July 14, 2015

Anyone who has worked for a large organization at any point in the last decade or so has heard leadership talk about the importance of diversity. For a generation, we’ve heard companies claim, “Our organization is committed to diversity” or “Our organization wants to be seen as the industry’s champion of diversity and inclusion.” In fact, ten years ago,… More

July 6, 2015

Although it sometimes has been claimed to be too ideal, symmetrical and ethical communication appears to be the most critical among all engagement strategies examined in increasing the effectiveness of community stakeholder engagement for both stakeholders and organizations. We made this statement as two authors, Dr. Lan Ni and Dr. Qi Wang, presented our research on community ethical stakeholder… More

June 9, 2015

The Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication, a research unit of Penn State University’s College of Communications, is awarding 21 grants to communication researchers and teachers from around the world for 2015-16. The awards total approximately $79,000.

Nine of the grants are for communication research projects related to sustainability. The remainder comprise an “open call”… More

May 19, 2015

It is reported that developing countries are the ones that suffer the most from the adverse impact of climate change (Sperling, 2002).  Among these countries, developing island countries are probably the most vulnerable to climate change risks.  Surrounded by ocean, these islands have complex terrestrial and marine ecosystems, as well as highly tremendous biodiversity, and are thus of inestimable… More

April 16, 2015

On the bell curve of sustainability—between “talking the talk” and “walking the walk”—most companies are in the middle, doing “random acts of greenness.”  So said Joel Makower, chair and executive editor of GreenBiz Group and creator of GreenBiz.com, in a presentation at Penn State as part of the Arthur W. Page Center Professional-in-Residence and Lecture Series.  For more on… More

April 2, 2015

He is one of the world’s leading voices on green business practices.  The Arthur W. Page Center is sponsoring his visit to Penn State.  Joel Makower, chair and executive editor of GreenBiz Group and creator of GreenBiz.com, will present a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 15 in Carnegie Cinema.  His topic:  “Can Companies Ever be Credible… More