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Whereas corporate philanthropic activities may have once been motivated more by image-building and were thus seen as 'window-dressing,' CSR today is more often an integral part of corporate strategy.
David Weiss: The Surprise New Consumers: Corporate Social Responsibility in a Changing World David Weiss 2011
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Amid all of this image-building, online and off, we lose something.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley: Pick a You, Any You: The Emotional Cost of Living Online Barbara 2011
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If Obama wants to draw people to him again, he needs to stop pontificating and image-building, get rid of the likes of Rahm and Biden and others who are just political functionaries; replace them with some “real world” movers and shakers who have worked in complex organizations and figured out how to turn them away from the cliff before they fall over the edge collectively.
Think Progress » Ed Schultz Tells Robert Gibbs He’s ‘Full Of Sh*t’ And ‘You’re Losing Your Base’ 2010
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Whereas corporate philanthropic activities may have once been motivated more by image-building and were thus seen as 'window-dressing,' CSR today is more often an integral part of corporate strategy.
David Weiss: The Surprise New Consumers: Corporate Social Responsibility in a Changing World David Weiss 2011
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Don Glisson, CEO of Triad Financial Services Inc., which finances manufactured-home sales, says the industry could use an image-building national advertising campaign, but "nobody wants to pony up the money because times are so tough."
Mobile-Home Makers Try To Stitch Together a Rebound James R. Hagerty 2010
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Forged during the Korean War, when more than 180,000 Chinese died assisting the North, China ' s close ties to Pyongyang now threaten both to undermine China ' s image-building efforts and to strengthen relations among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea.
Pyongyang Tests China Jeremy Page 2010
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Forged during the Korean War, when more than 180,000 Chinese died assisting the North, China ' s close ties to Pyongyang now threaten both to undermine China ' s image-building efforts and to strengthen relations between the U.S., Japan, and South Korea.
China Acknowledges Dead in Korea Incident Jeremy Page 2010
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Is he bestowing an image-building conflict on his successor, in the way that Chechnya built up Putin's own nationalist credentials when he took power in 1999 with a popularity rating of 2%?
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The celebration is also an image-building for the military which had been accused of human rights violations and enforced disappearances of militants opposing the regime of President Gloria Arroyo.
Baguio City Host National Defense Week Celebration Nomadicasian 2008
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In closing remarks, Dr Jamilur Reza Choudhury said the country needs an image-building strategy to boost the country's image abroad.
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