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How companies can make the world a better place while enhancing their own corporate culture
When Marc Benioff founded salesforce.com, he had a vision to change the model for philanthropic giving. In just five years, in addition to touching thousands of lives, his employees are happier and more fulfilled and his communities are loyal to the brand. In The Business of Changing the World, Benioff, along with 19 other exceptional leaders, share their untold stories of how their companies are making a real difference— and how any other company can do the same. Through their compelling tales, they reveal how giving back to the community creates a win-win situation for both businesses and the public.
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“The Business of Changing the World reveals exactly how salesforce.com- and many other inspiring companies-are doing well by doing good.”-Larry Brilliant, MD, Executive Director, Google Foundation and Google.org
In The Business of Changing the World, 20 exceptional leaders share the untold stories of how their companies are making a real difference through corporate philanthropy-and how any other company can do the same. Through their compelling, instructive stories, these visionaries reveal how giving back to the community makes them better citizens, providing proven models and best practices for corporate responsibility.
- Michael Dell and Kevin Rollins of Dell
- Craig Barrett of Intel
- Marc Benioff of salesforce.com
- Steve Burd of Safeway
- Steve Case of Revolution
- Jim Donald of Starbucks
- Mike Eskew of UPS
- Larry Fish of Citizens Bank
- Peter Gabriel of WITNESS
- Jean-Pierre Garnier of GlaxoSmithKline
- Alan Hassenfeld of Hasbro
- Akinobu Kanasugi of NEC
- Phil Marineau of Levi Strauss & Co.
- Michael Milken of The Milken Institute
- John Morgridge of Cisco Systems
- Marilyn Carlson Nelson of Carlson Companies
- Laura Scher of Working Assets
- Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum
- Jeffrey Swartz of Timberland
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