Human Rights

Articles : All [8] | News Articles [9] | Stanford Social Innovation Review Articles [10] | Blog Posts [11]

Topic :

Global Issues [12], Nonprofits [13], Human Rights [14], Social Entrepreneurship [15]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Fall 2010

Throughout history, acts of hatred have plagued communities and dominated media attention. The website Not In Our Town is working to combat that by broadcasting anti-hate stories and campaigns.

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Global Issues [12], Nonprofits [13], Human Rights [14]

Lessons from an Organizer [19]

[17]

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Summer 2010

CREATIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice by Si Kahn

Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Government [20], Healthcare [21], Human Rights [14]

Medical Supply Chain Aids Haitian Quake Victims [22]

When Paul Auerbach arrived in Haiti, after the January 2010 earthquake, he faced a sea of death and misery the likes of which he'd never seen. A member of Stanford Emergency Medicine's rapid response team under the auspices of International Medical Corps, Auerbach, Sloan '89, eventually assumed the role of lead physician coordinating the medical and logistical efforts of teams from around the globe.

Resource: News Article

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Settling Up [23]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Spring 2010

Wenfang Shi holds a bioscience degree from one of China’s top five medical schools and worked as an associate professor in immunology at two leading Chinese research universities. But after moving to the U.S. and applying for numerous jobs without getting an interview or even a callback, Shi felt demoralized. Enter Upwardly Global, a nonprofit that places skilled immigrants in jobs worthy of their talents.

Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Arts, Culture, and Religion [24], Human Rights [14]

Airborne Peace [25]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Spring 2010

In Rwanda, Radio La Benevolencija uses soap operas to heal ethnic tensions

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14]

Project Healthy Children: Making Nutrition Their Business [37]

Project Healthy Children works with governments and manufacturers to bring fortified foods to people at risk.

Resource: News Article

Topic :

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Human Rights [14]

Increasing Companies' Safety & Gender Equity [39]

A study of oil rigs shows that a different approach to male-dominated environments can change corporate culture.

Resource: News Article

Topic :

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14], Leadership [40]

Why Do Women Not Always Realize Their Workforce Potential? [41]

A researcher says at least part of the answer is that people are more than their potential.

Resource: News Article

Topic :

Economic Development [36], Government [20], Human Rights [14]

The Tough Math Behind Humanitarian Aid [42]

A new study finds that a different approach to food-relief efforts in the developing world could save more lives.

Resource: News Article

Topic :

Business [43], Human Rights [14]

African American Women Are Moving Ahead Rapidly [44]

In the United States today, two-thirds of African American college undergrads are women, and they are going on to excel in business, particularly in entrepreneurship, says visiting scholar Katherine Phillips.

Resource: News Article

Topic :

Arts, Culture, and Religion [24], Human Rights [14]

Research: Why They Stayed [47]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Fall 2009

“The question everyone asked was, ‘Why did those crazy people choose to stay?’"

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Research: Color Blindness Is Shortsighted [49]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Summer 2009

Acknowledging employee diversity has its benefits.

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Research: Not Racing to Help [51]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Spring 2009

Racism may have played a role in the government’s delayed response to Katrina.

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

An Unconscionable Business [53]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Winter 2009

SEX TRAFFICKING: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara Review by Holly Burkhalter

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Human Rights [14]

Dropping the Ball [55]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Fall 2008

Why the Soccer Ball Project—one of the world’s first multistakeholder efforts to stop abuses of labor rights—is failing to protect workers in Pakistan. —By Anthony Ewing

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Technology’s Positive Impact on Human Rights [57]

The author details a Web that tells stories and exposes human injustice and trauma rather than gossip. She proposes this exposure will help drive the change that is needed.

Resource: Blog Post

Topic :

Government [20], Human Rights [14]

The Best Thing We Can Do for Nonprofits–and Ourselves [58]

We must actively withhold support when we see the government acting in a way counter to our ideals and its own. Those of us who supported the President’s election because we share his basic principles and values should express that support by remaining independent and criticizing when necessary, rather than by becoming supplicants to or apologists for the people we put in office. That’s an idea relevant to each and all of us as citizens.

