Employee Engagement
Helping organizations to understand, reflect and meet the stakeholder interests of their workforces.
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11-02-12
Global Cities Initiative To Host 2013 Forums In Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver and Mexico City
The Global Cities Initiative today announced its 2013 schedule of forums, bringing business, civic and government leaders together to explore how their metropolitan areas can better compete in the global economy. In its second year, Global Cities will continue to equip these leaders with informat...
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11-02-12
Abbott and the Abbott Fund Donate $1 Million in Funding and Products to Support Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
Abbott and its foundation, the Abbott Fund, are providing $1 million in funding and product donations to support relief efforts in response to Hurricane Sandy. The Abbott Fund grants will be provided to longstanding relief organization partners, including the American Red Cross, AmeriCares, Direc...
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11-01-12
JPMorgan Chase Offers Relief Following Hurricane Sandy
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) announced today that following the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, the company will offer extensive relief across the firm to its customers and the local communities impacted.
“While all natural disasters are heartbreaking, as a New York-based ...
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10-31-12
Symantec’s 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report Reflects Progress on Company Priorities
Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the release of its latest corporate responsibility (CR) report reflecting progress on the environmental, social and b...
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10-29-12
Locally Grown Food is Often Not Ethically Grown, Produced, and Delivered
The organic, local, natural food movement has a glaring blind spot: worker welfare. Despite popular assumptions, foods that are sustainable, organic, or locally grown are often produced under highly inequitable working conditions. In fact, workers that produce and deliver food to consumers face s...
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10-26-12
JPMorgan Chase Announces More Than 4,500 Veterans Hired at Firm; 82 Companies Now Part of the 100,000 Jobs Mission
JPMorgan Chase announced today it has hired more than 4,500 veterans since 2011. The firm attributes its early success to the momentum gained through the 100,000 Jobs Mission, internal training programs on veteran employment and a recruiting effort dedicated to hiring transitioning servicemember...
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10-25-12
Vote Now for the Best Business-Nonprofit Partnership
Five partnerships that are tackling tough challenges need your help. BCLC’s 7th annual people’s choice “Best Partnership Award” is in full swing and only a few percentage points separate the finalists as they compete for this year’s winner slot. The finalists, each representing a lead...
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10-24-12
MGM Resorts International Employees Rally for National 'Make a Difference Day'
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and its employees will be making its communities healthier by feeding the homeless, cleaning graffiti and planting trees, along with other community improvement activities, during “Make A Difference Day” on October 27th, as well as...
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10-22-12
Ben & Jerry's Joins the Growing B Corporation Movement
A quarter-century after pioneering the socially responsible business movement, Ben & Jerry’s is throwing its support behind the growing B Corporation (B Corp) movement, a network of companies that meet what Inc. magazine has called ‘the highest standard for socially responsible businesses.’ ...
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10-18-12
Service King Collision Repair Centers Provides High Tech Graphing Calculators to KIPP DFW TRUTH Academy 8th Grade Math and Science Students with Funding from CBS EcoMedia’s EducationAd Advertising
Eighth grade math and science students at KIPP DFW TRUTH Academy in Dallas will no longer have to share high tech calculators or go without the aid of the essential educational technology thanks to Service King Collision Repair Center’s distribution of TI-84 graphing calculators to the college pr...
