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The only truly sustainable strategy is adaptation.
Change is the only constant in nature.
We provide research and strategy for social responsibility, sustainability, and ethics to adapt and evolve as societies always have… naturally.
Subject Areas
We can provide social analysis and strategy for a wide array of subjects. Contact us for an initial consultation to discuss your particular areas interest or concern.
These are just some of the subject areas where our unique perspectives can be of service. Our expertise is in understanding the interplay of social norms and institutions. We've devoted our careers to recognizing those hidden indicators and connections of socially embedded practices.
We can help you understand and navigate those unseen dimensions of social interaction, and provide you with sustainable and adaptable solutions.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Analysis
CSR is about more than just company culture, policies, or philanthropy. Your activities may affect many outside communities and stakeholders as well. Responsibility is a core value, and should not be about managing perceptions.
Social Impact Strategy
Social interactions effect the whole network of their connections. The effects of a policy or practice can have far-reaching and often unintended outcomes, even with the best of intentions.
Policy Analysis
Public and institutional policies have inherently social consequences, often well beyond their intended scope. Successful policies are those that weigh systemic effects as well as desired outcomes.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Strategy
ESG factors involve weighing both physical and social environmental impacts simultaneously. To ensure positive outcomes, focus on adaptive strategies rather than just targeting narrowly defined metrics.
Ethical and Sustainable Practices
There is no sustainability without behavioral adaptation, and ethics cannot just be following rules. Each entails understanding both the desired ideals and necessary social pragmatics to be successful.
Change
It can feel like our environment – the physical environment, the social environment, the political or regulatory environment – is always changing. For an organization to survive and thrive, it needs to be able to adapt appropriately. You want to make strategic decisions that benefit not only the here and now, but also to ensure your viability well into the future. What is the value of an immediate return compared to what can be realized over years, decades, or generations?
Adaptation
You know how to drive value in your organization. Rubicon Insight Social Consulting (RISC) LLC can help you understand long-term adaptive and sustainable practices. We offer a unique perspective on environmental and social factors grounded in decades of studying behavioral adaptability – not of individuals over months or years, but of entire societies over centuries and millennia!
Responsibility
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, so do the the effects of decisions and the consequences of actions – often in unpredictable ways. The complexity of these networks of interactions makes for a constantly shifting and ever-expanding landscape of communities, stakeholders, and potentials for unintended consequences. Navigating that landscape responsibly requires understanding how those networks interact, and responsible citizenship and stewardship means looking for connections that may not be obvious.
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