Our research projects in detail
CURRENT PROJECTS
Predicting Ethical Consumerism study
This research involves building a model using Structural Equation Modelling and an analysis of Globescan's CSR Monitor data set.
The research is being led by Professor Jill Klein- NAB Research Fellow, Professor of Management - Marketing, Melbourne Business School, and is being undertaken in partnership with Globescan, a Canadian stakeholder research firm specialising in Corporate Social Responsibility and reputation management. Its 'Corporate Social Responsibility Monitor' is an annual 20+ country public opinion study which has tracked the changing CRS expectations of consumers, opinion leaders, shareholders and employees since 1999.
The 2008 survey encompasses 32,000 interviews across 32 countries including Australia. A random sample of 1,000 average citizens is interviewed in each country. Samples reflect the distribution of age, gender, level of education and socioeconomic status, according to the latest census information for the areas sampled.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
Social Enterprise World Forum Research Roundtable (Oct 2009)
Download speaker presentations:
• Susan Steinman - head of the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Johannesburg (download presentation)
• Manuka Henare - Associate Dean (Māori and Pacific Development), University of Auckland Business School (download presentation)
In addition to the four international speakers, other researchers and PhD students in the room outlined the areas of research they are currently engaged in. Presentations were made by:
- Jo Barraket - QUT(download presentation)
- Janette Corcoran - Swinburne University of Technology(download presentation)
- Ingrid Burkett - Forester's Finance (download presentation).
Participants were divided into working groups with a focus on identifying research gaps in the Australian context and potential international linkages.
Managing in a Downturn report
- download the media release
- download the report
- Download information on survey respondents
- Download information on survey respondents by organisation size
Common Cause report
- download the summary Sydney: In your hands;
- download the media release
The Giving Business report
Workplace giving allows immediate tax deductions when employees elect to have charity donations regularly deducted from their pay. "The Giving Business" was the result of a collaboration of CSI with PricewaterhouseCoopers together with payroll giving providers Australian Charities Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation and United Way, aimed at raising the profile and popularity of this form of giving.
PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO Mark Johnson said that is was in tough times like the present that organisations "can actually speak out and say what they stand for", and PwC had no intention of pulling back from its efforts to give back to the community. Peter Shergold said he was delighted CSI had been involved in such an important project: "Payroll giving is a simple and easy way for individuals and employers, working together, to meet growing community needs".