I've always chuckled at that description. Early on in my industry career I learned what it meant: IF your window opens and you can get your body sorta out the window and twist it mightily, you will see a bit of the ocean.
Too often I've been in a room which may be comfortable but has a "view" of the .. dumpster, or the parking garage, or the top of another part of the building, or a window of an
Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Tourism, Social Responsibility, Onsite management, Olympics, Industry Associations, Human rights and tourism, Events, Eugene Robinson, EnvironmentGreening, E.J. Dionne Jr., CSR Corp. Social Responsibility, China on
Aug 07, 2008
Many who read this will watch all or part of the Olympic coverage from Beijing. As industry professionals, we will no doubt want to know more about the logistics of moving people and keeping them safe. No doubt we will analyze what we see!
We will wonder how the environment will help or hinder athletes from around the world. And we will wonder how the people of China will manage during the
ASAE (The American Society of Assn. Executives) & The Center for Assn. Leadership will convene a Global Summit on corporate social responsibility (CSR), and in particular, about how associations are or are becoming or plan to become socially responsible.
Much of the conversation about corporate social responsibility has been about environmental issues. It is much more than that.
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