Resource: Blog Post

Topic :

Government [20], Human Rights [14]

Spinternet [59]

The Internet has the potential to do a lot of good in the world, but we must not ignore the emerging strategies of negative influence.

Resource: Blog Post

Topic :

Arts, Culture, and Religion [24], Human Rights [14]

A Technology Revolution for Revolutions! [60]

Internet tech tools are mobilizing collective action and revolutionizing ways to start a revolution.

Resource: Blog Post

Topic :

Arts, Culture, and Religion [24], Human Rights [14]

Causefest [61]

A youth summit discusses online platforms as a means of catalyzing social change.

Resource: Blog Post

Video/Audio : All [62] | Audio [63] | Video [64]

Topic:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14]

Banker to the Poor [65]

Muhammad Yunus started a movement that has lifted millions out of poverty. When he formed the Grameen Bank in 1983 and started giving out microloans, Yunus bridged the divide between business and social needs. In this audio lecture, he describes how he created microcredit, collateral-free lending, and began offering other business services to the poor. Yunus lays out the path to his extraordinary vision and success, which is driving global social change.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Economic Development [36], Healthcare [21], Human Rights [14]

Innovator for the Poor [66]

The beginnings of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) were fraught with uncertainty. Initially surviving entirely on donations, it has since earned back two pennies for every one it has spent on welfare activities, and is today the largest, self-reliant international NGO, employing more than 97,000 people. In this audio lecture, Fazle Hasan Abed reminisces about the organization's humble beginnings and shares the organization's achievements.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14], Social Entrepreneurship [15]

Creating a Poverty-Free World [67]

Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank, changes traditional principles of banking by putting poor people's needs first. Today, Grameen Bank is a powerful organization that supports poor people by providing microloans, credits, and banking services. In this audio lecture, Yunus describes the reasons behind his philosophies and how they have led to the launch of new enterprises in various industries in Bangladesh.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14]

Sex Traffic [68]

One of the greatest human rights abuses is sex trafficking. Millions of women and girls each year are tricked, trapped, bought, sold, and forced into service in sex industries. In this audio lecture, Dechen Tsering explores the causes of trafficking and the techniques used by traffickers. She advocates a holistic approach to stop this grave violation against women and describes the work Global Fund for Women undertakes in Southeast Asia and around the world toward this end.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14], Social Entrepreneurship [15]

Starbucks Reinvents the International Coffee Trade [69]

Starbucks has taken environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility seriously in its work with coffee farmers. In this audio lecture, Dennis Macray discusses how the United States' leading coffee retailer is reshaping its business practices and reinventing the international coffee trade.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Arts, Culture, and Religion [24], Human Rights [14], Leadership [40]

Cory Booker's 2012 Commencement Address [70]

Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, challenges Stanford graduates to be courageous, never lose faith and always work together during Stanford's 121st Commencement. He extolls lessons from his own father and grandfather through stories of hardship, hope, and humor. Booker encourages graduates to find and join their own "conspiracy of love" -- people who will help lift them up in times of need, provide a community and challenge them to go beyond what they think is possible.

Resource: Video

Topic:

Human Rights [14]

Gloria Steinem: Ms. at 40 and the Future of Feminism [71]

Stanford welcomes Gloria Steinem, co-founder and first editor of Ms. Magazine, in celebration of Ms.'s 40th anniversary. Steinem reflected on Ms. Magazine's role over forty years and looked ahead to what feminism may mean for future generations.

Resource: Video

Topic:

Human Rights [14]

Gloria Steinem at Stanford: The Feminist Struggle Continues [72]

Author and activist Gloria Steinem challenged a Stanford audience to fight social injustice with outrageous acts, and offered several targets in the struggle for equal rights.

