MHC International Collection

 

Globethics is hosting a special institutional collection of documents related to Prof. Michale Hopkins works on Corportate Social Responsibility (CSR) in various sectors. (This collection is currently in development). Michael Hopkins is Chair and Partner of MHC International. He has worked in the Corporate sector (IBM, cheap BAT, ITT/STC, Addax, UEFA, BP), the United Nations (ILO, UNDP, WFP, UNIDO, UNITAR), The World Bank and in Academia (IDS Sussex, QEH Oxford, Middlesex, Geneva Universities), and has held a number of Professorships (Middlesex, Brunel, George Mason University). He is a PhD economist with a strong focus upon measurement, employment issues and executive education especially in emerging market economies. Since leaving the UN where he was a staff member for 13 years (ILO) he founded, and is CEO of MHC International and its subsidiary the CSR and Financial Institute (CSRFI). He also initiated the Arabia CSR Awards, as well as the University of Geneva's CSR Executive Training Programme, which he directed until 2013.

Recent Submissions

  • Some reflections on human and social indicators for development
    Ghai, Dharam; Hopkins, Michael; McGranahan, Donald (UNRISD, 1988-10)
    "Some reflections on Human and Social indicators for Development."

  • CSR and Population
    Hopkins, Michael (MHC International, 2010-11)
    Corporations have embraced the call of ‘sustainability’ leaving its earlier manifestation as CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) aside to some extent. The differences between the two concepts have been covered by the author elsewhere4. But, there is still a wide spread feeling that POPULATION is the problem – from poverty to climate change to lack of food to congestion to pollution, perhaps even the current recession?

  • CSR and Conflict
    Hopkins, Michael (MHC International, 2012-08)
    Business continues even in regions of conflict. But what does corporate social responsibility really mean under conflict conditions? How can business not make the situation worse and how far can private enterprise go in actively building peace?

  • The New India CSR Rules
    Hopkins, Michael (MHC International, 2014-06)
    There is great interest in CSR in India particularly since the publication of new CSR Rules in the Indian Company Law that went into force on April 1st this year. In each of the workshops I insisted that CSR was a multi-stakeholder initiative as described in detail on the front page of my website www.mhcinternational.com

  • How Could Strategic CSR Have Helped Dubai?
    Hopkins, Michael (MHC International, 2009-12)
    Dubai's stock market fell by 6% on Monday 7 Dec and again on 8 Dec … Dubai's finance minister said the government would not sell any assets to help the emirate's investment vehicle, Dubai World, meet its debts. [BBC, Dec 7th 2009] Emirate’s mistakes could fill a ‘fool’s guide’ on how not to preserve its reputation [Andrew England, Financial Times, Dec 12 2009]

  • CSR Update 2010
    Hopkins, Ivor; Hopkins, Michael (MHC International, 2010-02)
    This, our fourth annual CSR update, is based upon MHCi‟s annual meeting of CSR experts who meet in London at the beginning of each year. The experts are chosen for both their practical as well as their academic experience. They hail mainly from Europe but with strong international credentials.

  • Weapons Of Mass Description
    Hopkins, Michael; Payne, Adrian (MHC International, 2012-09)
    With three big elephants in the CSR room (GRI, ISO26000 and IIRC) are we in danger of asking too much of companies and institutions? Will the demand for bigger and bigger standards lead to increased reluctance to incorporate CSR? There is a danger and we argue here for more limited accountability so that we may encourage more to become socially responsible without increasing baggage.