstrual products, hygiene facilities and adequate education. Globally, around 500 million individuals experience period poverty each month. For those who menstruate and live in the least developed countries, basic menstrual products may be unaffordable.
Corporate social responsibility represents an organization’s commitment to improving society through strategic initiatives – often environmental or social. Research has found that to communicate CSR to consumers, an organization must be real about what they stand for.
One of the challenges is skepticism. Consumers and other stakeholders may wonder if a company isn’t just “talking the talk." While… More
By Ioana A. Coman, Texas Tech University and Rosalynn Vasquez, Boston University
We set out to explore the relevant and timely phenomenon of organizational and social listening and the concept of dialogue, in the context of climate change advocacy. In this case study, we examined how Amazon, one of the largest, global tech companies, responded to its employees’… More
The recent occurrence of Earth Day has once again fostered important national discussion about the energy economy and its implications for climate change and our ecological future. But even as media discourses focus on the fertile ground of shifting public opinion, environmental organizations must also remain focused on issues of stakeholder recruitment,… More
By Katie R. Place, Page Center senior research fellow
In the wake of COVID-19, organizations have scrambled to listen to marginalized publics. Many have endured significantly higher job loss rates and a greater bearing of the burden of the crisis, due to longstanding racism, income inequality, and reduced economic mobility.
Complicating this, organizations have historically engaged in… More
There are more than 600 organizations in the United States centered on coaching women to run and win political campaigns. Some topics – speechwriting and fundraising – are to be expected. But in one training program, two Page Center scholars found that the concept of authenticity repeatedly surfaced as a key element.
