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Nov
08
2011
by TechCrunch
Recently, American Express has been pushing its own internal digital commerce initiatives including the company’s digital wallet, Serve. Serve integrates a variety of payment options into a single account that can be funded from a bank account, debit, credit or charge card. AmEx also announced a...
Nov
04
2011

by The Case Foundation
Want to get a quick view of what's new in Social Media, Active Citizenship, Good Giving, and Corporate Responsibility? Here are the highlights from what we've added to CaseFoundation.org this week:
Social Media
Top 5 Tools to Better Time Your Tweets
Mashable, October 28, 2011
Nonprofits and Social...
Nov
03
2011
by Forbes
Fascinating to read Alistair Rennie’s ”The Time is Right for Social Business“ here on Forbes (it got great traction too). But do you really know what a social business is or what the term means? It is after all the next wave of business process innovation. I went digging to find out.
Nov
03
2011
by Huffington Post
When Chambers of Commerce print materials designed to attract new businesses to a city, they often produce "Top 10" lists detailing why their community is ideal for making profit.
Nov
02
2011
by Fast Company
As the discussion heats up about how to rescue our battered economy, the spotlight will undoubtedly fall on philanthropists and private foundations. Indeed, with talk of more taxes on the rich and proposals to levy surcharges on private foundations, it has already begun.
Nov
01
2011
by Your Cause
An infographic that supports the business case for CSR (corporate social responsibility), which is a follow up to our latest CSRinsights.
Oct
31
2011
by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Forget just telling success stories: Admitting mistakes has grown just as important in managing a foundation, said speakers at the Philanthropy Roundtable’s annual conference, in Scottsdale, Ariz., which concluded on Saturday.
Oct
27
2011
by Triple Pundit
Any executive in her right mind will tell you that she – and the entire company – are committed to working with their nongovernmental partners to support whatever cause they represent. And when said cause is directly linked to the company’s bottom line, for example IKEA’s work with UNICEF where the...
Oct
25
2011
by Mashable
Applications that measure the corporate social responsibility, or CSR, of a company take many forms. Some websites crowdsource opinions and facts on companies, while other sites use their own set of metrics to gauge social good. Still others rely on the Global Reporting Index, which formalized and...
Oct
25
2011
by Success
After all, Eisner is the media savant who soared up the ranks at ABC to become a VP before the age of 30. A mere five years later, he was running Paramount Pictures and green-lighting box office hits such as Saturday Night Fever, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Terms of Endearment. He followed that...
Oct
24
2011
by Harvard Business Review
Since the rise of the modern corporation, in the late 19th century, America has subjected the question of what a good company is — or ought to be — to near-constant debate.
Oct
21
2011
by Council on Foundations
Corporate philanthropy functions are increasingly emphasizing return on investment (RoI) in their grantmaking. Understandably, corporate foundations want to use their funding, energy, and time as effectively as possible. But for the Pfizer Foundation, evaluation is a tool to help refine our...
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5 Fast Facts
- US corporations contributed $14.10 billion to charitable giving, 4% of the nation’s total charitable giving (2009, GivingUSA)
- 66% of people globally believe it is no longer enough for corporations to simply give money away to a good cause; they need to integrate good causes into their day-to-day business.
- 90% of consumers – more than 278 million people in the US - want to know what companies are doing to benefit causes. (Cone)
- A company’s commitment to social and environmental issues influences which companies consumers want to see doing business in their communities (79%), where to work (69%) and which stocks or mutual funds to invest in (59%). (Cone)
- Employees who are very involved in their company’s cause program are 28% more likely to be proud of their company’s values and 36% more likely to feel a strong sense of loyalty than those who are not involved. (Cone)





