In order to promote acceptance, tolerance, and above all, understanding between cultures, it is necessary to first overcome the barriers created by international stereotypes and preconceived notions. By performing international volunteer service, you...

International volunteerism is the best method by which people are able to gain and spread cultural awareness and understanding. Volunteering abroad allows individuals to break out of their comfort zone and reconstruct their understanding of how the w...

International Volunteering promotes cultural understanding in that it allows people of different cultures to move in different corners of the planet in order to provide assistance and support to people that needs it .This means that, it enables conta...

My friend Karen just returned from volunteering in South Africa. There she met a mother whose son was murdered by the apartheid gov't 20 years ago still waiting for an apology, toured Robbin Island with an ex-prisoner with no other job options, and d...

International volunteerism is crucial for promoting cultural understanding because in essence it sends the powerful message that the motivation to create positive change surpasses all other elements such as nationality, background, race, religion, co...

What is the what? How can we even begin to understand the joy, hardship, norms and history of person or place without an awareness of what is, what has been and what can be? Traveling broadens the mind and spirit and makes us strong enough to face ...

International volunteerism is vital in fostering cultural understanding, and would not be as successful if cultural awareness was not one of its top priorities. The extraordinary way in which international volunteering works to achieve this understan...

International volunteerism cultivates connections between people who have only seen each other through articles or media related materials. People build stereotypes about the citizens of a country as a whole from these. Until individuals meet and can...

By doing international volunteerism, we are helping promote awareness to our own country. We travel there and when we return we share our experiences with everyone around us. They learn about the country through us and if intrigued by our experience,...

There is no better way to promote cross-cultural understanding (in a limited time frame) than international volunteerism. To echo many of your comments on this: the tremendous discrepancy between our way of life and that of those living in developing...

No, companies do not have to encourage their employees to volunteer. However, all companies employ multitude of talent. Those that restrict and harbor this talent-base risk losing market-share and being shunned by the potential employee base.
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That greater numbers of companies today act upon their responsibility to society, is encouraging. However, publicized actions may not similarly develop socially aware internal company cultures. Volunteerism can facilitate such a culture, because its ...

Many companies report that they get more out of their employees who have previous volunteer experience - whether it be unique solutions to problems, better functionality in groups, and overall work performance. I think it's vital that companies encou...

Companies who employ a bevy of talented individuals definitely have an obligation to encourage volunteer work. Since these employees can lend valuable experience to underprivileged organizations, it seems selfish, even unjust, for companies to guard ...

Companies most definitely have a responsibility to encourage their employees to volunteer. While compulsive volunteerism saps the spirit from any good actions taken, fostering a culture of compassionate responsibility towards persons less well-off th...

Volunteers are extremely important in shaping society. It is these people, that donate their time, that can help change the world. I feel that companies do have a responsibility to encourage their employees to volunteer. Further, it is important t...

You have probably heard a colleague or friend complaining about their job. "Why am I doing this"? "If I could choose, I would do something where I can help others or gain more self fullfiment rather than pure profit-making".

The responsibility of companies is concerned,amongst other things, with the impacts of companies on employees and the impacts of companies on communities. Through encouraging employees to volunteer, companies transform positive impact ON employees i...

Yes, companies are responsible for encouraging volunteerism. A company, as an entity, is a major citizen of society and has obligations to address the social environments that surround it. I believe that business managers need to move beyond tradit...

Companies should not require people to participate in volunteer activities (or offer incentives to those who do). These policies A. Taint the selflessness of volunteerism and B. Can be used to hide questionable morals within the company.

The notion that only non-profit organizations %u201Cdo good%u201D is not only outdated, but it is flawed and limited to begin with.



The desire to %u201Cdo good%u201D should not be limited to non-profits because it begins wi...

To soften the edge of capitalism, we created non-profits as a way to have organizations focus on public benefits instead of money. That is noble, yet there are many versions of doing good outside of a 501C. Corporate volunteerism and social entrepren...

I strongly oppose the view that only NPOs%u2019 do good. My idea could lead to a profitable living for dairy farmers, profitable investment opportunity for banks, quality milk for dairy factories and hygienically packed mil...

The notion that only non-profits do good is not just outdated, but was never accurate to begin with. The reality is that "good" is not confined to the services provided by non-profits. The danger in believing that only non-profits do good is that we ...

The notion that only non-profit organizations do good falsely reflects a stereotype of the role private firms play in modern society. Non-profits and for-profits are both capable of contributing "good" to society but do so in different ways. Non-prof...

The notion that only non-profits do good work, while false, is still a

largely accepted, and very dangerous conception.

The reality that all sectors have the ability to and many are doing good work is

revolutio...

Good is inherent in ALL people.

Our hearts permeate goodness. It is up to us to captive that sense within our selves and use it to actualize positive movement and change in the world we live in. Ownership can be placed on each and ev...

As someone who is currently working for a non-profit, I would like to point out that even these organizations can sometimes do %u201Cbad.%u201D Even when mission statements are idealistic, a plethora of things can go wrong: projects could fail, polit...

'Doing good' is more than a mere act based on a notion that an individual has or shares collectively with a group, it is a virtue-an innate quality we are capable of which sometimes, we best reveal by acting on behalf of an organization. The world we...

The notion that non-profit organizations are the only ones capable of doing good is definitely outdated. Companies and individuals have just as much potential for making a difference [and more are doing so], whether the projects are local or internat...