Report on the impact of development aid on families - and vice versa - launched

(18-Nov-2011)

What impact does development policy and finance have on families in low income countries? How well do aid programmes take into account the role and importance of families in human development? These were some of the questions that Relationships Global was asked to investigate by the OID, and the report of their groundbreaking research, "Moving the Goalposts", was launched in London last week.

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Launch of "Transforming Capitalism from Within"

(24-Oct-2011)

Relationships Global's landmark report into rethinking the purpose, performance and assessment of companies will be launched publicly on 3rd November. The report sets out a Relational Business Charter as a fresh approach to tackling some of the intractable problems of corporate capitalism.

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South African corporates pilot Relational assessment tools

(07-Sep-2011)

Five major listed companies have joined a pilot project which Relationships Global is implementing with local partners to ‘measure’ stakeholder relationships.

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RG's latest initiative is Transforming Capitalism from Within (TCFW).  Visit the TCFW page here, and join the conversation by making your own comments also.

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Relationships Global is a network of people and organisations who recognise the importance of relationships to human wellbeing, and seek to combat the causes of relational poverty and build a better world.

 

“Relationships are the missing piece of the political puzzle.  As we struggle to adapt to the domination of the bottom line and to constant economic, social and technological change, the factor invariably omitted from the equation is human relationships.”  Lindsay Tanner, former Australian Minister of Finance.

 

"Happiness and well being do not come from our freedom to break free of bonds but instead to commit ourselves to relationships. Our sense of identity does not simply come from within – what we want to be – but from our interconnectedness and interdependence." Charles Leadbeater, author and consultant







Transforming Capitalism from Within (Rushworth & Schluter, 2011) - download
A Relational approach to the purpose, performance and assessment of companies.
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“Sometimes it takes an earthquake to make us realise the need for new building methods. The thinking and discussions which have led to this publication began well before the recent turmoil in the financial markets and wider economy, but those events heavily underline the need for it. They bear out much of the report’s analysis. Its proposal for the development and recognition of “relational companies” is revolutionary but is founded upon essentially simple and well tried principles. There has never been a more important time for recognising them or a greater need for giving them practical application in commercial and public life.” Sir Roger Toulson, Lord Justice of Appeal


Other commendations

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