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		<title>Press Release: Americans Continue to Support Cause Marketing, Despite Gloomy Outlook</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2011/11/17/press-release-americans-continue-to-support-cause-marketing-despite-gloomy-outlook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Epstein-Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Study: Americans Continue to Support Cause Marketing, Despite Gloomy Outlook 43% of Americans Want Companies to Increase Corporate Philanthropy To read the reports on Cause Marketing and Sustainability, click here. CHICAGO, November 16, 2011 – Undeterred by overall pessimism, the majority of Americans continue to support cause marketing and give money to charities. Up 4-6 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=841&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Study: Consumers Demand Companies Implement CSR Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Epstein-Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you leave your job if your company did things contrary to your values? Do consumers really expect companies to do CSR initiatives? How does an “average” company become considered a “good” company? Moreover, how does a “good” company get to be considered a leader in sustainability? These are some of the questions answered in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=719&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Tell Companies What To Do</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2010/12/07/consumers-tell-companies-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Epstein-Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Customers have high expectations of companies and we have the data to prove it. In a soon-to-be-released public opinion survey, American consumers continue to indicate that they expect their employers and companies they purchase goods from to remain engaged in both charitable &#38; cause-marketing programs and in corporate social responsibility / sustainability initiatives. The survey, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=705&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Age of Philanthropy:  But is Giving Enough?</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2010/09/14/the-golden-age-of-philanthropy-but-is-giving-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Frechette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we addressed in an earlier post, some detractors from the old-guard make the not-so-new (and we contend wrongly, see here) claim that philanthropic efforts like CSR, corporate philanthropy, and cause-marketing products are tantamount to stealing profits away from company shareholders. Despite these claims, both businesses and individuals continue to push these efforts forward and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=649&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://citizenpolity.com/2010/08/30/defining-philanthropy-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Frechette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For more definitions and other helpful resources, see our website here. Following up on my previous post on charity, and want to define philanthropy in hopes to highlight some of the important differences between the two forms of giving. Here you go: Philanthropy: Definition: Philanthropy is about the giving of time, talent, and treasure, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=citizenpolity.com&#038;blog=9194022&#038;post=604&#038;subd=citizenpolity&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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