Monday, May 25, 2009

Tweet the walk - Part 2

In one of my previous posts I wrote about how companies communicate their responsibility on twitter. I was curious however, to understand what people who tweet about CSR really talk about. I grouped the post containing the hashtag #CSR and created a tag cloud to single out the hottest themes (thanks TagCrowd).



  1. The most talked about countries seem to be the UK and China.
  2. The only person mentioned repeatedly is President Obama.
  3. The financial and banking sector was often discussed (understandable if we think that responsible financial and banking practices could have possibly prevented the current crisis)
  4. A lot of attention has been paid to the environment, followed by human rights, families and communities.

One final consideration: even though corruption permeates the business community, it is still a subject that receives little or no attention. That's why I am taking the opportunity to remind everybody of the 10th principle of the Global Compact: