Research Finds Corporate Do-Gooder Initiatives Reduce Charity, Increase Negative PR
When companies signal that the ‘bottom line’ is not their bottom line, workers respond accordingly, by cheating the company, reducing output, and cutting their giving.
Losing A Job Taught Me How Tax Cuts Can Protect The Needy
As we bicker over how the government can best use our money, we must remember that genuine charity comes from the hearts and actions of individuals, not faceless agencies.
Here’s What To Buy Your Bibliophiles For Christmas
Books last a lifetime—even if the bindings and pages don’t, the characters, drama, emotions, and imagination spurred by a timeless story endure forever.
How To Live Thanks? By Giving
Perhaps this most American of holidays inspires us to an even higher calling—focusing not just on thanks, but on giving.
4 Christmas Gift-Giving Fallacies That Need To Die
As much as we claim to believe that Christmas is about giving rather than receiving, our behavior often communicates something else.
11 Thoughtful Gifts To Buy Instead Of Wasting Money On Cheap Crap From China
Sometimes we use gifts to make ourselves feel less guilty, to beat the Joneses, because we’re addicted to consuming to distract ourselves from what happens when things get quiet.
How To Stop Despairing Over World Suffering And Start Addressing It
It’s easy to feel guilty or overwhelmed in the face of worldwide hurting and violence. But no matter our resources, there are ways we can help.
U.S. ‘Welcomes’ Migrant Children To Sex Slavery
Investigations show the Obama administration doesn’t properly screen or know where to find thousands of migrant children it began accepting in 2012.
Stickers Can’t Prove Religious Kids Are More Selfish
A recent study supposedly shows that nonreligious people’s kids are more willing to share than religious people’s kids are. Not so fast.
I Helped Someone And Feel Terrible About It
Sometimes, helping people doesn’t feel good, because you can’t give them something they really need.
Spontaneous Charity Is Good; Thoughtful Charity Is Even Better
What’s better than the Ice Bucket Challenge? These six steps for thoughtful charity giving.
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