Ken Larson works with companies, organizations and public entities to make their commitments to CSR clear, their strategy compelling, their programs effective and their reporting credible. He also works to ensure that these organization’s stakeholders are an integral and effective part of these efforts.
Larson worked for Hewlett Packard Company for over 25 years in a variety of roles including Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, California Region Government and Public Affairs Manager, Sacramento Area Public Affairs Manager and various roles in Human Resources including Human Resources Manager for several of HP’s businesses.
In these roles he was responsible for ensuring that HP’s business practices added to shareowner value as well as to appropriate, desired social value and environmental sustainability for customers, employees, partners and communities around the world.
He worked with external stakeholders, including Socially Responsible Investors, NGOs and other interested parties to understand the emerging standards and expectations of corporations in the area of global citizenship and engaged with groups, public/ private/ industry based, to communicate HP’s positions and contribute to the discussion of the roles and responsibilities of corporations and others in this arena.
He managed HP’s Citizenship reporting processes for several years, including 2004, 2005 when the HP Global Citizenship Report received the top honor for reporting from CERES.
Larson has a Master’s of Public Administration from UCLA and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Affairs from Occidental College. He completed a year of graduate study in social welfare at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. In addition he lived in Japan and traveled extensively through Southeast Asia. |