Resource: Video

Topic:

Government [20], Human Rights [14]

Say What You Think Then Take Action [73]

San Francisco's young and charismatic mayor, Gavin Newsom, has suffered his share of punches for taking bold positions on controversial issues. In this Stanford Center for Social Innovation-sponsored talk, Newsom tells of the courage and persistence it takes to make real social change as a leader.

Resource: Video

Topic:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Environment [74], Human Rights [14]

Stanford's Guatemala Service Learning Trip, 2008-1 [75]

On a service learning trip to Guatemala, John Joseph, MBA '08, and classmates visited small producers right up to the Starbucks' organization, as well as NGOs like As Green As It Gets.

Resource: Video

Topic:

Human Rights [14]

Stanford's South Africa Service Learning Trip, 2008-1 [76]

South Africa Brought Students Closer: Pamela Tsai, Class of '09, and other Stanford students met with entrepreneurs in South Africa. The trip brought a closer bond between the MBAs, an experience that "felt like a big family traveling together."

Resource: Video

Topic:

Human Rights [14]

Business Preparedness Lessons from Katrina [77]

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Stuart Smolkin's conveyor belt manufacturing company, Intralox, had no disaster plan in place. The company had to deal with the disruption of electricity, phones, and computer systems in order to organize evacuated employees into recovery teams. How did Intralox get running again in a mere 30 days? In this Stanford podcast, Smolkin offers lessons on preparedness for businesses faced with disruption.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Human Rights [14]

Nike Efforts to Empower Young Girls [78]

Nike has taken pains to clean up its act since the media brought public attention to human rights violations in its supplier factories in the 1990s. Through the Nike Foundation, the sports and fitness giant is taking a proactive approach to some of the world's most challenging social problems. In this audio lecture, Nike Foundation president Maria Eitel talks to a Stanford MBA audience about how the organization is focusing on creating economic opportunities for adolescent girls around the world as a means of alleviating poverty.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14]

Fighting Corruption at Every Level [79]

Many countries that should be thriving are dragged into poverty and strife by the burden of corruption. The loss goes far beyond the sums that change hands dishonestly; the true price must take the ensuing opportunity costs into account. In this audio lecture, Peter Eigen describes strategies that can be used by companies, governments, and citizens to break the cycle of corruption and lift themselves to more efficient, fair, and honest dealings.

Resource: Audio

Topic:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14]

Another World is Possible [80]

The annual World Social Forum is the centerpiece of an international effort to promote globalization based on peace, sustainability, and solidarity. In this audio lecture, Founder Oded Grajew describes the early planning and growth of WSF, and explains the core ideals that led to positive change and strengthened his belief that a better world is possible.

Resource: Audio

Case Studies : All [81] | Academic Cases [82]

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Human Rights [14]

Monitoring Factories Around the Globe: The Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consortium [84]

Two nonprofits, the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), were created in 1999 and 2000, respectively, to monitor factories around the world for sweatshop-related infractions. The two organizations had similar goals, but very different histories, strategies, and ways of operating. Their shared history has been controversial and tumultuous.

Resource: Academic Case

Topics:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Human Rights [14]

Dr. Frances Conley (A): The Resignation, (B): The Return [85]

In 1991, Frances Conley, the first female, tenured full professor of neurosurgery in the United States, resigned from her position at Stanford Medical School over the appointment of a new department chair who was known for sexual harassment. As she becomes thrust into the media limelight, she wonders what she should do next.

Resource: Academic Case

Topics:

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14], Nonprofit Management [86], Philanthropy, Responsible Investing [87]

Global Fund for Women [88]

The CEO of the Global Fund for Women, an organization that seeds and supports women’s rights groups, must examine how to guide the fund’s growth without having it lose its connections with donors and grantees. She also wonders how the fund could do better at assessing grant outcomes and sharing success stories.

Resource: Academic Case

Topics:

Human Rights [14], Philanthropy, Responsible Investing [87]

The September 11th Fund [89]

The September 11th Fund was created to support the short- and long-term needs of the people and communities affected by the World Trade Center tragedy. Many foundation leaders evaluated the difficult lessons learned in interacting with the media, and wondered how they could better use communication strategies to demonstrate their accountability.

