MercuryNews.com | 11/16/2005 | Foundation urges civic involvement: "Foundation urges civic involvement
140 FIRMS INVOLVED; SUMMIT CONVENED TO ATTRACT MORE
By Matthai Chakko Kuruvila
Mercury News
At Scalix, employees are given five days of paid leave every year to do volunteer work of their choice. At Salesforce.com, 1 percent of the company's profits, staff and stock is devoted to philanthropy and community involvement.
These are but two of the ways Silicon Valley companies integrate civic responsibility into their corporate culture, said speakers at a Sunnyvale event Tuesday sponsored by the Entrepreneurs Foundation, which helps companies develop philanthropic programs."
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