THINKING ABOUT CSR IN PRACTICE
     thoughts, tools and examples
 Corporate Social Responsibility
 CREATING VALUE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 An Executive Education Program

 Montreal, Canada
 Nov 5th – 9th, 2012



 Wayne Dunn
 Professor of Practice in CSR
 McGill:Institute for the Study of International Development
 wayne@waynedunn.com
 Thursday Nov 8th, 2012
 9:00 – Noon Session
Lecture Overview
• Discuss and try out some practical tools and
  approaches (Think Abouts) for assessing and
  understanding CSR in the field
  •   Relationship             •   Value Creation
  •   Value Sustainability     •   Communications
  •   Social Value Return on   •   Metrics
      Investment               •   CSR as a Catalyst
  •   Value Proposition
  •   Partners
• Group Work – apply the above to real life
  examples
• Industry Social License discussion
Session Objectives

A. To provide participants with some tools
   and insights for assessing and
   understanding on the ground CSR
   projects and initiatives?

B. To help participants be able to think
   about CSR in a more systematic
   manner.
CSR in the OLDEN DAYS
                   Policies &
                 Good Intentions




                Solving Social
                  Problems
CSR in the OLDEN DAYS (cont)
   Community Relations Management

    ?Results?           Framework




        Plan               System
CSR, No Matter How you Slice It
How to think about them Systematically

• Frameworks and systematic
  approaches to CSR is still an evolving
  area, despite a lot of progress over the
  last 15 years
• No one size fits all
• CSR programs and activities can be
  examined along many dimensions
Some Key Dimensions to Think About
Type of Activity
  •   Grants and Donations
  •   Community Social & Development
  •   Training and Education
  •   Local Institutional Development
  •   Local Infrastructure
  •   Employment
  •   Procurement
  •   Community Health
  •   Other
Some Key Dimensions to Think About

Relationship
  •   Highly Asymmetrical – Donor/Client
  •   Somewhat Asymmetrical
  •   Symmetrical
  •   Will it/should it change over time?
Some Key Dimensions to Think About
Value Proposition
  •   What Value Gets Created – For Who?
  •   Avoid Zero-Sum situations when possible

Value Sustainability
  •   Does the initial investment continue to provide
      value beyond the investment timeframe

Social Value Return on Investment
  •   Not every dollar invested in CSR creates the
      same level of social value
Some Key Dimensions to Think About
Partners
  • Who/what benefits from success of this
    initiative?
  • What sort of partners would fit with this
    initiative? (if any)
  • What value would they receive? Create? (for
    project and for company)?

Shareholder Value Creation
  • What’s in it for the company?
Group Work

Cameco and CN Case Studies
Millennium Development Goals
          The Millennium Development Goals
          (MDGs) are eight international
          development goals that were
          officially established following the
          Millennium Summit of the United
          Nations in 2000
          All 193 United Nations member
          states and at least 23 international
          organizations agreed to achieve
          these goals by the year 2015
More Key Dimensions to Think About
Communications
  • What about this project should be
    communicated?
  • Why? How/Where? Risks? Rewards?
  • What is the CSR equivalent of
    Greenwashing?

Metrics
  • What metrics would you measure/monitor?
  • Why?
CSR as a Catalyst

• CSR projects can act as a catalyst to
  bring key partners to the table
• Why do this?
  • Increases available resources (financial,
    human, organizational, political)
  • Increases sustainability
  • Reduces risk
CSR as a Catalyst

• HIV/AIDS in PNG
Social License

• Industry Social License
• Corporate Social License
• Project/Site Social License
Industry Social License

Prelude to Luncheon Speaker
•   Oil Sands - Alberta
•   Old Growth Logging – British Columbia
•   Uranium Mining – Saskatchewan
•   Trapping Industry – Canada
•   Seal Fur Harvest – Eastern Canada
Think Abouts
•   Relationship             •   Communications
•   Value Sustainability     •   Metrics
•   Social Value Return on   •   CSR as a Catalyst
    Investment
                             •   Management Framework
•   Value Proposition
                             •   Social License (Project,
•   Partners                     Corporate, Industry)
•   Value Creation



Question
With all the work that has happened – Why
does CSR remains such an issue
Session Objectives

A. To provide participants with some tools
   and insights for assessing and
   understanding on the ground CSR
   projects and initiatives?

