Recommended Reading to Grow Your Social Impact Knowledge

Thank you to our Corporate Leadership Council speakers Michael Bzdak at Johnson & Johnson, Jarian Kerekes at Equitable Foundation, Luis Maes at the MLB Kansas City Royals, Windy Pham at Macy’s and Niki Zoli at Lidl U.S for helping advance the sector and sharing their insights on the “How to get a job in social impact” webinar. Addressing barriers—such as access to a good job—is part of CHC’s core work to ensure opportunity for every person in every community to live their healthiest life.

Watch the April 23, 2024 event recording for tips on how to find coveted social impact jobs, skills needed, how to break through if you don’t have a social impact background, interview tips, bouncing back after layoffs and more.

Recommended reading:

Below are a collection of books and articles you can use to help grow your knowledge of social impact

• 21st Century Corporate Citizenship: A Practical Guide to Delivering Value to Society and Your Business by Dave Stangis
• Harvard Business Review on Corporate Responsibility (2003)
• The Costs of Connection: How Data is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating it for Capitalism. Stanford University Press. Rubin, J. and Carmichael, B. (2018)
• Reset: Business and Society in the New Social Landscape. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing; Published by: Columbia University Press. Basic readings for CSR: Vogel, D. (2005)
• The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility. Brookings Institution Press: Washington, DC. Taylor, A. (2024)
• Higher Ground: How Business Can Do the Right Thing in a Turbulent World. Harvard Business Review Press.
• Corporate Social Responsibility: Doing The Most Good For Your Company And Your Cause by Philip Kotler, Nancy Lee
• The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility (harvard.edu)
• ESG Impact Is Hard to Measure — But It’s Not Impossible (hbr.org)
• Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value (hbr.org)
• Milton Friedman On The Social Responsibility Of Business – Forbes Advisor
• Current Practices in Measuring and Reporting on Corporate Citizenship (conference-board.org)
• Corporate Philanthropy: Emerging Strategies for Lasting Impact (milkeninstitute.org)
• Good Work: How to Build a Career that Makes a Difference in the World by Shannon Houde (Amazon Books)
• Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Program with Real Impact (hbr.org)
• Check out more CSR, ESG, Social Impact Resources and here: Resources – Bea Boccalandro