Now I know why it feels good to come into work...
I just read that we're ranked #7 among companies, ethically speaking.
http://www.business-ethics.com/whats_new/100best.html
Actually I think that's pretty cool. It's the first year we've actually made it on the list and, as far as I can tell, the only public CRM company on the list. Not too shabby given the names I'm seeing below us on the ranking scale (Intel, Cisco, Dell, Texas Instruments, etc)...
No Oracle. No Microsoft. No RightNow. That makes me smile.
Good job us.
Now when are those pesky other CRM vendors going to finally go public so we can see where they compare? I'm holding my breath for Netsuite. This is only the 3rd year they've said they're going public... At least this time they're saying it more formally. I think when they figure out their valuation won't nearly be close to ours (http://www.salesforcewatch.com/2006/03/netsuite_to_go_.html) they'll quietly cancel plans....again.
Of course, I'm not going to start bashing on Netsuite... I'm far too ethical for that.
http://www.business-ethics.com/whats_new/100best.html
Actually I think that's pretty cool. It's the first year we've actually made it on the list and, as far as I can tell, the only public CRM company on the list. Not too shabby given the names I'm seeing below us on the ranking scale (Intel, Cisco, Dell, Texas Instruments, etc)...
No Oracle. No Microsoft. No RightNow. That makes me smile.
Good job us.
Now when are those pesky other CRM vendors going to finally go public so we can see where they compare? I'm holding my breath for Netsuite. This is only the 3rd year they've said they're going public... At least this time they're saying it more formally. I think when they figure out their valuation won't nearly be close to ours (http://www.salesforcewatch.com/2006/03/netsuite_to_go_.html) they'll quietly cancel plans....again.
Of course, I'm not going to start bashing on Netsuite... I'm far too ethical for that.
posted by omega at 5:27 PM
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"The social responsibility of business is to increase profits." Milton Friedman
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_33/b3947115_mz017.htm
Agreed that giving back can be beneficial as a form of marketing and PR (and recruiting/retention, as Friedman mentions in the article). But as a counterpoint, US corporations have decades of successful operations in third-world nations that could be considered "languishing." Benioff is by all accounts a marketing maven and any of his corporate largesse should be viewed from that angle.
Don't give yourself too many pats on the back. CRM's supply chain is minimal, so being socially responsible is easy for you guys. Companies that do real manufacturing, like Cisco, AMD, HP, etc -- now they have a difficult job maintaining compliance in their supply chain.
i do applaud sfdc's volunteerism efforts - it's definitely more developed than at other companies.
at the same time, does hiring hookers to "hang out with" prospects at events not count as criteria in ethical measurement?
Hah! I'm not aware of our hiring hookers policy at events. I am aware of a few gogo dancers that were hired at a company event though that people got a little heat for...
the hiring of "ladies of questionable standing" thing is one of those "don't ask don't tell" business acts that happened at least once to a rather taken aback witness, but isn't something that any named employee is really going to discuss.
i guess you could be asked if you want to dance with a go go dancer "offsite", and whatever else happens is the customer/prospect's own business. also, this happens with some frequency in business. that's life.
however to be fair, they should make sure that dancers of either gender are provided for customers/prospects of either gender. all's fair nowadays. ;-)
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