August 2007 

HR MAGAZINE · August 2007
Vol. 52, No. 8
Table of Contents

COVER STORY
Corporate Social Responsibility Pays Off. Corporate social responsibility initiatives do more than create social good. They attract, retain and inspire employees.
Adrienne Fox

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Helping Employees Step Up. HR’s role in effective internal promotions starts with career counseling and runs through onboarding.
Kathryn Tyler

Special Report on Benefits
When OBs Are Scarce. As more obstetricians leave the profession, HR has to get creative to help pregnant employees with a basic health service.
Susan J. Wells

What’s in Your Summary Plan Description? Inadequate or ambiguous summary plan descriptions can leave employers open to liability. What’s in your document?
Betty Sosnin

Taking Ownership. Employee stock ownership plans are getting renewed interest as many baby boomer business owners near retirement.
Joanne Sammer



HR AGENDA: HR MANAGEMENT
Uplifting Employees. Addressing employee morale problems takes sincerity, common sense and effective communications.
Nancy Hatch Woodward

HR AGENDA: RELOCATION
Partners on the Move. To sweeten employee relocations, offer to pay for nonspouse partners as well.
Lin Grensing-Pophal

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS(Members Only)

From the President: Nurturing and Tapping the Power of Imagination. Tapping the power of imagination is an important role of human capital management. Susan Meisinger
HR Solutions: Docking Pay, Company Picnics, Merit Increases. Ruhal Dooley, Dyane Holt and Margaret R. Fiester
Management Tools: Big-Picture Performance Appraisal. Roll up individual performance reviews into a team score to get a good view of companywide performance. Paul Falcone
Legal Trends: Woman in the Moon. Progressive policies and training can help employers reduce the high costs of gender stereotyping. Jonathan A. Segal
Future Focus: HR’s Impact on Markets. Employers’ decisions on employees’ retirement accounts can have vast economic influence. Jennifer Schramm
Executive Briefing. Sarbanes-Oxley to disappear?; companies look outside for qualified execs; more.
From Readers. Where to keep I-9 forms; the role of HR.
HR Technology. Web-based tools are giving employees a better view of their total rewards.
Court Report. E-mail about a colleague evidenced harassment; ambiguous covenant not to compete enforced; more.
Books in Brief. A Manager’s Guide to Improving Workplace Performance, Evaluating Human Resources Programs, Off-Ramps and On-Ramps, and The New Virtual Classroom.
What's New. Orientation and outplacement software; salary information tool; harassment prevention courses; more.

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