Charles Moore is the Executive Director of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), the only international forum of business CEOs and chairpersons focused exclusively on corporate philanthropy.

Today, on International Corporate Philanthropy Day, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy is challenging its membership of over 150 leading corporate CEOs to take the uncomfortable step of thinking about what the world—and environment for business—will look like in the year 2020 if we don’t adapt to a new solutions-oriented mindset on the social issues we face locally and globally.

This season's issue of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP)'s publication, The Corporate Philanthropist, is out and available online and in PDF. Each issue focuses on different areas of corporate philanthropy, and this current Winter 2010 issue provides different perspectives from industry executives, leaders and experts on the question:

As founder and CEO of Sozo Firm, Andrew Jensen provides corporations and nonprofits with web marketing efficiency consultation. Through advising on issues ranging from search engine strategy to website usability, he enjoys helping nonprofits experience firsthand the potential of the web.

Last night was a big night for corporate citizenship, as the US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center awarded their annual Corporate Citizenship Awards to businesses that have exemplified ethical leadership and corporate stewardship. It was a great gathering and celebration of businesses from all different industries, such as Intel, UPS, Goldman Sachs, Estee Lauder, and CVS, that all clearly see the value in giving back to the community.

A couple months ago, many bloggers participated in the Embedded Philanthropy Blog Series and responded to the statement: "Embedded philanthropy is transforming business as usual for the public good." Although there were differing views on the concept (also referred to as embedded giving), one thing is certain: it is here to stay. It's increasingly a part of our daily transactions. Kari Saratovsky said in her contributed post: "we can wear 'good,' shop 'good,' drive 'good'..." Now, we can also sleep good (pun intended), because of organizations like Hotels that Help (HTH).