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Mid-Sized Businesses Often Fail to Connect the Dots on Corporate Philanthropy
By Eileen Cunniffe Mid-sized companies, which represent about one-fourth of American businesses, are actively engaged in corporate philanthropy, largely with local charities. Yet even as…
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CSR Encourages Better Customer Service According to New Study
By Carol Patton That’s how some industry experts describe the results of a study published in the May issue of Journal of Marketingand led by Daniel…
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A millennial approach to employee engagement
By Priyanka Saha It’s known that there are no precise dates on the start and end of a generation yet we all believe that ours…
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Hunger Free Summer: How Watching This Video Will Support Feeding America
When school is out, nearly 90 percent of children who rely on free or reduced-price meals via their schools lose that access. ConAgra Foods is raising…
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Millennials Can Help Businesses Put the Value of Profit, Society and Cause on Equal Footing
MCON14 | June 18-19, 2014 | Register Now By Sarah Ford This past week in his article, Where Profits Aren’t Enough, Marc Ross stated, “If we…
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Corporate Giving Yields Many Benefits; Not Just ‘The Right Thing To Do’
By Jane Adler Business leaders know philanthropy is its own reward. Giving back to the community is just the right thing to do. But philanthropy…
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The Relationship Between Innovating and Achieving Transformative Scale
By Bill Shore During a recent address I gave to social entrepreneurs at Duke University, Professor Joel Fleishman asked me about the dramatic increase over the…
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Four Learnings for NGOs and Non-profits to Better Align Themselves With Corporations
How can you truly create innovative partnerships? The Social Innovation Summit was held on May 28-29 at the United Nations. While the focus was on…
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Boosting Employee Engagement Through Volunteer Work
By Scott Wooldwridge Charitable giving has long been important to both employers and employees. American companies and their workers have traditionally seen giving back to…
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Corporate Philanthropy: A First Pitch Worth Seeing
By Caryn Tomer While corporate philanthropy is not new to the business world, it’s always fun to see it in action. IT consulting firm Daugherty Business Solutions has…
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Diversity and Inclusiveness in Corporate Philanthropy
Companies are realizing that thoughtful attention to issues around diversity can offer many benefits, from helping to drive employee retention and productivity to improving the…
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Where Profits Aren’t Enough
By Marc Ross In developing this commentary on corporate responsibility, I kept thinking about a statement made by one of the most influential CEOs in…
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