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Beyond giving and volunteering : How and why individuals are exploring new ways to advance social good

7 Jun 2013

Contact Trina trina@27shift.com The opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada. [...] The purpose of this report is to inform policy- makers and practitioners acting in the field of social good in their development of proposals, projects, and strategies that engage Canadians and support vulnerable populations. [...] The United States-based In Canada, ethical consumption is most often website Gifts That Give allows people to connected to environmental sustainability and purchase gifts from a variety of brands, with international fair trade, and less so to vulnerable 20% of the purchase price going to the charity populations within Canada. [...] In the United States, there is a 30% gap For those that do make the decision to purchase between the stated importance of an activity and ethically, empathy and a willingness to provide actual behaviour (Bennett and Williams, 2012). [...] The investment model of crowdfunding is in Crowdfunding presents an opportunity for operation in the United Kingdom and will be vulnerable populations with good business ideas soon be enacted in the United States after the to seek financing directly from the public, recent passing of the JOBS Act.
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Authors

Isakson, Trina

Pages
50
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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