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Dear Reader,
What if you could earn your living, do what you do best, and at the same time feel you're true to your core values? What if you, as an employer, could retain your brightest talent and hire the best, because they value the corporation's contribution to society and the planet? I am talking about connecting personal engagement with purpose and sustainability. How? Find out here.
Enjoy the reading!(And check out the Quote of the Month at the bottom - inviting you to Stop and Reflect...)
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A new opportunity for engagement:
Connecting purpose and sustainability
at work
By Isabel Rimanoczy
A recent survey of 18,150 individuals covering 24 countries, conducted by the polling company Ipsos, found that four in ten employees said it is "very important" for their own employers to be "responsible to society and the environment". Also, 25% indicated that local community investment should be a top priority for firms, even higher than the score the surveyed group gave to the importance of respecting local laws (24%). And according to the survey, the majority of employees think it is either "very important" or "fairly important" that their employer is socially responsible[1].
Two thirds of respondents "strongly agree" that companies should be doing more to protect the environment, and 52% felt that companies should contribute to society. The employees from developing countries, particularly, have higher expectations about companies contributing more to society than do some developed countries.-- for example Saudi Arabia (78%), Mexico (76%) or Brazil (78%).
Interestingly, there is also a connection between the social and environmental behavior of a corporation and their employees' levels of engagement. Read More...
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QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Beneath most headaches is a heartache.
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