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Alexandria, Virginia - A study of 22 U.S. corporations reveals that the traditional workplace giving campaign is evolving into a new model. The study found that more corporations are providing their employees charitable choices beyond local charities and also integra...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2005--The 4th Annual
WomenWorthWatching(TM) issue of Profiles in Diversity Journal features profiles of 77 senior women business leaders. Nominated by their colleagues, peers, and mentors for their initiative and achievements...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2005--Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) announced today that it has raised $5.6 million during the company's fall breast cancer fundraising and awareness campaign. The annual campaign benefits a variety of breast cancer treatment and...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2005--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has awarded Shigenori Maeda, a design student from the College for Creative Studies of Detroit, a special design prize for Excellence in Design for Aluminum, for his model "612 Lafayet...

BERKELEY, Calif. - Today Sustainable Ventures announced that it will offer a $10,000 prize plus benefits to an individual or team of researchers for the study that measures the true costs of a loaf of bread. The winning study will provide an analytical framework tha...

LOS ANGELES, CA - Bentley Prince Street announced today that its operations have been registered to the ISO 9001 Quality Standard and the ISO 14001 Environmental Standard by registrar BSI Management Systems.

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Manhasset, NY - CMP Media (www.cmp.com), a marketing solutions company serving the technology, healthcare and lifestyles industries, today announced that Community Connection, its employee-driven nonprofit foundation, is increasing its...

It is estimated that 15 million formerly incarcerated persons live in the US today; nearly 7 percent of the adult population. An estimated 640,000 inmates will be released from state prisons in 2005. Within three years, 67 percent of these individuals will be rearrest...

Thin Democracy - what America has now - is weak and failing, warns Frances Moore Lappé on PBS Now with David Brancaccio, first aired December 9th. But a more powerful practice of democracy is emerging that engages regular citizens in problem solving, she argues...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2005--As part of the Accenture Corporate Citizenship Investment Program, Accenture* today announced a $2 million (USD) grant to JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) to support the development and implementation of a new technology plat...