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The Accenture and Upwardly Global Partnership: A Public-Private Partnership

In order to help skilled immigrants and refugees secure professional employment, the Accenture and Upwardly Global Partnership launched an online job-training platform that provides free interactive trainings on acculturation, job search skills, resume writing and interviewing.

Remove the Blinders: How to Disobey Immoral Orders

More than 50 years after Stanley Milgram conducted his famous experiments on authority and obedience, Darden ethics professor Bobby Parmar sheds new light on how people defy corrupt authority.

Energize the Chain: A Public-Private Partnership

Energize the Chain saves lives by keeping vaccines at temperatures necessary for efficacy. It’s a leading public-private partnership improving communities around the world.

Project Nurture: A Public-Private Partnership

Project Nurture helps small-scale fruit farmers in East Africa improve the quality and quantity of their product, enter the value chain and earn higher incomes.

Sustainable Living Beyond Borders: A Public-Private Partnership

Sustainable Living Beyond Borders gives low-income workers access to a wellness program and is a leading public-private partnership improving communities around the world.

Satellite Assisted Pastoral Resource Management: A Public-Private Partnership

SAPARM helps pastoralists in Africa find water through the use of satellite technology and is a leading public-private partnership improving communities around the world.

MTV Shuga: A Public-Private Partnership

Nearly 90,000 youths have been tested for HIV/AIDS, 200 peer educators have been trained and youth behavior has changed significantly as a result of viewing MTV Shuga media.

The CEO Is a Good Guy. Trust Me.

Here’s something that won’t surprise you. The public doesn’t trust Big Business. Or Medium Business. Or even Little Business for that matter — at least not as institutions.