B. To help participants be able to think
   about CSR in a more systematic
   manner.
Extra Slides for Handout

The following are extra slides that readers
may find useful
Gathering & Organizing
    Information on CSR Activities
ABC CSR Program
Description        Short description of the program

Objective          Stated and/or understood objectives

Type of Activity   •   Grants and Donations
                   •   Community Social & Development
                   •   Training and Education
                   •   Local Institutional Development
                   •   Local Infrastructure
                   •   Employment
                   •   Procurement
                   •   Community Health
                   •   Other
Responsibility & Management What dept./position is responsible for the
                            program?
                            How is it currently managed and how
                            does the management integrate with
                            other corporate management systems?
                            Does the success/failure of this program
                            affect the manager’s annual evaluation?
                            How?

Consultation and History      What, if any, local involvement was there in
                              the design and development of the program?
                              Any other notes on history – when it started,
                              how it came about, successes, failures,
                              developments, etc.
Budget              Current budget including how it is derived
                    (i.e. 3% of something). Also any recent or
                    expected changes to the budget.

Value Proposition   What groups, individuals, stakeholders
                    benefit from this activity, directly and
                    indirectly? Is there a way to help more to
                    benefit from it?

Partners            Are there any partners that aren’t covered in
                    the value proposition discussion?
                    How are partners involved? What are their
                    roles and responsibilities?
                    Are they capable of meeting them?
Community Benefits    What are the benefits to the community?
                      Can they be quantified? How?

Company Benefits      What are the benefits to the company?
                      Can they be quantified? How?

Other Beneficiaries   Are there other benefits from the program?
                      Who benefits? How?
                      Can they be quantified? How?
Success Indicators, Metrics,   How is the program measured and
Measuring & Monitoring         monitored?
                               Does it connect to management and
                               corporate objectives?
                               Is the program’s success linked to the
                               management evaluation program?
                               What other, if any, success indicators are
                               there?
                               How is the program reported? To who?
                               Frequency
Other Think Abouts   •   Value Sustainability
                     •   Social Value Return on Investment
                     •   Communications
                     •   Metrics
                     •   CSR as a Catalyst
For Additional Information
Wayne Dunn
Professor of Practice in Corporate Social Responsibility
McGill University | Institute for the Study of International Development
wayne@waynedunn.com
Desk: +1.250.743.7619

THINKING ABOUT CSR IN PRACTICE: thoughts, tools and examples – Lecture to McGill Executive Education Program on CSR

