RESOURCES

John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market and co-founder of FLOW, outlines the principles and practices of Conscious Capitalism, a new business paradigm, which views the higher purpose of business and the system of inter-dependent stakeholders every business operates in.

Interaction Asscociates: Trust in Business 2009. Collaboration is essential to building and sustaining trust.

IBM Institute for Global Solutions 2008 study on Attaining Sustainable Growth through Corporate Social Responsibility outlines the state of the art of thinking and practice in CSR.

Strategy & Society: The Link between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, from the HBR

Cause Marketing Forum
An excellent source of information about cause marketing, including many case studies.

BACKGROUND

Definitions

Cause Alliance Marketing is dedicated to serving business and society by producing outreach, education, and engagement programs that provide an important service to society while addressing the marketing, sales, and business development objectives of program partners.

Marketing is essentially a process of communications designed to facilitate relationships that lead to ongoing business. Everything an organization does can support its marketing program, deepening relationships with core stakeholders, increasing business with them, and engaging them to attract new customers.

Cause Marketing is built on the documented fact that people appreciate the service companies provide to society through engagement with social programs, and reward them with increased loyalty and patronage.

Alliances are formal relationships between organizations, created to leverage each partners’ assets and capabilities to address shared interests. Alliances provide access to the resources and relationships of others, in exchange for reciprocal benefits.

The cause marketing alliances facilitated by Cause Alliance Marketing address shared social interests, and address partners’ specific objectives through mutually beneficial collaboration. Recognizing the nature of the issues they are designed to address, the Cause Alliance Marketing programs are long term, ongoing, multi-channel programs, with an evolving array of partners.

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