How To Be A Good Corporate Citizen
On today’s show, we talk about how small business owners can become good corporate citizens.
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How to Be a Good Corporate Citizen
“Being a good corporate citizen” may sound like buzz words, but it’s a practice that yields massive returns for you and your team.
Your business is under more scrutiny from customers and prospects than ever. From social media. From one-to-one meetings. From the partners you choose. From the products you produce-and those you buy. The standards you set are telling everybody who you are and what you stand for.
Harvard Law School presented a Forum on Corporate Governance that lists great starting points for corporate citizenship. Among them are:
Paying living wages to your team and contractors
Hiring and keeping people regardless of race, ethnic, religious or gender considerations
Making your place of business a no-harassment zone for all your employees
Avoiding harm that shifts environmental cost from your business to the community
Supporting schools, nonprofits and hospitals in your community
“Look at something that you, as a business owner, are passionate about--or that your business fits into.”
—Jodie
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