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What makes a Positive Organisation? How can systems move citizenship beyond their organisational boundaries?

According to Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi (2000) there are seven pillars that move individuals closer to civility. When citizenship is a critical component of a business value system it empowers employees to learn more about their impact on the people using their products and services. For instance, in WaterAid, recruits women in underdeveloped countries who have barely any access to water and include them in the planning, development and implementation women to learn more about their rights and awaken their leadership strength making them develop sustainable behaviours to improve living conditions in their communities.

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