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How Ukrainian Companies Are Transforming Wartime Challenges Into
Lifelines
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businesses to unprecedented tests. With governments stretched to their
limits, businesses must step in and assume responsibilities far beyond
their conventional mandates, profoundly transforming the notion of
corporate social responsibility (CSR). As national survival and
corporate survival become more and more intertwined, we see questions
shift from "Should we do something?" to "What could we do?" â
transforming CSR from a voluntary initiative to an existential
necessity.
Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, businesses offer a compelling
blueprint for responsibility-driven innovation, with the potential to
redefine global CSR practices in crisis contexts. Four Ukrainian
companies have distinguished themselves with particular thoughtfulness
and ingenuity in their approaches to launching socially responsible
initiatives during the war, with wartime adversity fueling innovation
and societal impact. Their examples show that embracing CSR as an
existential imperative enables scalable impact, imbues companies with
deeper meaning, and can enhance corporate innovation efforts â making
responsibility rather than necessity the mother of invention.
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To Be An Effective Leader, Try Practicing Empathetic Honesty
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Imagine that you're a manager responsible for a team of a dozen
people. Overall, the team is running smoothly but one individual, who
previously didn't have any issues, is now struggling: missing
deadlines, not catching mistakes, not completing assignments in a
satisfactory way.
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China is studying Russias sanctions evasion to prepare for Taiwan
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An interagency group, set up by China in the months following the
full-scale invasion, has studied the impact of sanctions and produced
reports regularly for the countrys leadership, according to people
familiar with the matter. The goal is to draw lessons about how to
mitigate them, particularly in case a conflict over Taiwan prompts the
U.S. and its allies to impose similar penalties on China, the people
said.
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A top mission for Europes chief is to cool Trumps ire toward the EU
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President-elect Donald Trump is known for grandiose statements, a
larger-than-life persona and a fondness for unpredictability. His
counterpart on the other side of the Atlantic couldnt be more
different in political style.
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How the killing of a rabbi in Dubai upended a community that thought
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DUBAIThe morning of Nov. 21, Rabbi Zvi Kogan left his home with no
signs that anything was wrong. He hopped in his car, swung by the
kosher grocery store in Dubai where he worked and exchanged texts with
a friend he planned to spend the weekend with, telling him sababa,"
Hebrew slang forcool."
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Trump Demands Commitment From BRICS Nations on Using Dollar -
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Trump has said he wants US dollar to remain reserve currency US
president-elect reiterates threat to impose 100% tariffs
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Trump Picks Kash Patel To Run FBIAnd Heres Why Critics Are Worried
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Donald Trumps choice to run the FBI is Kash Patel, an ally who has
long railed against the so-called Deep State and vowed to punish
Trumps enemiesand drawn widespread criticism from even top officials
in Trumps first White House.
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Syrian rebels sweep into Aleppo in an embarrassing rout for Bashar
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FOUR YEARS is how long it took Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator,
to retake Aleppo after part of the city fell to insurgents in 2012.
Less than four days is how long it took him to lose it. On November
27th rebels launched a surprise offensive in north-west Syria. By the
night of November 29th they were posting photos of themselves at the
ancient citadel in the heart of Aleppo. Most of Syrias second city is
now under their control. It was a rout: Mr Assads army seems to have
simply turned tail.
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Ukraine struggles to recruit new soldiers as desertions rise
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Prosecutors opened 60,000 cases against troops abandoning positions in
2024 almost double number of past two years
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MLB News: Dodgers' Deferred-Money Contracts Stir Controversy
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The Dodgers built a championship roster in 2024 thanks in large part
to contract language included in their deals with Mookie Betts,
Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith. Each player has a
portion of his annual salary deferred until after their contract
expires.
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No. 3 Texas holds off No. 20 Texas A&M to clinch spot in SEC title
game against No. 7 Georgia
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It was a disappointing rivalry renewal for Texas A&M. No. 3 Texas beat
the No. 20 Aggies 17-7 on Saturday night to clinch a spot in the SEC
title game against Georgia on Dec. 7. It was the first game between
the longtime rivals since the two teams last shared a conference in
2011.
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Trump's tariff war 2.0 looms. And China isn't just watching
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Why your favorite catalogs are smaller this holiday season
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While retailers hope to go big this holiday season, customers may
notice that the catalogs arriving in their mailboxes are smaller
PORTLAND, Maine -- Honey, they shrunk the catalogs.
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Rebels seize Aleppo, other strategic towns in Syria; Iran says its
consulate attacked
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The Syrian defence ministry later said the rebel attack led to the
death of dozens of soldiers. The ministry claimed that the rebel
forces "were unable to establish solid positions" but soon it became
clear Syrian forces had ceded control over the city with little
resistance.
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Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he would pick Kash
Patel, the former chief of staff to to the acting secretary of defense
during the first Trump administration, to serve as director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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The movie Tom Cruise will always regret: "I'll never want to do a
picture like that again"
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