Resource: Academic Case

Topics:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Human Rights [14]

Mobil in Aceh, Indonesia (A) & (B) [90]

In 1998, the chief executive of Mobil in Indonesia considered how he should respond to allegations that Mobil had been complicit in human rights abuses. The cases reflect on the challenges of managing operations in a place like Aceh.

Resource: Academic Case

Topics:

Environment [74], Human Rights [14]

The World Trade Organization and the Seattle Talks [91]

In 1999, the World Trade Organization talks in Seattle were sidelined by people protesting against the organization and issues of free trade. The case describes the nature of the protests, and the WTO’s dispute resolution process.

Resource: Academic Case

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Human Rights [14]

Gordon Biersch Vignettes [92]

The case offers a view into day-to-day management issues faced by entrepreneurs managing a growing business. The focus is the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company, which had to address a sexual harassment lawsuit and other ethical dilemmas.

Resource: Academic Case

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Monitoring Factories Around the Globe: The Fair Labor Association and the Worker Rights Consortium [84]

Two nonprofits, the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), were created in 1999 and 2000, respectively, to monitor factories around the world for sweatshop-related infractions. The two organizations had similar goals, but very different histories, strategies, and ways of operating. Their shared history has been controversial and tumultuous.

Resource: Academic Case

Topic :

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Human Rights [14]

Dr. Frances Conley (A): The Resignation, (B): The Return [85]

In 1991, Frances Conley, the first female, tenured full professor of neurosurgery in the United States, resigned from her position at Stanford Medical School over the appointment of a new department chair who was known for sexual harassment. As she becomes thrust into the media limelight, she wonders what she should do next.

Resource: Academic Case

Topic :

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14], Nonprofit Management [86], Philanthropy, Responsible Investing [87]

Global Fund for Women [88]

The CEO of the Global Fund for Women, an organization that seeds and supports women’s rights groups, must examine how to guide the fund’s growth without having it lose its connections with donors and grantees. She also wonders how the fund could do better at assessing grant outcomes and sharing success stories.

Resource: Academic Case

Topic :

Human Rights [14], Philanthropy, Responsible Investing [87]

The September 11th Fund [89]

The September 11th Fund was created to support the short- and long-term needs of the people and communities affected by the World Trade Center tragedy. Many foundation leaders evaluated the difficult lessons learned in interacting with the media, and wondered how they could better use communication strategies to demonstrate their accountability.

Resource: Academic Case

Topic :

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Human Rights [14]

Mobil in Aceh, Indonesia (A) & (B) [90]

In 1998, the chief executive of Mobil in Indonesia considered how he should respond to allegations that Mobil had been complicit in human rights abuses. The cases reflect on the challenges of managing operations in a place like Aceh.

Resource: Academic Case

Research Papers : All [93]

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Human Rights [14]

Feminist Theory and Critical Theory: Unexplored Synergies [94]

Although both feminist theory and critical theory focus on social and economic inequalities, and both have an agenda of promoting system change, these fields of inquiry have developed separately and seldom draw on each other's work. This paper argues that synergies between these two fields could, and should, be explored.

Resource: Research Paper

Topics:

Government [20], Human Rights [14]

Protest and Policymaking: Explaining Fluctuation in Congressional Attention to Rights Issues, 1960-1986 [95]

The authors reexamine the relationship between protest and policy change at the agenda-setting stage of policymaking. They find that protest, issue legitimacy, and issue competition account for variation in the number of congressional hearings granted to rights issues.

Resource: Research Paper

Topics:

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Government [20], Human Rights [14]

Reputation When Threats and Transfers Are Available [96]

The authors present a model where a long-run player uses money transfers and threats to influence the decisions of a sequence of short-run players. The model is useful for the debate around judicial corruption.

Resource: Research Paper

Topics:

Human Rights [14]

Racial Stereotypes Can Be Unconscious but Reversible [97]

Negative stereotypes about various racial groups bombard us every day in the mass media and deposit their residue deep into our minds, often without our realizing it, says Brian Lowery.

