Which of the following examples best aligns a company's competencies and strategic goals with philanthropic activity?
a. Ben and Jerry's Homemade ice cream company donates a percentage of its pretax profits to support peace initiatives.
b. A hair salon donates one dollar of every haircut to support the local food bank's annual holiday food drive.
c. The local telephone company donates money to the Youth Soccer Foundation to help pay for the upkeep of soccer fields and equipment.
d. A local gas station has a program in which its employees are partnered with disadvantaged youths as mentors.
e. Merck uses its pharmaceutical expertise to develop a drug to combat river blindness and donates millions of doses to poor countries.