{"id":137,"date":"2011-11-21T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nadiag\/?p=137"},"modified":"2011-11-24T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T05:51:14","slug":"137","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/nadiag\/2011\/11\/21\/137\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Cheque Book Philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traditional \u201ccheque book philanthropy\u201d is no longer enough for organizations to rise to the top of the corporate citizenship ladder. Businesses need to find ways to engage their employees and \u2018make a difference\u2019 beyond that which comes from a monetary donation.\u00a0 Jim Gibbon\u2019s Goodwill Industries (Goodwill) provides an interesting model for businesses who are serious about corporate citizenship. In a Harvard Business Review Blog<\/a>, Gibbons highlights the importance of his company\u2019s business model and how others can leverage, or learn from it.<\/p>\n

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Jim Gibbons<\/p><\/div>\n

Goodwill believes that a strong economy is based on employment. \u00a0Goodwill provides job training for those who are challenged in finding work thereby \u201cempowering individuals in the community [they] serve\u201d. \u00a0Goodwill sells donated goods through its retail outlets \u201cand uses the revenues to fund job-training and placement programs in communities\u201d. \u00a0Gibbons says that this model \u201c[puts] social good at the center\u201d of its business.<\/p>\n

Engaging with Goodwill through employee driven goods donations, volunteering and monetary support, a company can reduce goods going to landfills, help support a respected charity and at the same time provide job training at a community level. This kind of commitment could take a company from a valued \u2018donor\u2019, to a true corporate citizen.<\/p>\n

How Goodwill helps the community:\"YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blog Reference: Harvard Business Review Blog\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Picture Reference: Jim Gibbons<\/a><\/p>\n

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