With the recent rise in China’s philanthropic activities, and the increased questions of transparency, China has reached a critical stage in civil sector development and participation. Historically fueled by large corporate donation drives, during times of disaster or as part of government relationship building, the post 5.12 earthquake era has seen a seismic shift in [...]

In the non-profit realm, there have been fewer hotter topics discussed than the "social enterprise". it is an organization that, if asked to define, would have a spectrum of definitions that were at times vague, romantic, and would leave a lot of questions open about the real difference between an NGO and a social enterprise. [...]

Apologies for the long absence. As some of you might have guessed, it has been a busy summer with things here at CGC, and it has been a struggle to keep up with my daily responsibilities.. For my first post back (and I do have more posted planned), I wanted to load up some notes [...]

In her post Things are Different Here, Emily D’Ath touched on the issues that companies face in China when engaging in CSR.  It was a post that, as you will see in my comments to her, hit a bit of a nerve, and in a good way.  It made me think about what the real [...]