If Finland feels too remote to serve as a model for the U.S., consider Ontario, Canada.

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Scott: What country should serve as a model for the U.S. community of CSR professionals and why?

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If successful, Marjah will be a model for future operations that are to unfold as thousands of fresh U.S. and European troops arrive in the coming months to take part in the latest surge of allied forces into Afghanistan.

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