Thursday, April 12, 2007

The case for employer-supported volunteerism

Ottawa Business Journal - Home Page: "News Story
Brian Stratton: The case for employer-supported volunteerism
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff
Wed, Apr 11, 2007 3:00 PM EST

More and more, companies are encouraging their employees to give back to the community and are putting up the money and resources needed to make it happen.

In 2004, Statistics Canada commissioned a study on giving and volunteerism in Canada. Its results were recently released in the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating. Among its findings was the emergence of a rising incidence of employer-supported volunteerism or ESV in Canada's corporate world."

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