  • 1.
    THINKING ABOUT CSRIN PRACTICE thoughts, tools and examples Corporate Social Responsibility CREATING VALUE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT An Executive Education Program Montreal, Canada Nov 5th – 9th, 2012 Wayne Dunn Professor of Practice in CSR McGill:Institute for the Study of International Development wayne@waynedunn.com Thursday Nov 8th, 2012 9:00 – Noon Session
  • 2.
    Lecture Overview • Discussand try out some practical tools and approaches (Think Abouts) for assessing and understanding CSR in the field • Relationship • Value Creation • Value Sustainability • Communications • Social Value Return on • Metrics Investment • CSR as a Catalyst • Value Proposition • Partners • Group Work – apply the above to real life examples • Industry Social License discussion
  • 3.
    Session Objectives A. Toprovide participants with some tools and insights for assessing and understanding on the ground CSR projects and initiatives? B. To help participants be able to think about CSR in a more systematic manner.
  • 4.
    CSR in theOLDEN DAYS Policies & Good Intentions Solving Social Problems
  • 5.
    CSR in theOLDEN DAYS (cont) Community Relations Management ?Results? Framework Plan System
  • 6.
    CSR, No MatterHow you Slice It
  • 7.
    How to thinkabout them Systematically • Frameworks and systematic approaches to CSR is still an evolving area, despite a lot of progress over the last 15 years • No one size fits all • CSR programs and activities can be examined along many dimensions
  • 8.
    Some Key Dimensionsto Think About Type of Activity • Grants and Donations • Community Social & Development • Training and Education • Local Institutional Development • Local Infrastructure • Employment • Procurement • Community Health • Other
  • 9.
    Some Key Dimensionsto Think About Relationship • Highly Asymmetrical – Donor/Client • Somewhat Asymmetrical • Symmetrical • Will it/should it change over time?
  • 10.
    Some Key Dimensionsto Think About Value Proposition • What Value Gets Created – For Who? • Avoid Zero-Sum situations when possible Value Sustainability • Does the initial investment continue to provide value beyond the investment timeframe Social Value Return on Investment • Not every dollar invested in CSR creates the same level of social value
  • 11.
    Some Key Dimensionsto Think About Partners • Who/what benefits from success of this initiative? • What sort of partners would fit with this initiative? (if any) • What value would they receive? Create? (for project and for company)? Shareholder Value Creation • What’s in it for the company?
  • 12.
    Group Work Cameco andCN Case Studies
  • 13.
    Millennium Development Goals The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were officially established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000 All 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations agreed to achieve these goals by the year 2015
  • 14.
    More Key Dimensionsto Think About Communications • What about this project should be communicated? • Why? How/Where? Risks? Rewards? • What is the CSR equivalent of Greenwashing? Metrics • What metrics would you measure/monitor? • Why?
  • 15.
    CSR as aCatalyst • CSR projects can act as a catalyst to bring key partners to the table • Why do this? • Increases available resources (financial, human, organizational, political) • Increases sustainability • Reduces risk
  • 16.
    CSR as aCatalyst • HIV/AIDS in PNG
  • 17.
    Social License • IndustrySocial License • Corporate Social License • Project/Site Social License
  • 18.
    Industry Social License Preludeto Luncheon Speaker • Oil Sands - Alberta • Old Growth Logging – British Columbia • Uranium Mining – Saskatchewan • Trapping Industry – Canada • Seal Fur Harvest – Eastern Canada
  • 19.
    Think Abouts • Relationship • Communications • Value Sustainability • Metrics • Social Value Return on • CSR as a Catalyst Investment • Management Framework • Value Proposition • Social License (Project, • Partners Corporate, Industry) • Value Creation Question With all the work that has happened – Why does CSR remains such an issue
  • 20.
    Session Objectives A. Toprovide participants with some tools and insights for assessing and understanding on the ground CSR projects and initiatives? B. To help participants be able to think about CSR in a more systematic manner.
  • 21.
    Extra Slides forHandout The following are extra slides that readers may find useful
  • 22.
    Gathering & Organizing Information on CSR Activities ABC CSR Program Description Short description of the program Objective Stated and/or understood objectives Type of Activity • Grants and Donations • Community Social & Development • Training and Education • Local Institutional Development • Local Infrastructure • Employment • Procurement • Community Health • Other
  • 23.
    Responsibility & ManagementWhat dept./position is responsible for the program? How is it currently managed and how does the management integrate with other corporate management systems? Does the success/failure of this program affect the manager’s annual evaluation? How? Consultation and History What, if any, local involvement was there in the design and development of the program? Any other notes on history – when it started, how it came about, successes, failures, developments, etc.
  • 24.
    Budget Current budget including how it is derived (i.e. 3% of something). Also any recent or expected changes to the budget. Value Proposition What groups, individuals, stakeholders benefit from this activity, directly and indirectly? Is there a way to help more to benefit from it? Partners Are there any partners that aren’t covered in the value proposition discussion? How are partners involved? What are their roles and responsibilities? Are they capable of meeting them?
  • 25.
    Community Benefits What are the benefits to the community? Can they be quantified? How? Company Benefits What are the benefits to the company? Can they be quantified? How? Other Beneficiaries Are there other benefits from the program? Who benefits? How? Can they be quantified? How?
  • 26.
    Success Indicators, Metrics, How is the program measured and Measuring & Monitoring monitored? Does it connect to management and corporate objectives? Is the program’s success linked to the management evaluation program? What other, if any, success indicators are there? How is the program reported? To who? Frequency
  • 27.
    Other Think Abouts • Value Sustainability • Social Value Return on Investment • Communications • Metrics • CSR as a Catalyst
  • 28.
    For Additional Information WayneDunn Professor of Practice in Corporate Social Responsibility McGill University | Institute for the Study of International Development wayne@waynedunn.com Desk: +1.250.743.7619