Salesforce CEO Slams 'The World's Dumbest Idea': Maximizing Shareholder Value

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31. Salesforce

Most don't know that Salesforce is an incredibly progressive company.

The company treasures its employees. It is consistently chosen, by many places, as one of the best places to work in the country. http://blogs.salesforce.com/company/2014/01/fortunes-2014-best-places-to-work.html

Philanthropy is a core tenant and is built directly into its culture - Salesforce "leverage(s) 1% of the company’s product, equity and time to improve communities around the world". Employees are given 6 days *paid* a year to volunteer for non-profits. Your first day as an employee will likely have you serve food to the homeless at Glide Memorial in San Francisco. http://www.salesforce.com/company/foundation/ and http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/success-stories/

Customer success is a hugely important value, too. http://www.salesforce.com/customers/

When Marc Benioff says "The business of business isn’t just about creating profits for shareholders — it’s also about improving the state of the world and driving stakeholder value.” - believe it. He does, and follows through on it.

(Don't misread stakeholder as shareholder - two different things.)