With 2012 just around the corner, many companies are closing the year by giving back, even with the economy still troubled. Business Monday would like to take the pulse of corporate responsibility in the year ahead.

We’d like to ask the corporate leaders out there: How does your company view corporate responsibility? How has the dismal economy affected your giving? Have you found strategies to stretch the power of your gifts? And how are you engaging your employees in your strategy? Did your company make any end-of-the-year gifts or do you plan to?

Please send your comments to Cindy Krischer Goodman by the end of the year. Email cindykgoodman@gmail.com

Meanwhile, as you begin to power down for the holidays, we’re treating you to some holiday fare today. Whether or not you’re a sausage aficionado, we think you will appreciate how South Florida’s sausage makers combine traditional methods, their passion and the flavors of home to bring you a heaping helping of specialty sausages that just may be part of your holiday feasts. Jenny Staletovich, who wrote today’s cover story and is a sausage lover herself, sampled some of the offerings and declared them yummy.

Happy holidays to all.