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		<title>SR White Paper Contest Results</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/sr-white-paper-contest-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TheSRO has announced the winners of the 2011 &#8220;What Path Are You Taking?&#8221; content contest. Read the winning entries below to see how these organizations are advancing the connection between quality and social responsibility.
First Place:
&#8220;A Team Approach to Social Responsibility&#8221;
Jon Morris,
JDQ Systems Inc.

Second Place: 
&#8220;Getting a Boost from Quality Tools&#8221;
Tiffany Darabi,
Chemonics

Third Place:
&#8220;Getting a Boost from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Sustainability Initiatives: The Next TQM? By Shelly F. Fust &amp; Lisa L. Walker</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/corporate-sustainability-initiatives-the-next-tqm-by-shelly-f-fust-lisa-l-walker/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/corporate-sustainability-initiatives-the-next-tqm-by-shelly-f-fust-lisa-l-walker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding emerging corporate sustainability practices through the lens of total quality management.
 
Key Takeaways
Ambiguity surrounds the term sustainability and consequently the scope of corporate sustainability initiatives; understanding the parallels between total quality management (TQM) and sustainability programs can help lessen that ambiguity
Companies poised to derive competitive advantages from sustainability treat their programs as an opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Paths are You Taking to SR?</title>
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		<comments>http://thesro.org/what-paths-are-you-taking-to-sr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ASQ wants to know how you use quality tools and approaches to further your journey toward stronger social responsibility (SR). Tell us about your approach, and you could win…
1st place – iPad2
2nd place – Kindle reader
3rd place – One year’s subscription to ASQ’s Journal for Quality and Participation
The first-place entry will also receive recognition from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSR and Quality:  A Powerful and Untapped Connection</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/csr-and-quality-a-powerful-and-untapped-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/csr-and-quality-a-powerful-and-untapped-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quality tools have been used by industry for decades to create lean operations, reduce waste, and improve efficiency, but they have not been widely recognized in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) space. CSR grapples with energy efficiency, supply chain metrics, supplier engagement several tiers away, reduced waste, and keeping a strong focus on customer value, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Sustainability the New Total Quality Management?</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/is-sustainability-the-new-total-quality-management/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/is-sustainability-the-new-total-quality-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some have described sustainability as the mother of invention but, says John Elkington, quality falls by the wayside when management focuses solely on cost
by John Elkington - executive chairman of Volans, co-founder of SustainAbility, a member of the IIRC, blogs, tweets and is a member of the Guardian&#8217;s sustainable business advisory panel. (published 6/22/11 in guardian.co.uk) 
 As I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASQ World Conference Attendees to Build Bikes for Kids</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/asq-world-conference-attendees-to-build-bikes-for-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/asq-world-conference-attendees-to-build-bikes-for-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[50 bikes to be donated to Pittsburgh Boys &#38; Girls Clubs 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 21, 2011—”Free wheeling” takes on a whole new meaning at the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Pittsburgh, May 16–18. Attendees of ASQ’s annual conference plan to give back to the community through a special build-a-bike initiative they hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASQ Social Responsibility Conference Announces Keynote Speakers</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/asq-social-responsibility-conference-announces-keynote-speakers/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/asq-social-responsibility-conference-announces-keynote-speakers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Conference will feature creator of “triple bottom line”
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 7, 2011— The creator of the triple-bottom-line concept is one of two featured keynote speakers at the first ASQ Pathways to Social Responsibility Conference, June 16–17, 2011, in San Francisco, Calif. Also speaking is a noted expert in the integration of corporate social responsibility into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Responsibility and the Quality Professional: The Implications of ISO 26000</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/social-responsibility-and-the-quality-professional-the-implications-of-iso-26000/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/social-responsibility-and-the-quality-professional-the-implications-of-iso-26000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ASQ and Manpower Professional have partnered to do research and produce a white paper on quality and social responsibility. ASQ and Manpower have worked with more than 1,000 members of the national quality community to establish benchmarks on quality in social responsibility among organizations in the United States. The study was to identify who in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a company&#8217;s SR efforts successful?</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/what-makes-a-companys-sr-efforts-successful/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/what-makes-a-companys-sr-efforts-successful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ASQ and IBM have teamed up to develop a survey to discern how companies organize and operate social responsibility (SR) programs.
Many previous SR-related surveys focused on the scope and components of SR programs. These data have been well documented. A gap in the data not addressed by other surveys is what makes a company’s SR program successful.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Responsibility Standard Now Available From ASQ</title>
		<link>http://thesro.org/social-responsibility-standard-now-available-from-asq/</link>
		<comments>http://thesro.org/social-responsibility-standard-now-available-from-asq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SRO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 2, 2010—ASQ, the world’s largest community of quality resources and experts, now offers ISO 26000: Guidance on Social Responsibility, the new international standard on social responsibility (SR). The standard provides global guidance for both private and public sector organizations of all types. ASQ serves as the administrator for the U.S. Technical Advisory [...]]]></description>
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