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    • The future of philanthropy

      Posted by SoxFirst

      More companies are turning to philanthropy as a means of connecting with communities and markets and meeting consumer expectations. But there are questions whether these programs are hitting the mark.

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      Oprah Winfrey’s Lavish South African School

      Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

      Oprah says she decided to build her own school because she was tired of charity from a distance. "When I first started making a lot of money," she says, "I really became frustrated with the fact that all I did was write check after check to this or that charity without really feeling like it was a part of me. At a certain point, you want to feel th

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    Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation - Los Angeles Times

    Incredible – this story is an incredible indictment of the free market blinders that Gates has operated Microsoft with – and apparently his foundation. What good is stopping malaria if economically you’re part of the destruction of the quality of life for people in the third world?

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    SoxFirst

    Member since Oct 2008

    Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.

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