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Making an Impact From Inside Out

Originally posted on CSRwire Talkback

Integrating cause into a company's corporate culture is good for business.

Long gone are the days of just slapping a ribbon on a product for a "cause" or writing an occasional check for one's nonprofit of choice. Cause now goes much deeper than marketing.

What if corporate leaders thought more like Bill Gates, a leading philanthropist and founder of Microsoft, who once said, "As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others?"

Ideally, innovative corporations would increasingly function beyond the short-term profit motive and pay greater attention to...