Corporate Social Responsibility: What Are They Really Doing?

I recently put together a presentation designed to be given on behalf of a large corporation. The presentation focuses on their recent corporate social responsibility efforts. I was given a list of 100 corporations to chose from, and I picked the one my dad works for (I also worked there too for a short time).

In doing research for this, I realized that there are A LOT of things companies to that their own employees probably don't know about. For example, did you know that employees of Allstate Insurance Company can receive new parent benefits, which include discounts on child care, free car seats, and up to $5,000 in adoption reimbursement? Yeah, my dad didn't either.

Like Allstate, most companies have a "corporate citizenship" section on their web site where they discuss the impact of their business on their customers, employees and the communities they serve.

Many of these corporations don't publicize their corporate social responsibility efforts as much as they should. (They probably don't have the right PR person.) But, this project helped me realize that I want to work for a company like Allstate, that cares about the welfare of its customers, employees, the community and the environment. It might be worthwhile to find out what options are available to you within your company.