Acquisitions of ethical companies in Europe: case studies and managerial approaches

Through the strategic analysis of five recent business cases (L’Oreal and The Body Shop, Danone and Stonyfield Farm, Yves Rocher and Terre d’Oc, Monoprix and Naturalia, Nestlé and Novartis Nutrition Center), the present article aims at highlighting the ethical external growth strategies. The bottom line is the identification of the concept of "ethical synergy", that is specific to external growth.

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Terms of References on Social Auditing by IAS

IAS - The International Insitute for Social Auditing has published 2 terms of references related to the competencies of social auditors in French.

Attachments:

IAS_REFERENTIEL_2006.pdf	[Terms of Reference of the Social Audit 2006 by IAS (in French)]	63 kB
REF_COMP_AS_2005.pdf	[Terms of References on the skills of the social auditor - 2005, by the IAS (in French)]	137 kB

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Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)

PRME encourages institutions of business education to play a strong role as change agents by educating future business leaders on the principles of the Global Compact.

The Principles enjoy the institutional backing of the world’s leading accreditation bodies for

Attachments:

ungc_prme.pdf

[Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) from UN Global Compact library]

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