Resource: Research Paper

Topics:

Human Rights [14]

Women and Power: Conformity, Resistance, and Disorganized Co-Action [98]

The paper examines micro-processes that undermine the formal power of high-ranking women in a male-dominated organization. It shows how the capacity of these women to reduce systemic causes of gender inequality is therefore more limited than it might appear.

Resource: Research Paper

Courses : All [99]

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

The Quest for Happiness Exploring the Psychology of Human Fulfillment: OB 552 [100]

In this seminar, we explore the nature of human happiness from psychological perspectives, and how such knowledge can be applied in personal and business contexts. To illustrate the ideas discussed, we examine in detail a number of fascinating individuals, including Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, venture capitalist Tom Perkins, Steven Spielberg, Martha Stewart, and the Nobel physicist Richard Feynman.

Resource: MBA Course

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Women in Organizations: OB 387 [101]

This course focuses on women's working experiences in managerial and professional positions in business and some nonprofit organizations. Using business cases, small group work, videos, lectures, and class discussions, we examine a wide variety of career-related gender issues.

Resource: MBA Course

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Entrepreneurship from the Perspective of Women: STRAMGT 508 [102]

This seminar will showcase successful women entrepreneurs and the challenges they encountered on the paths to success such as finding funding, dealing with different communication styles, and balancing work and lifestyle.

Seminar participants will study mini-cases, engage in panel discussions and hear from experienced entrepreneurs.

Resource: MBA Course

Innovators : All [103]

Topic :

Arts, Culture, and Religion [24], Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Economic Development [36], Education [104], Human Rights [14], Social Entrepreneurship [15]

An interview with Dave DeForest-Stalls (EPNL '07) [105]

Dave DeForest-Stalls wants to help kids stay out of gangs. He's providing mentorship and hip ways to keep youth on the straight and narrow.

Resource: CSI Affiliates

Topic :

Economic Development [36], Human Rights [14], Nonprofit Management [86], Social Entrepreneurship [15]

An interview with Federico Lozano (MBA '09) [106]

Federico Lozano is working to alleviate poverty by connecting poor, semi-skilled laborers from the developing world with jobs in the developed world.

Resource: Fellow

Topic :

Corporate Social Responsibility [38], Economic Development [36], Education [104], Human Rights [14], Nonprofit Management [86], Philanthropy, Responsible Investing [87], Social Entrepreneurship [15]

An interview with Daniel Grossman [107]

Daniel Grossman's Wild Planet creates toys that parents love as much as kids. His aim is to inspire learning and inventiveness.

Resource: Alumni

Topic :

Human Rights [14], Nonprofit Management [86]

The Power of Many [108]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Winter 2011

The Tahirih Justice Center multiplies its impact by creatively using pro bono attorneys.

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Human Rights [14]

Research: Can’t Buy Me Laughter [110]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Winter 2011

While more money may translate to a higher valuation of oneself, when it comes to happiness, money is no indicator.

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Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Business [43], Nonprofits [13], Social Policy [111], Human Rights [14], Leadership [40], Nonprofit Management [86]

Work-Life Balance: Men Want It, Too [112]

The pay gap is narrowing between men and women in the workplace as is the percent of time men and women spend on family duties, but workplace policies have not caught up with these new realities, Professor Myra Strober says in an essay in U.S. Banker.

Resource: News Article

Topic :

Global Issues [12], Nonprofits [13], Human Rights [14], Social Entrepreneurship [15]

What’s Next: Drowning Out Hate [16]

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Stanford Social Innovation Review: Fall 2010

Throughout history, acts of hatred have plagued communities and dominated media attention. The website Not In Our Town is working to combat that by broadcasting anti-hate stories and campaigns.

-Subscription Required [109]

Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Topic :

Global Issues [12], Nonprofits [13], Human Rights [14]

Lessons from an Organizer [19]

[17]

Stanford Social Innovation Review: Summer 2010

CREATIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice by Si Kahn

Resource: Stanford Social Innovation Review Article

Human Rights

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