Did You Know?
Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by admin in Did you Know
Did you know that…
• That although Mahatma Gandhi became famous for his principles of pacifism, he served in the Anglo Boer War and enlisted to fight with the British in WW1 but a bad case of pleurisy resulted in him going back to India. So much for being peaceful.
• The term “bluewash” describes how companies pad their CSR profile by using their associations with the United Nations various agencies.
• Paul Newman was listed 91 in the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics 2008 because he donated 100 percent of post-tax profits and royalties from the sale of his “Newman’s Own” brand of food products totalling more than $250 million!
• Bill Gates, business leader and philanthropist earns US$250 every SECOND, that’s about US$20 Million a DAY and US$7.8 Billion a YEAR and if he were a country, he would be the 37th richest country on earth!
