National Companies That Care Day

Companies That Care Day is centered around caring for your employees and your community.  It was founded by The Center for Companies that Care back in 2003 to define and promote socially responsible employers. Take the time today to show your employees that you care, find ways that your company can get involved in the community, become a leader in social responsibility and define your company culture.

Here are the 10 Characteristics of Socially Responsible Employers:

1. Sustain a work environment founded on dignity and respect for all employees
2. Make employees feel their jobs are important
3. Cultivate the full potential of all employees
4. Encourage individual pursuit of work/life balance
5. Enable the well-being of individuals and their families through compensation, benefits, policies and practices
6. Develop great leaders, at all levels, who excel at managing people as well as results
7. Appreciate and recognize the contributions of people who work there
8. Establish and communicate standards for ethical behavior and integrity
9. Get involved in community endeavors and/or public policy
10. Consider the human toll when making business decisions