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16 Companies That Care… And How They Show It

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Plus, demonstrating through your company’s actions — not just your mission statement or website copy — that you care about employees, customers, and society in general will help you to build tremendous customer loyalty. Southwest cares so much about employees and customers that LUV is the company’s stock symbol. Southwest Airlines.

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Smells Like Money: The Business of Waste Management

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a dumpster rental and waste hauling company in both Orlando and Jacksonville, Fla. When asked to name a time when his business struggled the most, Keith Ferguson quickly points to the economic recession. “We had good employees and I didn’t want to have to let them go, so I took a huge hit during that time to keep people on.”