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The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) - a non-profit leadership and mentoring Foundation based in Calabar, Cross River State – seeks to hire an outstanding individual to serve as its first Executive Director. The Foundation is a young foundation committed to building generations of young people educated to become compassionate, entrepreneurial and engaged citizens who are empowered to take responsibility for their own lives and make a difference in their communities. The Board of Trustees seeks a dynamic and creative leader with impeccable integrity to further strengthen the work the Foundation has done. Candidates must be deeply committed to the Foundation’s purpose and values. They should bring demonstrated interests, and optimally, professional experience, in the foundation’s core areas, and have a record of accomplishment. They must be interested in working with and answering to an active board that has high standards and also values its participation in policymak...

WE THANK YOU! ThistlePraxis Consulting Limited would like to say THANK YOU to our Host, the Cross River State Government, Strategic Partners (CAPPS Consult & Friends Africa), Partners, Speakers, Delegates and all participants for the successful completion of the 2012 edition of the Africa CEO Round-table & Conference on Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility (AR-CSR™).   Please visit our Resources page at  http://www.ar-csr.com/ for the following:   Press Releases Photo Gallery Resolutions Session Highlights The Official Conference Report and Final Draft of Resolutions will be published soon. Please visit again to download a copy. As we countdown to the 2013 edition tentatively scheduled to hold on June 20-21, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ; we invite interested Sponsors, Partners and Delegates. Send us an email to request more information: info@ar-csr.com. The AR-CSR™...  towards a Sustainable Futu...

THE recent national debate over an alleged “gift” of a church building from an Italian company – Gitto Construzioni Generalli Nigeria Limited (CGC) – to President Jonathan’s hometown (Otuoke, Bayelsa State), together with the Central Bank’s financial donations to some State Governments, raises a fundamental question about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Nigeria: Is CSR mainly about corporate philanthropy or could there be more to it? In a study I conducted about 6 years ago with some colleagues (Amaeshi, Adi, Ogbechie and Amao, 2006 - Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria: Indigenous practices or Western influences?, Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 24: 83-99), we found that corporate philanthropy – also known as corporate community investment or corporate giving – was the dominant understanding of CSR in Nigeria. That understanding is still very much the case today. This has included donations to schools, hospitals, local communities, prisons and orphanag...

"Nigeria is one of the worst business destinations" ---World Bank | Daily Times Nigeria

By popular demand, ThistlePraxis Consulting announces the commencement of a weekly page on CSR, CSR Files™ Weekly. In association with The Guardian Newspapers; the assessments and strategy firm will publish news, activities and other relevant content to enhance the practice of professionals on Sustainability and Social Responsibility issues in Nigeria and beyond. In a statement by the Lead Consultant/CEO, Ini Onuk, ‘The launch of a weekly page brings to three – the variants of our contribution to the development of the industry through Research and Information. We hope to better engage business leaders, many of whom are not social media savvy and have been missing out on our virtual offerings’. A sneak preview of the page reveals that there are indeed interesting and relevant content for every business leader. Sub-columns such as PRACTICE UPDATE , which highlights emerging developments in the industry; QUOTED , quotable quotes from leaders of thought; 10THINGS , the frontline sec...