Being responsible.

Esta colección presenta a los niños valores importantes para ser buenos ciudadanos. En este trabajo los menores ven las diversas situaciones que demuestran la importancia de un comportamiento responsable. Antes de la lectura, se recomienda hablar con los niños acerca de la responsabilidad, pedirles si pueden pensar en algo que han hecho que muestre la forma en que son responsables. Después de la lectura se recomiendan actividades como juegos de roles, jugar a cruzar la calle, etc., pedir a los alumnos cómo se pueden comportar para demostrar esta característica. El texto, sencillo, ayuda a los lectores a tomar decisiones y entender cómo sus acciones afectan a otras personas. Las ilustraciones se utilizan para reforzar la comprensión de este concepto.

Citizenship through informed and responsible action.

Libro dirigido a profesores que imparten la asignatura de educación para la ciudadanía en relación con el desarrollo de un comportamiento responsable y bien fundado en la toma de decisiones de los alumnos (en los niveles Key Stage 3 y 4, educación secundaria). Está estructurado en cinco secciones basadas en un tema clave: valores y opinión - explorando mi identidad, individuos y acciones, persuasión e influencia, el papel de los medios de comunicación, y entrando en acción. El libro incluye un CD-Rom con material de apoyo.

El profesor de apoyo a la integraci??n : un perfil a redefinir mediante la colaboraci??n = Redefining the role of the achers responsible for the mainstreaming process, through collaboration with other teachers

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The impact of corporate social performance on financial risk and utility: a longitudinal analysis

This study focuses on the wealth-protective effects of socially responsible firm behavior by examining the association between corporate social performance (CSP) and financial risk for an extensive panel data sample of S&P 500 companies between the years 1992 and 2009. In addition, the link between CSP and investor utility is investigated. The main findings are that corporate social responsibility is negatively but weakly related to systematic firm risk and that corporate social irresponsibility is positively and strongly related to financial risk. The fact that both conventional and downside risk measures lead to the same conclusions adds convergent validity to the analysis. However, the risk-return trade-off appears to be such that no clear utility gain or loss can be realized by investing in firms characterized by different levels of social and environmental performance. Overall volatility conditions of the financial markets are shown to play a moderating role in the nature and strength of the CSP-risk relationship.

Do responsible real estate companies outperform their peers?

This paper investigates the relationship between corporate social and environmental performance and financial performance for a sample of publicly traded US real estate companies. Using the MSCI ESG (formerly KLD) database on seven Environmental, Social & Governance dimensions in the 2003-2010 period, and weighting the dimensions according to prominence in the real estate sector, we model Tobin's Q and annual total return in a panel data framework. The results indicate a positive relationship between ESG rating and Tobin's Q but this effect is driven by ESG concerns rather than strengths. Consistently across all model specifications, overall ESG ratings are associated with lower returns. Negative scores appear to result in higher returns in the short run but positive scores have no significant impact on returns.