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Michael Hopkins (United Kingdom/Kenya) is CEO of MHC International Ltd (MHCi) a research and advisory company on CSR/Sustainability, as well as on Employment Strategy. He was a an Operational Researcher at IBM then ITT, then Research Fellow at University of Sussex, Senior Economist at the ILO in Geneva HQ. He has also held a number of professorships (Middlesex, Brunel, George Mason University, Indian Institute of Technology, Management University of Africa). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London.
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Co-Founder, Institute for Responsible Leadership HQ in London Visiting Professor, The Management University of Africa Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Adjunct Professor, George Mason University CEO MHC International Ltd (MHCi) Honorary Doctorate, London Metropolitan University CEO CSR and Financial Institute (CSRFI) Founder, CSR International Club (Meetups) (London, Geneva, Washington DC, New York, Amsterdam, etc.) CSR Adviser Part-Time on Voluntary Basis, UEFA Formerly Director of CSR/Sustainability DBA Programme, Geneva Business School Formerly Visiting Professor on CSR/Sustainability, International University in Geneva (IUG) Founder, Centre for Research on CSR at University of Middlesex Founder, Graduate Programme on CSR at the University of Geneva

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    CSR and Conflict
    (MHC International, 2012-08) Hopkins, Michael
    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?
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    Some reflections on human and social indicators for development
    (UNRISD, 1988-10) Ghai, Dharam; Hopkins, Michael; McGranahan, Donald
    "Some reflections on Human and Social indicators for Development."
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    CSR and Population
    (MHC International, 2010-11) Hopkins, Michael
    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?
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    Weapons Of Mass Description
    (MHC International, 2012-09) Hopkins, Michael; Payne, Adrian
    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.
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    CSR Update 2010
    (MHC International, 2010-02) Hopkins, Ivor; Hopkins, Michael
    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.
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    How Could Strategic CSR Have Helped Dubai?
    (MHC International, 2009-12) Hopkins, Michael
    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]
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    The New India CSR Rules
    (MHC International, 2014-06) Hopkins, Michael
    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