The Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership

Based on the best practices of the winners of and exemplary candidates for the Ron Brown Award, 25 companies representing multiple approaches to employee support and corporate citizenship are presented.

Document Highlights

Programs submitted for the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership demonstrate some of the most valiant corporate citizenship efforts being made by organizations today. This report discusses the impetus and key results of 25 exemplary programs submitted in the award’s first two years, as well as common strategies and implementation procedures.

Companies presented:

Allstate Insurance Company, Anheuser-Busch Inc., BankBoston, Bayer Corporation, Brady Corporation, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Cascade Engineering, The Coca-Cola Company, Corning Incorporated, First Chicago NBD Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Mills Inc., IBM Corporation, Intel Corporation, Lancaster Laboratories, Levi Strauss & Company, The Lincoln Electric Company, Pfizer Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), Qualcomm, Seafirst Band (a Bank of America

Special features:

• letter from the White House
• executive summary
• key criteria
• program categories
• related publications