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So, How Sustainable is the Wal-Mart Sustainability Index?

Wal-Mart is gathering data. The key question is “What for?”READ»

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Operation Street Kidz Helps Turns Inner City Youths into Entrepreneuers

Blair High School students in Pasadena, CA get a lesson in producing and shooting a pro music video from Kanye West's video directors and producer Baby Bash. READ»

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Diversity, Foundations and Corporate Giving

According to a 2009 study conducted by the Greenlining Institute ("Diversity on Foundation Boards of Directors", www.greenlining.org, April 2009) foundations - which often fund organizations that work with diverse populations - lack diversity themselves. READ»

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Diversity and the Healthcare Sector

Current demographics show that the healthcare sector in the US is faced with a more diverse patient-base than ever before, and this demographic trend is set to continue. This change in America’s demographic poses several challenges for the healthcare sector. What steps can healthcare organizations take in the short-term that will support them in better-serving the needs of an increasingly diverse population in the future, positioning them as leaders as health services providers, and as employers. READ»

Reinventing the Coffee Business Around Ethics and Sustainability: Dean Cycon

Completely organic and fair-trade coffee at supermarket prices...locally-directed sustainability projects in coffee-producing villages...and the integrity to turn down the wrong kind of customer, even if it means giving up millions of dollars--Dean Cycon runs a very different kind of coffee company.READ»

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Diversity and Academia

With a rapidly increasing diverse population, US college classrooms ought now to begin filling up with higher numbers of minority students. With regards to matriculation, the academic environment, faculty, and staff will need to actively support this more diverse student body. Going forward, academic institutions cannot rely solely on the increasingly diverse demographic eligible for higher education. They must acknowledge and address the cultural and economic barriers that may prevent students of color and first-generation college students from pursuing a college degree, ensuring that the student body more accurately reflects the population that the academic institution serves. READ»

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Fast Company Site Still Awkward

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When Social Media Trashes You...How Should You Respond?

I just read a very interesting article called "How to Weather a Twitterstorm"--and one of the most interesting parts was the comments, which included a whole lot of people who basically said that Twitter, Facebook and other ...READ»

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