Children’s Miracle Network Honors 1.4 Million Walmart and Sam’s Club Associates for Helping Kids at CMN Hospitals Throughout U.S. and Canada

This year, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals gave our highest award to some very special supporters, ones who are making a huge difference in the lives of local kids: Walmart associates.  The CMN Hospitals Founders’ Award is given to top children’s hospital advocates, and past recipients have included Roy Disney, longtime senior executive at The Walt Disney Company; Bill Marriott,…

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Quality Teachers in Every School are Central to Equal Educational Opportunity

LDF commends the U.S. Senate HELP Committee for advancing reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).  Passed on the heels of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ESEA is the largest federal education funding bill.  Since its expiration in 2007, Congress has yet to agree on a bill to reauthorize ESEA.  LDF encourages…

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Saving Lives Through Stem Cell Donations

by Omar Siddiqi, MD I am not a stranger to illness. During my medical training, I met many patients on the worst day of their lives. Like a maître d’ at some bizarre restaurant, I ushered them to their beds, discussed the menu of meds that I could offer them and held discussions about diagnosis and prognosis.…

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Gold Star Law Supports Junior Achievement Program to Increase Financial Literacy Among Metro Detroit Students

January 23, 2015 /3BL Media/ – Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan (JA) – part of the world’s largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs – received funding from Gold Star Law to support its Finance Park program.   Established in 2003, JA Finance Park is one…

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Talent Demand In Global Public Sector Offers MBAs Careers With Social Impact

  “Purpose and meaning have an important role as a strategic, transformational element in business today,” says Cheryl Grise, global advisory strategy leader at EY. There has been an increase in the provision of MPA degrees, particularly in North America. US master’s and undergraduate degrees in public administration have grown from 17,000 in 2010 to…

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Climate change could impact the poor much more than previously thought

It’s widely accepted that climate change will have bigger negative impacts on poorer countries than wealthy ones. However, a new economic modeling studyfinds that the economic impacts on these poorer countries could be much larger than previous estimates.  As a result, they suggest that we should be aiming to limit global warming to near, or perhaps even less…

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Social responsibility for your small business

You often read about the large donations major companies make to charities, their commitment to environmentally sustainable operations or other acts that demonstrate their corporate social responsibility. Though the clout and resources of big businesses may make headlines, a small business can do just as much to improve the quality of its community and its…

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Five Employee Engagement Challenges

By Marc Gingras Employee engagement is viewed, and rightly so, as a vital ingredient in a company’s success. The ability to innovate, adapt and grow may originate with the CEO, but it is the employees that execute their leadership’s initiatives and will ultimately determine the company’s outcome. There has been a great deal of research…

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Does corporate social responsibility reduce negative reviews for bad service?

When a company’s service falls short of expectations, consumers can react harshly, spreading negative comments or changing companies. But a new study in the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing shows that consumers practice surprising forgiveness when the underserving company also happens to be donating to a favorite charity. “When firms support good causes, they accrue moral…

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